North Bay Heritage Gardeners, St Andrew’s United Church, North Bay Horticultural Society, The North Bay Master Gardeners, & Near North Locavores presents:
NORTH BAY SEED EXCHANGE & ECO FAIR
Come join us on Saturday February 26th, 2011 from 1 pm to 4pm at 366 Cassells Street/St Andrew’s United Church for North Bay’s second annual Seed Exchange & Eco Fair! This is a free event that has parking and public transit near by.
Gardening is a very rewarding pastime! It is a great way to be physically active while providing affordable fresh produce in your diet, creating habitat for wildlife, or simply beautifying your surroundings. We will have materials and information available for all types of growing situations and experience levels.
Get a head start on the 2011 gardening season at the Seed Exchange. You can trade seeds that you have saved (please make sure that you label your package with as much info as possible, including the variety name and how many seeds are in each package) or purchase seeds for 25 cents each package. Ornamentals and edibles are welcome.
Expand your knowledge at our free workshops for gardeners of all ages and skill-sets and there will be plenty of fun for children too with parental-supervised activities and crafts.
Stop by and visit the vendors at the Eco Fair to learn more about local organizations or get some shopping done at the various environmentally-conscious businesses that will be attending.
If you can’t find what you are looking for at the seed exchange, do not worry, as there will be vendors selling seeds, and other gardening supplies too! There will be commercial seeds to choose from and The Master Gardeners and The North Bay Horticultural Society will be selling seeds as fundraisers for their organizations.
For more info you can contact Monica of North Bay Heritage Gardeners at (705) 472- 4006 or heritage.gardeners(at)heritagenorthbay.com.


Ok we're going into winter here
Posted by Clint, Niagara Falls, ON on 11/26/2017, 7:12 am
Where's the dialogue? Would hate to see this board disappear from inactivity. I'm sure we're all still gardening with hardy palms and such.
We are still pretty mild here in Niagara. Had a coupe days of frost but for the most part nights have remained above 0c.


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Obsession Cascade: The first trailing Verbena from seed
Syngenta launched a new class of seed Verbena with a spreading and mounded habit, called Obsession™ Cascade. Obsession Cascade will quickly fill pots and baskets with vibrant, one-of-a-kind flower patterns. Obsession™ Cascade is hearty and continues to perform and flower in the garden well after many other varieties have died from disease.
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Villagers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Dawan Village of Jinzhai County, east China's Anhui Province, May 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
HEFEI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Some 30 projects, collectively worth over 1.52 billion yuan (around 224 million U.S. dollars), have been signed at an ongoing tea industry expo in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.
The 15th Anhui International Tea Industry Expo kicked off on Thursday in Hefei and will last for four days. More than 600 tea companies and over 1,600 buyers across the country are promoting and purchasing tea-related products at an exhibition center covering 33,000 square meters.
In 2021, the tea plantation area in Anhui covered 213,330 hectares, and its comprehensive production value neared 61.5 billion yuan.
Anhui ranked second among China's provincial-level regions in terms of tea export volume, and more than 3 million people were engaged in the tea industry last year in the province, according to the expo's organizing committee.


FAO hails Azerbaijan’s efforts to ensure transition to digital agriculture
FAO Director General Qu Dongyu on Friday welcomed Azerbaijan’s efforts to ensure the transition to digital agriculture.
Speaking at an international conference on “Vision for the future: transition to digital agriculture” in Baku, the FAO chief said the cooperation with Azerbaijan is aimed at achieving sustainable development goals.
Qu Dongyu underlined the need to build sustainable systems in order to achieve sustainable development goals.
“In this regard, digitalization and innovation are important accelerators. This is a key part of FAO's work. I commend Azerbaijan's commitment in this direction. Continuous cooperation between the FAO and the government of Azerbaijan is a guarantor of this sustainable transformation,” he added.
Qu Dongyu said he had productive discussions with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev before the conference.


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What is your air circulation like in your grow area? My 'chids spend the summer months outdoors rain or shine. sometimes the get rain days in a row and stay wet longer than they would indoors. Hasn't killed them yet. But remember, there is usually a breeze outdoors during the rainy season. The duldrums hit in August when we seldom get rain, so it seems to work out.


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Are GMOs Safe? The Case of Roundup Ready Soy
Is Monsanto’s Roundup Pesticide Glyphosate Safe?
GMO Soy and Breast Cancer
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An excerpt from, "A new normal in the grains market" by Chris Lyddon, World-Grain, January 25, 2016:
Experts at the recent Global Grain Conference in Geneva, Switzerland took a close look at how the grains sector, and the wider economy, has changed in some of the most important producing and consuming regions. The Black Sea, including Russia and Ukraine, has become much more important as a source of grain and its rulers plan for it to become more important going forward. China’s growth has slowed, but it is going to remain a big customer, while it must remain a big producer of grains. Producers of commodities of all types struggle, while commodity buyers are boosted by the possibility of buying cheap raw materials.An excerpt from,"The Likely Monsanto-Syngenta Merger and the Chinese Factor" by Carmelo Ruiz, Global Research, January 30, 2016:
Sergey Feofilov of UkrAgroConsult outlined how the role of the Black Sea region in the global grain market has grown.
“The countries of the Black Sea managed to increase grain production and export tremendously over the previous 20 years,” he said.
China has increased in importance as a buyer, especially for Ukrainian grain exports. Exports from the Black Sea region now account for around 20% of the global market.
Monsanto, the US-based biotech and agribusiness colossus, is seeking a merger with its European competitor Syngenta. Such a transaction would create a gargantuan corporation that would control 45% of the world’s commercial seeds and 30% of the farm chemicals market. This is a time of major mergers in the ag sector. The largest of these took place last November, when two of the largest US players, Dow and Dupont, agreed to merge. The resulting spawn of both will have no less than 25% of the world commercial seed market.
The much-talked about Monsanto-Syngenta merger is likely but not inevitable. Monsanto began 2016 with its third buyout offer to the European corporation in less than a year. Syngenta’s management announced it will not decide on Monsanto’s latest bid right away because it is considering other offers. In a conference in Switzerland in mid-January, company chairman Michael Demare said it is evaluating proposals from German companies BASF and Bayer, which are also world leaders in the agricultural biotech and pesticide sectors, and from ChemChina.
Although not very well known in North America and Europe, the Chinese state-owned ChemChina is one mammoth of a corporation. With $45.6 billion in annual revenues and some 140,000 employees, it ranks 265th in the Fortune 500 index.


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These amazing leaves are the reason I plant these beautiful cannas. I wouldn't even need the velvety orange blooms.
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How do you overwinter your plant? Do you lift it or leave it in the ground? I've been growing one in a water garden. Purchased it last year and grew increasingly fond of it. After last season, I just put it into the unheated garage and forgot about it--never watering it. I started to water it again in the Spring and it looks amazing again--better than last year! --I am hoping for flowers this year as I am treating it with more care--and respect. Good luck!
Where I live (Louisiana), you can just leave cannas in the ground and they will reliably return every year. No over-wintering troubles needed.
It is one of my favorites. It gets nice and tall and contrasts so well with other tropicals.


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Guwahati, Apr 24 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced a long road map to develop key sectors ranging from education to agriculture in the next decade.
Addressing a press conference here, Mr Gogoi said the road map to be implemented within the next ten years would accord highest priority in the field of education and creating employment opportunities.
An international-standard university would be set up near Guwahati and the government was in process of acquiring a 700 acre of land, he said.
The other focus areas of the action plan would be agriculture, irrigation and power, the Chief Minister said.
Setting up of food processing units would be the priority, while effort would be made to hasten the commissioning of the power projects to ease the current power crisis in the state, Mr Gogoi added.
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The rain brought relief, but it didn't last long.
Prices for wheat, corn and soybeans all rose Wednesday after falling earlier in the week. The moves were substantial: Corn and soybean prices both jumped about 2 percent.
Prices for agricultural commodities have been climbing throughout the summer because of a drought gripping large parts of the Midwest. Analysts and farmers fear it will reduce crop sizes, pushing prices higher.
Rain earlier this week helped push the prices down. Corn and wheat prices fell on Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Soybean prices fell Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday, traders were back to worrying again. Some were concerned that corn, which is planted early in the year and was in a critical growing stage during the hot, dry weather, won't rebound no matter how much rain comes for the rest of the season.
Demand for the crops remains strong overseas, including in China, which is also keeping prices high.
On Wednesday, wheat for December delivery rose 8 cents, or about 1 percent, to $8.6625 per bushel. December corn rose 15 cents to $8.04 per bushel. November soybeans rose 36.5 cents to $16.345 per bushel.
It was a quiet day on the stock market, with investors unwilling to make big commitments, or to make up their mind about whether the economy is improving, on a slow summer day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell slightly. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose slightly.
The moves in metals were similarly muted. Precious metals ticked up slightly, and the industrial metals ticked down. None moved more than a few tenths of one percentage point.
December gold rose $4.20 to $1,606.60 per ounce. September silver rose 4.9 cents to $27.812 per ounce.
September copper fell 0.95 cent to $3.3495 per pound. September palladium fell 35 cents to $578.05 per ounce. October platinum fell $2.90 to $1,396.20 per ounce.
Oil prices rose after the government reported an unexpectedly large drop in U.S. crude oil inventories. That makes traders worried that there won't be enough supply.
In New York, benchmark crude rose 90 cents to end at $94.33 per barrel. In London, Brent crude rose $2.22 to $116.25 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline rose 8.26 cents to $3.084 per gallon. Heating oil rose 5.06 cents to $3.0852 per gallon.
The exception was natural gas, which is in abundant supply in the U.S. It fell 8.6 cents to $2.748 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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South American Coffees
South American coffees are ‘classics’. These will often be many peoples introduction to specialty coffee. This is partly due to the wide range of coffees on offer showing notes of chocolate and nuts with a low acidity and a good body. They are easy drinking and easy to brew. Coffee roasters and coffee shops will often offer these up as crowd pleasers or as the base constituent of a blend. The reason they are so popular in blends is because the low acidity and good body allows them to be blended with coffees with more desirable characteristics. Alone these coffees would not stand up to certain brewing processes.
Brazil began coffee production in the 1700’s and this spread to Colombia by the 1800’s. In Brazil production increased exponentially to a point where it now produces around a 3rd of the worlds total coffee. When first introduced the growers did not look after the soils that they were using and would regularly deforest new areas to move too. This allowed them to access new areas where the soil was still rich in nutrients. Fortunately in Brazil, as well as in most other coffee growing regions, there is a particular focus on growing specialty coffee in a sustainable an ethical way.
The main coffee growing regions within South America are Brazil (circa 60 million bags) and Colombia (circa 15 million bags). With Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador starting to increase their coffee production.


Doug Bulgrin with Gumz Farms in Endeavor told us on Sept. 6 that Gumz has started its 2017 harvest. “We have started harvest and are packing and shipping with limited quantity,” Doug said. “Since we are starting a little late, we really want to take our time and give the onions a chance to mature and size up.”
He said Gumz is currently packing medium yellows. “We are very pleased with the quality. It looks great,” Doug said. “The market is good too. Pricing is higher for this time of year than we’ve seen in a while.” Featured Image: Gumz Farms, “onions lifted and drying”, courtesy of Doug Bulgrin.
Colorado Western Slope:
It was a short but good report from Southwest Onion Growers in Mission, TX, about its Colorado season this week. The office said early loads were going out on Sept. 6, with a slow start. David DeBerry told us last week that crews were filling stubs with hand clipped reds, yellows and sweets, and the crop looked great.
Dan Phillips with Central Produce distributors in Payette, ID, reported on Tuesday, Sept 6 that Central is “crazy busy!” Dan said Central is shipping all sizes and colors with limited supplies of yellow colossals and supers. “Demand is very good, and the market is steady and increasing every day,” he said. “Jumbo yellows are really hot right now, and pricing for everything else is on the rise too.” He said quality is excellent as well, and he noted that on Wednesday morning he was nearly sold out for the day. “I am going to be sold out for today, and I’ll start working on tomorrow’s orders. This is a great start to the new season!”
Ashley Robertson with Fort Boise Produce in Parma, ID, gave us the same description: “Crazy busy!” She said, “We are shipping everything now, mainly jumbos. Bigger onions are hard to come by.” Ashley added that the market was up, and she said that on Sept. 6, “Demand exceeds supply.” She said Fort Boise did have good supplies of whites and reds, in mixer volumes.
Herb Haun with Haun Packing in Weiser, ID, reported t the market is steady this week and increasing. “We are shipping everything we can get cured and harvested,” he said. “We are shipping all colors and sizes, but more mediums than anything. And we are limited on colossals and supers.” Herb said quality is exceptional. “We have seen tightening on truck availability but not anything significant,” he said. “We’re not sure if it has anything to do with the hurricanes, but I can remember that when Katrina hit, FEMA was paying trucks to just sit on standby which created a real problem for us. But actually, tightening of freight tends to happen at this time of year, and it might not have anything to do with weather.” When asked about fuel pricing and impacts on freight, Herb said, “I don’t think fuel prices are an issue. I know some parts of the country have seen fuel prices rise, but not nationwide. I checked crude prices today and they are at 47 cents.”
And check out photos sent to us from Jon Watson with JC Watson Packing Company.
Cindy Elrod with Peri and Sons in Yerington told us on Sept. 6 the operation is “in full-blown harvest” with all colors. She said Peri is packing reds, yellows, whites, sweets and organics, and she noted: “sizing is on the smaller size with these early varieties.” She said, “When we get into the intermediates, we expect larger sizes.”
John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms in Idaho Falls, ID, said on Sept. 6 the market was steady this week for his shipments out of Nyssa, OR, Prosser, WA, and Walla Walla, WA. “Business is normal for this time of year,” John said. “Quite honestly, there isn’t any room for extra business right now. Growers are still working on getting their onions cured and harvested, and packers are busy completing storages and building, so there is a lot going on.” He said the quality is excellent. “The onions look fabulous. Now that we are into the storage varieties, they look just how you would imagine they should look. The yellows have that nice copper color and tight skins, the reds are that beautiful red, and whites look white.”
Larry Denke with Agri-Pack in Pasco told us on Sept. 6 demand is good, prices are going up and “sizing is normal for our varieties.” He said about half the yellow volume is in storage, whites are all in and reds would start going into storage this week.
California San Joaquin Valley:
Cindy Elrod with Peri and Sons said the Firebaugh harvest has finished, and she said packing would end next Tuesday.
Colorado Western Slope:
Don Ed Holmes with The Onions House in Weslaco, TX, said on Sept. 6 his Western Slope growers were waiting another week to kick off the season. Because Houston is a major market for the Colorado onions and getting loads into that beleaguered city was difficult after Hurricane Harvey’s horrific blow, the growers had decided to continue irrigating last week. “We’re looking at Sept. 14 now,” Don Ed said of first loads. “We wanted the onions to make more size and tonnage, and they’re still wanting to grow some. The medium market has come up, but jumbos are almost double mediums so we let the onions grow.”
Don Ed Holmes with The Onion House in Weslaco, TX, said the Tampico area crop continues to grow, with “seed beds up and direct seed going in.” Harvest will start in late January or early February.


Monsanto Backs Out of New GM Cotton Initiative in India
In late August 2016, Monsanto withdrew its application which sought approval for its new version of genetically modified cotton seeds in India.
There has been a dispute between Monsanto and New Delhi for quite some time surrounding prices Monsanto charges for the GMO cotton seeds and the corporation’s resistance to sharing its technology with local Indian seed companies.
Monsanto spokesman stated that the withdrawal of the application was “an outcome of the uncertainty in the business and regulatory environment.” He did however provide reassurance that the decision had “no impact on our current cotton portfolio being sold in India.”
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On July 5th, Maharashatra Hybrid Seeds Coltd (MAHYCO), Monsanto’s “technology partner” in India highlighted a government proposal that would have required Monsanto to share its biotechnology products with local Indian seed companies.
The letter said that the government proposal “alarmed us and raised serious concerns about the protection of intellectual property rights.”
After complaints by Monsanto and other multi-national seed companies, the Indian government temporarily withdrew its order so that it could have time to hear feedback from stakeholders. MAYCO has now asked the GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee), the Indian seed regulator, to return the data and other material submitted by Monsanto as part of their application of Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex.
Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex is the next installment of biotechnology building on Bollgard II which was introduced in 2006 but is becoming more and more vulnerable to bollworms.
Monsanto is clearly attempting to put a gun to the head of the Indian government and to hold Indian farmers as hostage. The ransom they are demanding is proprietary monopoly and high prices for its seeds.
Because GMO biotech is a constant upgrade of technology designed to fight the upgraded ecological and agricultural disasters that have resulted from the use of biotechnology in the first place, Monsanto now has India over a barrel.
Now that Indian farmers are facing pesticide-resistant insects, and those specifically resistant to the hyped up pesticides sold by Monsanto (and thus created by Monsanto), the withdrawal of any new technology could put Indian farmers at risk of pestilence and eventual collapse of their cotton industry.
Outside of the United States, India is one of Monsanto’s largest clients and the corporation clearly believes that the Indian government will soon knuckle under.
But India should view the attempted strong-arm by Monsanto as a blessing in disguise. Now the country is being given the impetus for a move away from corporate-dominated agriculture and the control that Big Business has over the food supply of a billion people.
We encourage India to begin looking for ways for them to reclaim their agriculture and food supply and slowly pushing out Big Ag corporations like Monsanto.
Regardless of the consequences of resisting Monsanto in the short term, they will far outweigh the consequences of knuckling under in the long term. As one of the world’s most populated countries, and one of Monsanto’s largest customers, India must respond by informing Monsanto that the corporation is in no position to bargain.
The Indian government must immediately prepare a program to rescue small farmers and deal accordingly with larger ones. India must then begin to move forward on the transition from a GM-dependent form of agriculture to traditional production complete with a ban on open-air GM cultivation for non-scientific purposes.
The Indian government must begin to use all of its resources to initiate a transitioning process from Monsanto’s GM cotton to traditional methods of production. If Monsanto resists, it should be reminded that it is the prerogative of national governments to seize foreign entities when national security is at state. Certainly, the Indian food supply and one of its top agricultural exports would fall under this category.
It is time for India to reassert its national sovereignty and provide its people and the rest of the world with what they both truly desire: clean food and agricultural products that are not beholden to vulturistic corporations.
This article (Monsanto Backs Out of New GM Cotton Initiative in India) can be republished under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Brandon Turbeville, source article and Natural Blaze.com, keeping all links and bio intact.
Brandon Turbeville – article archive here – is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria, and The Difference it Makes: 36 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President. Turbeville has published over 600 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville’s podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.


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Get ready for some juicy citrus this month! New season naval oranges are now available and are a top highlight for fruit this May. With their sweetness and high vitamin C content, they’re perfect for a morning boost or an afternoon snack.
Imperial mandarins are also continuing their fine form this month, with the sunny days allowing their sugars to sweeten beautifully. Keep an eye out for both Packham and Beurre Bosc pears, which are now in season. And if you’re a fan of apples, be sure to try the fresh-picked Pink Lady apples from Orange. They’re crispy, sweet, and bursting with flavour.
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We are officially in a new era when it comes to food. First we get creations like cotton candy grapes. Could we expect Pinkglow Pineapples to be the next big thing?
Fresh Del Monte has been working on this variety of pineapple since 2005. They officially got approval from the FDA to make it for human consumption in 2016. It was a long time in the making.
So, what’s in these pineapples? Fresh Del Monte says, “Pinkglow Pineapples contain lycopene, a natural pigment that gives some produce its red color (e.g. tomatoes,watermelon), which makes this product pink.” Pinkglow Pineapples are supposed to be juicier and sweeter.
The company says that it takes two years to grow and harvest the pineapples in Costa Rica. Because they’re so special, each pineapple will put you back about $49. You can currently buy them through online retailers and will receive a certificate of authenticity along with your pink fruit.
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NEW DELHI – India's economy will likely sustain its high growth momentum in the coming years despite a spike in inflation that has stoked fears of overheating, an official report said Tuesday.
The government, however, is worried over a slowdown in agriculture that keeps a vast majority of Indians from participating in the broader economic expansion, said the annual Economic Survey, presented Tuesday to Parliament.
India's economy is expected to grow 9.2 per cent in the current fiscal year ending in March, up from nine per cent a year ago, but much of this growth is being driven by a resurgence in industrial investment and a consumption boom mostly limited to cities.
Farm output is expected to grow 2.7 per cent this year – down from six per cent a year earlier, while industrial production is projected to grow 10 per cent and services at 11.2 per cent.
"With more than half of the population directly depending on this sector, low agricultural growth has serious implications for the inclusiveness of growth," the survey said.
Poor infrastructure such as limited irrigation network, deteriorating soil quality and lack of access to easy loans for farmers are some of the key factors behind the slow growth of Indian agriculture, which is mostly dominated small-scale farming.
The uneven pace of expansion has reduced agriculture's share in India's gross domestic product to 18.5 percent from about 30 per cent a decade ago, but the drop in population dependent on farming has been negligible.
"Furthermore, poor agricultural performance, as the current year has demonstrated, can complicate maintenance of price stability," the report said, pointing to a jump in inflation in recent months.
Higher food prices coupled with the rising cost of some raw materials such as cement have caused inflation to accelerate.
The inflation rate touched a two-year high of 6.7 per cent on Feb. 3, stoking fears that the economy might be overheating. But the survey downplayed those concerns, saying it is possible – with appropriate policies – to manage high growth without inflation.
"The overall macroeconomic fundamentals are robust," it said. ``With an upsurge in investment, the outlook is distinctly upbeat.''
Indians are saving much more than they did earlier, thanks to rising middle class incomes and the country's demographic profile – a overwhelming majority of Indians are aged between 15 and 40.
The higher savings have translated into increased investment that, in turn, "reflects a high degree of business optimism.''
India's investment rate increased to 34 per cent of gross domestic product in the last fiscal year from 23 per cent five years ago.


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Horizon Distributors, Inc., a full-service distributor of landscape and irrigation products, today announced its expansion into the Florida market with the acquisition of certain assets of the Kilpatrick Companies (Kilpatrick), a Boynton Beach‑based distributor of landscape and irrigation products and provider of equipment services with sales throughout South Florida and the Caribbean Basin.
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“This transaction expands Pool Corporation’s share of the more than $2 billion irrigation and landscape distribution marketplace by strengthening our presence in the strategic Florida market,” said Manuel Perez de la Mesa, president and CEO, Pool Corporation.
This marks the second acquisition Horizon has made in the past six months, following the company’s integration of the Las Vegas-based Turf Equipment Supply Company in December.
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South Sudan Onions 2023 Retail Prices
The retail price range for South Sudan onions today, Jun 6 2023, is between US$ 0.79 and US$ 2.5 per kilogram or between US$ 0.36 and US$ 1.13 per pound(lb).
The retail price range in South Sudanese Pound for onions today, Jun 6 2023, is between SSP 102.86 and SSP 325.52 per kilogram or between SSP 46.65 and SSP 147.63 per pound(lb) in Juba and Wau.
In 2023, the approximate wholesale price range for South Sudan onions is between US$ 0.55 and US$ 1.75 per kilogram or between US$ 0.25 and US$ 0.79 per pound(lb).
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South Sudan Onions Export Prices - Historical, Trends and PredictionThe export price per kilogram of Onions from South Sudan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2014, the price was 0.00 US $ per kg. This increased to 19.45 US $ per kg in 2017, before dropping to 0.09 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price rose to 50.35 US $ per kg, before dropping again to 0.25 US $ per kg in 2020. The most recent year, 2021, saw the price drop to 0.00 US $ per kg. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Onions from South Sudan in 2023 will be 0.00 US $ per kg, and in 2024 will be 0.09 US $ per kg.
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Motueka is set apart, not so much by its rivermouth setting and the reflections in the smooth tidal reaches of Tasman Bay, but by the patchwork of tobacco and wire-hung hopfields beside big boarded kilns, and by the large tobacco factories that fringe the town.
For Motueka, as well as harvesting much of the country’s pip fruit, is the centre of New Zealand’s only commercial plantations of hops and tobacco. An extraordinarily wide range of crops are grown successfully in the region. In addition to the traditional hops and tobacco, kiwifruit, berryfruits, stone and pip fruits, sub-tropicals and a variety of vegetables have come into their own. The prolific produce manifests the town’s equitable climate and draws to it each summer large numbers of seasonal workers to harvest fruit, tobacco and hops. The area is also rich in arts and crafts.
Motueka (more correctly Motuweka) has been translated as the crippled woodhen – one used as a lure to trap weka. The name (literally, motu=clump of trees; weka=woodhen) comes from Hawaiki, where it may have had a different connotation.
Land of plenty: When Europeans arrived, there was a Maori kainga at Motueka which had already been visited by Octavius Hadfield, who had sailed across from Waikanae to bring Christianity to the area. Soon the plains were dotted with huts as the settlers, many of them retired army and naval officers, set about clearing dense bush to win today’s fertile farmland. Well could Dr Greenwood’s wife enthuse in 1843: „The climate is delightful. It has neither the rains of Auckland nor the winds of Port Nicholson [Wellington]. The waters abound in fish of excellent quality, and the land with birds, pigeons, quails, wild duck and parrots.“
Potatoes were exported to the Australian goldfields, but communications closer to hand were also by ship. Small trading vessels plied around the coast to overcome the lack of roads and river crossings, and to provide the region with its solitary lifeline.


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Watermellon are great fruits they are juicey and delishouse but they grow like a veggie. Some people think that they are a veggie. The Watermellon is not a veggie just related to cucombers and i little bite of pumpkin.People believe that watermelon were first developed in Africa and were first harvest about 5,000 years ago. Each bit of watermelon is 92% water and 6% suger. You can also have the watermelon rinds. Watermelons are a heathy snack and have lots of vitamin C.
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If you live in Portland you may have noticed that it's been cold all week, and that the weather forecast doesn't call for much thawing until next week. Unfortunately this makes it completely impossible for us to harvest shares this week which is very sad. I was hoping I'd at least be able to dig roots this week, but the ground is quite solid for at least an inch, I know, I tried digging yesterday. We do hope that most of the vegetables will be fine once they thaw next week, even a bit sweeter perhaps as often happens after cold snaps. Next week is scheduled to be the final share of the year and with a little luck we'll be giving out the vegetables that should have been in this week's share, as well as those for next week's share. Stay tuned, you never know what the weather will throw at us next.


Mumbai: A pilot project would be undertaken in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal and Osmanabad districts with Israeli cooperation to combat agrarian crisis, which has led to several farmers’ suicide, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.
Mr Fadnavis, who returned to Mumbai today after the four-day Israel tour, told media that senior Israeli leader Shimon Peres has agreed to extend all help to curb suicides by farmers in the state.
“I have invited Peres, who heads a foundation engaged in development work, to Maharashtra,” Mr Fadnavis said citing his meeting with the 92-year-old former PM and President of Israel during the tour.
“I sought Peres’s help on Israeli strategies and technology, crop and water management. The state government will make its resources available for the pilot project. When I spoke to him about the pilot project in two districts, he agreed to it immediately,” Mr Fadnavis said.
The Chief Minister said farmer suicides are no matter of pride for the state and even a single suicide is a matter deep concern.
Emphasising on the importance of drip irrigation, Mr Fadnavis said, “in the next three years, sugarcane (crop) in the state shall be under drip irrigation. Besides, Jain Irrigation and Finolex (companies into drip irrigation) who are already there, we have also asked company Netafim to start production unit in Maharashtra.”
“Israel Aerospace Industries also wants to invest in India. We told them to invest in Maharashtra and have asked them to visit the state and examine the (industrial) clusters in Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur,” Mr Fadnavis said.
On security in and around jails, he said the state government has decided to seek help from Israel in this regard.
“Our jails are vulnerable and we have decided to seek help from Israel to secure our jails. We will also get their assistance in cyber security,” he said.


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11 Aug 2022, 8am - 4pm
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14 Sep 2022 10am - 15 Sep 2022 5pm
We'll will return to exhibit and share the services we offer for contaminated land, the Water Test Network and contract research from our stand. We are also delighted to be included in this years' speaker programme!


A summer sunrise, wrapped in a gentle mist, welcomes a
new day for the farmers of Middle Tennessee. Snipe and killdeer awake to
the daylight around the bullrushes in the peaceful water of the farm pond and
stirrings are imagined in the farmhouse and barn in the hazy background. A
new day is born-the earth is alive and all that is in it.


Silkroad Development Agency, Secretary General (SDA) Burhan Akyılmaz stated that Adıyaman almond should be marketed on a global scale as an indigenous brand.
In his speech Mr. Akyilmaz continued "We are doing a lot of work in order to help Adiyaman almond to have a say in the world as well as to encourage producers of Adiyaman almond farmers in producing almonds, marketing Adiyaman almond as a brand on a global scale and increasing the consumption of Adiyaman almond in the world".
Akyılmaz stated that the works continue to increase the variety of almonds as industrial products and said: "I would recommend that entrepreneurs and investors make investments in almonds in Adıyaman. We will provide voluntary investment consultancy services on behalf of our State in their investments here, and we will try to help them meet all their needs, because there is a serious potential here, because almond is a valuable product in the world with added value. We have undertaken this mission as the regional development agency, and we cooperate closely with our stakeholders. We are trying to fulfill our goal. "


Here's the third installment of our series 'The ABC's of Vegetable Gardening. This video focuses on how to properly transplant and care for seedlings.
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Check out this recording of last evening's episode of 'The ABC's of Vegetable Gardening' where Elspeth and Jennifer discuss what you can put in your vegetable garden now!
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Listen to the replay of the 'Laying the Foundation: Picking the right spot and getting the right soil.'
We invite you to join Elspeth McLean-Wile and Jennifer Naugler for the ABC's of Vegetable Gardening -- 4 educational session hosted on Facebook Live. To join, simply go to our Facebook page just before 7pm on the specified evenings. Below, the topics which Elspeth and Jennifer will cover each session.
May 12 7pm
Laying the Foundation: Picking the right spot and getting the right soil!
May 19 7pm
To Everything there is Season: What can I plant now?
May 26 7pm
Handle with Care: Tips on transplanting seedlings and seeds
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Hungry, Thirsty! Feeding and Watering Your Garden
If this were any normal season, we would be scooping ice cream for all our moms visiting the market. This year, however, we will be honoring our pandemic shop hours and closing on Sunday May 10. We have, however, baked up some very pretty cupcakes which will be available for sale ($1.75 each) on Friday and Saturday. Drop by or call in an order. Also check out our Mother's Day newsletter here.


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Q.Identify What Is Wrong With My Shrub And How To Fix It?
I’m not an experienced gardener and not even 100% sure what the plant is (although i think it’s a euonymus) and it hasnt really grown this spring at all and has developed lots of holes in the leaves and a lot are going brown and dying. It is quite established plant and has been in for a while. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Check for insects first because euonymus is known for scale infestation. If you don't see insects, check for disease. These articles should help:


Order at least two varieties for cross pollination. Shipping to Oregon is no longer restricted. The following named varieties are European hazelnuts (Corylus avellana). It is the only species grown commercially. Hazelnuts are also known as filberts. Hazels are propagated as layered trees on their own roots. Self-rooted or layered trees are the equivalent of a grafted tree, but have the advantage of being grown on their own roots. They can be grown as a tree by suppression of suckers, or as a multi-stemmed shrub. Growing hazelnuts as a shrub can make it easier to hand-harvest nuts as soon as they ripen, as they are ripe nearly a month before they drop. This may be necessary where jays and squirrels are common. Self-rooted hazelnuts will begin bearing quickly, often within 2 years. Seedlings will take 3-6 years. Turkish Tree hazels take 8-10 years to bear.
Complete resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight. A short, spreading tree that is very productive of small, round nuts. Yamhill Hazelnuts are early ripening and have the best kernel quality. Pollinates with all listed varieties.
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The Parbright 600w Flowering Lamp is our cheapest bulb for the blooming stage. Don’t let the price fool you! They are still a good quality option that will give great results. Although these lamps are mainly for the flowering stage, you can use them all the way through should you need it to. As we all of these type of lamp, they have a standard E40 fitting and are suitable for use in all the usual reflectors. They are also suitable for use with any of our 600w ballasts.
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posted on February 25th, 2010 by Steve Schug
As we have mentioned, Zoysia is a particularly hardy grass that grows well in a wide range of conditions. We also let you know a little bit about its history, both historically and company specific.
But zoysia isn’t just a catchall. There are many different types of zoysia. They act similarly, but can look and grow differently. Read more below about the most popular types of zoysia on the market today.
Amazoy / Meyer Z-52
This is the type of zoysia we specialize in. It has a medium, dark green color and an intermediate leaf texture and shoot density (thickness). It is known for fast spring green up (gain color back if it goes dormant) and is the most cold tolerant. It is sold as plugs and sod.
Emerald zoysia is a hybrid of zoysia, and was developed in Georgia. It is dark green in color, with a very fine leaf texture. It grows more quickly than other zoysia, but is only available as sod. This hybrid grass has fair shade tolerance and high shoot density, but doesn’t have superb cold weather tolerance.
Matrella / Manila
Zoysia matrella or manila grass originated on the island of Manila, hence its name. It has an intermediate leaf texture and shoot density. It does not hold up well in colder temperatures and is slow to establish.
Similar to Meyer Z-52 in appearance, but grows less dense. It does not do well in areas that are shaded and its ability to withstand cold temperatures is questionable.
This type of zoysia is from Brazil. It has a courser texture than other zoysia and is the least cold tolerant.
To see descriptions of other zoysia grasses, click here.


NOVOGEN at the AgroWorld exhibition in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is a country with 32 million inhabitants and represents a very buoyant market for NOVOGEN, working in close collaboration with its local distributor, Progress Paranda, based in Tashkent.
From March 14th to 16th 2018, the International Agricultural Exhibition “AgroWorld” was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This show is a major event for the country's agricultural sector and attracts more than 6,000 visitors each year. Many companies from the egg sector as well as current customers were able to meet NOVOGEN's technical and commercial team at the booth and appreciated the numerous advices provided to them.
Central Asia is a promising market for NOVOGEN; there is a strong demand for egg production in order to supply the local market as well as exports to neighbouring countries. The many positive comments received during the exhibition show that the products resulting from NOVOGEN’s innovative selection program meets this demand. The excellent production performance (persistency of lay, egg quality, low feed conversion rate, etc.) of the NOVOgen Brown, White and Tinted strains fulfil the needs of the Uzbek market and more generally of Central Asia.
The entire NOVOGEN team would like to thank its customers, partners and all the visitors for the many meetings and discussions that took place during the show and is looking forward to continuing to strengthen its partnerships in the future.
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Apple ‘Tom Putt’
A medium to large sized sized apple which has strips and blotches over pale greenish yellow skin, and has long, broad dull red stripes. The white tinged green flesh is crisp, juicy, and acid. Its season of use is from September to November. (Devon 18th Century) Flowering Group 3.
Containerised Trees are supplied from September to August. Bare Root Trees are supplied from November to March


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The Ozark Prairie Master Gardeners chapter was established in 2002. The Master Gardener program is an opportunity for novice and experienced gardeners to learn to share knowledge with others. As representatives of MU Extension, Master Gardeners are involved in a variety of activities that benefit community, families and individuals while developing horticultural interests.
The MU Extension Missouri Master Gardener Program is a statewide education and volunteer program. To become a Master Gardener, participants must complete the 30-hour core training course presented by MU Extension horticulture faculty and complete a minimum of 30 hours of volunteer service in their community in approved MU Extension Master Gardener activities.
The Ozark Prairie Master Gardener Chapter is a proud member of the Missouri Master Gardener Association Inc.
The Ozark Prairie Master Gardeners are trained individuals who enjoy learning and sharing their expertise with others. Our gardening backgrounds range from hobbyist to professional, from beginner to experienced, from young adult to senior citizen. The common bond is a love of gardening, learning and sharing.
Ozark Prairie Master Gardeners are involved in a diverse collection of community projects and one-on-one consultations such as
After training, Master Gardeners serve as a resource with University of Missouri Extension to give county residents research-based answers to their gardening questions. The primary purpose of a Master Gardener is to volunteer, but members rate camaraderie and learning opportunities as important reasons for participating.
To become a Master Gardener, call 573-378-5358 for details on upcoming training.
We have developed a pollinator garden. It is located near the Community Garden in Versailles (behind the United Methodist Church).
The club meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. Location varies. Contact Andi Woodson for details.
Vice chairperson: Mary Ella Zimmerman, 573-378-4254


Pathetic purple kohlrabi direct seeded sometime last summer
Realization Of The Day:
I'm giving up on the kohlrabi - again. (But I'll still eat the leaves.)
There's nothing like a couple of zero degree mornings to put things into perspective. It's time to let last year's garden go. This is actually a relief because there comes a point, usually around mid-December, when covering and uncovering half a dozen raised beds with floating row covers, old bedsheets, raggedy quilts, sheets of thick clear plastic, tarps, and whatever else is cheap and handy starts to feel like a real pain in the butt—especially when you uncover the tiny Swiss chard plants you've been coddling along for months in one of the mini greenhouse beds only to find that they've been munched down to nothing but pathetic little stems by. . . well, I have no idea what ate them, only that they had to have been really persistent (and really hungry) to reach them.
As for this row of kohlrabi plants I direct seeded sometime around last June, it's actually doing pretty well considering it's been covered with nothing but two floating row covers and an old sheet during these record-breaking bitter cold temperatures, more of which are expected tonight. Kohlrabi is one cold-hardy little vegetable, but my problem seems to with the other end of the thermometer. Once again the plants have refused to form bulbs, and I think it may have to do with the heat.
Early last spring (unfortunately I didn't write down exactly when) I direct seeded a couple of rows of purple kohlrabi, and only a few of the plants ever formed bulbs. They didn't get too cold, were planted in rich organic soil, had plenty of sunshine, were watered regularly, and weren't overcrowded. But they just kept growing straight up instead of out.
Not a single one of the plants in my second planting (again I forgot to make a note of exactly when I started the seeds, but I think it was June) formed bulbs, and I made sure they were thinned out so that none of the plants were even touching each other just in case that was the problem, though I didn't think it was.
Apparently most gardeners don't have any trouble growing kohlrabi, because my search through books, blogs, seed catalogs, gardening forums, and various other online sources for help about my no-bulb problem came up with zilch.
Everybody did say that kohlrabi matures quickly, likes cool weather, should be grown in the spring and/or fall, tastes even better after a frost, and is extremely easy to grow. For them, maybe.
I did find an excellent online article about growing kohlrabi from Mother Earth News called "Cool Kohlrabi" that said if you let the bulbs form during warm weather they can become woody. I also read somewhere that if you let the bulbs get too large they can become woody, but nobody mentions what you're doing wrong if the bulbs don't form at all.
It's iffy growing spring and fall crops in Missouri, which is why I almost never get any decent broccoli. Or cabbage. Or spinach. Or rapini. Or cauliflower, which I fortunately quit trying to grow years ago because I recently learned that it is incredibly finicky.
Our winters are harsh (relatively speaking), spring heats up very quickly (we almost always have April days in the 90s), and by the time the ridiculously hot and humid summers have cooled down enough to start seeds for fall, it's well into September, and there isn't usually enough growing time left before winter really sets in.
That's what happened this year with a lot of my fall plantings. I direct seeded all sorts of things on September 15th, and while I did enjoy some gorgeous spinach, a fine crop of kale, a few Oriental greens, and even a double cutting of mizuna, the turnips, five kinds of beets, and several varieties of Swiss chard I had high hopes for unfortunately never amounted to anything. (The chard I definitely should have started earlier, as it is extremely heat tolerant.)
On the other hand, the four types of bush beans I planted in late March (and was so happy I was getting them in the ground early!) froze to death.
This is just wrong—and depressing.
I'm not giving up on my purple kohlrabi, though. I love it way too much. In fact, I probably love it even more because I hardly ever get to eat it.
Kohlrabi, from the German words kohl (cabbage) and rabi (turnip), is not actually a cabbage or a turnip. Cultivated in Europe since at least the mid 1500's, this cold loving member of the brassica (cabbage) family is low in calories, high in fiber, and a good source of several vitamins and minerals. Although kohlrabi has been grown the U.S. since at least the early 1800's, it still has yet to become very popular.
Sweet and mildly flavored, kohlrabi can be braised, boiled, stuffed, sliced, scalloped, steamed, julienned, roasted, and sautéed. You can grate it into slaw, toss it into salads, slip it into soups and stews, snack on it raw with dip, and stir-fry it. You can even wrap it in foil and grill it.
I've seen recipes where kohlrabi was covered in cream, sautéed with anchovies, stuffed into empanadas, fried into cakes, served with hollandaise sauce, and turned into a cinnamon brunch bake. This vegetable is versatile.
Unfortunately all of these cooks are wasting their time - and their kohlrabi. For the only thing you should ever be doing with kohlrabi is turning it into purée. Trust me. You'll find my favorite recipe in this post on Farmgirl Fare, What To Do With Kohlrabi? Purée it! What's really nice about this recipe (besides the fact that it tastes divine) is that it makes use of both the kohlrabi leaves and the bulbs. By the way, the cute little baby leaves make wonderful additions to salads.
Now that's kohlrabi! (This photo was taken in my kitchen garden on 7/16/07, so I know I can really do it - or it can really do it.)
Okay, so now that you have my recipe, I'm hoping you'll give me some kohlrabi growing tips. What do you think I'm doing wrong? I know kohlrabi can be successfully grown here, as I've had bumper crops in the (very distant) past, and even last spring's planting gave me enough harvestable plants, like the beautiful one above (which I supposedly let get too large but didn't taste woody at all), to make one batch of perfect purée. Any help is greatly appreciated!
In the meantime, I'm tempted to start some kohlrabi seeds in the greenhouse right now, but even in winter it can quickly shoot up to 90+ degrees in there on a sunny day, and if the heat actually is my problem I'd be wasting my time.
Instead I think I'll start a few containers of seeds indoors (which is how I used to start almost everything, but I've been direct seeding more and more as the years go by) then set out the seedlings as soon as they're a couple inches high since I know they can handle the cold.
Wish me luck. I'm really hoping that 2008 will be The Year Of The Humongous Kohlrabi Harvest. I know that someday I'll have so much kohlrabi I'll actually get tired of devouring it puréed, so I'd love to know your favorite ways to eat it, too.
Never give up for good in the garden.
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