Tag archives for Agriculture
Treating Emotional Allergies In Pets And Their Owners
Although contested by some, it is obvious to those who live with and love animals, that animals have emotions. Animal emotions can be considered in the same categories as those…
Exotic Bird Farms
Exotic bird farms may consist of a few aviaries in the backyard, a few cages in a room or basement, or many cages in a separate building or outdoors. Aviculturists…
May 2004: Time for Agrobalt. Again. 13 years of success in succession.
On 4 February 2004 Jeronimas Kraujelis, the Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture, and Rita Hopfner, Director of a German-based company IFWexpo organising the exhibition AgroBalt, signed the Agreement of Cooperation in…
This year “AgroBalt” is not only production, but also fun
Marijampolė, May 04. 380 participants from 21 countries will introduce their expositions and stands in International Food and Agricultural Trade Exhibition “AgroBalt 2004” that begins on May 6. Total area…
Summer Flowering Bulbs
As you are planning and planting for the summer season, remember it is a great time to enjoy loud, colorful flower splashes in your garden. What better plants to use…
Sunflowers
History The sunflower may be one of America's unsung heroes. One of the few cultivated plants native to North America, it is believed that wild sunflowers covered thousands of square…
Berries
Many gardeners are no longer satisfied with a vegetable patch and a flower border. They are turning to small fruits and orchards to landscape their homes and to diversify their…
Vegetable Gardening: Faba Bean, Fava Bean, Broad Bean, Horse Bean
Fava beans are available only a few months of the year in areas that have a representation of people with Italian, Greek, and Middle Eastern heritages. The fava bean looks…
Crabapple – Spring Beauty
A flexible flowering fruit tree to Many gardeners enjoy the fruit of some varieties in addition to the flowers. You can make jams and jellies from the fruit of some…
Planting on Your Septic Drain Field
Author: Susan D. Day, Extension Associate; Ellen Silva, former Extension Technician; Horticulture, Virginia Tech Perhaps the most entertaining answer to the question 'What should I plant over a septic system's…
Selecting Alternative Holiday Plants
The mention of holidays and flowers prompts most of us to think of poinsettias. Our holiday customs have become so entrenched with the use of red poinsettias that several other,…
Weeds and Words
Diane Relf, Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture As I've grown older, I have learned that weeds are nothing but a matter of semantics. With an acre and a half of a…
Understanding and Using Compost
Compost is produced when organic matter, such as garden and lawn waste, is broken down by bacteria and fungi. It contains humus, which helps hold nutrients in the soil. Humus…
Tree Gardening Flowering Cherry
One of the most admired is the weeping Japanese which has its long, graceful weeping branches full of the tiny pink blossoms North and Central Georgia are prime growing areas…
The Big Move
Jane Simmonds has watched her small city garden take off over the last four years, but now she’s off to the country. What’s it like to say goodbye? This is…
A hundred years of agriculture
This article has been contributed by John Pollard, recently retired after a long, distinguished career in the ABS Tasmanian Office. As the head of economic statistics work in that Office…
What is a Bad Petstore?
In a perfect world, exotic birds would not be held captive in pet stores or in our homes. They would be free to fly in their native homelands, breeding, raising…