Tag: nature
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June 14, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
The Atacoma Desert in Chile is the driest place on earth,where it has an average of 3 hundredths of an inch of rain per year.
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June 07, 2008 10:58 AM EDT --
I'm sowing seeds of faith today
Seeds of hope in words I pray,
Love and laughter dreams worthwhile
Tucked within a happy smile,
Moments bright on every path,
Loving springtime's . . .
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June 06, 2008 05:47 PM EDT --
Purple Martins love mosquitoes.
Putting up a purple martin condo is a sure way to eliminate mosquitoes from your backyard. Purple martin housing can be found at local hardware stores,retail outlets,stores . . .
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June 07, 2008 11:05 AM EDT --
From the geranium family,this perennial grows well as ground cover or in borders,rock gardens and containers.
Native to Europe and Asia its midsummer flowers range from pink to magenta or purple. . . .
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June 17, 2008 06:05 PM EDT --
Barnyard manure
Kitchen scraps
Corn stalks(for ventilation)
Banana peels(chopped fine)
The chopped peelings can also be buried around tomatoes,peppers and roses.
Coffee grounds,can be placed . . .
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June 17, 2008 06:27 PM EDT --
Roses were grown extensively in monastery gardens for their medicinal value and for their petals which were used to create rosaries.
The oldest known living rose bush,reportedly 1,000 yrs. old is found . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
Although water itself is effective,adding things to it is even more so- a bit of tobacco or a little kerosene,for example.
Grandma never threw out her wash or dish water. instead she used it to bathe . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:47 PM EDT --
Old roses are not only beautifu; but also relatively easy to grow because they are less susceptible to pests and disease.
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June 06, 2008 05:59 PM EDT --
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
Small boys becoming big men through the influence . . .
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June 17, 2008 06:19 PM EDT --
Try these combinations to repel insects:
Garlic near roses for aphids
Basil near beans for beetles
Nasturtiums for whiteflies and aphids
Marigolds for nematodes
Tobacco for flea beetles . . .
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June 20, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
The sailfish swim in the ocean.
The crab walks on the sand.
The sea gull flies above the waves.
The flying fish can fly up out of the water to eat bugs.
The porpoise is a friendly fellow. . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:38 PM EDT --
Not all critters in the garden are harmful.
Some actually aid the gardner.
Bill Kaheley loves to tell the story of his ducks.
For years we tried to keep the Mucovey ducks own by the pond. We . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:44 PM EDT --
During this period the hybrid perpetuals ruled the rose world.
Developed into an impressive strain of incomparable beauty,almsot all of them had a truly lovely perfume as well.
AS one lover says,a . . .
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July 09, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
The sun was on fire
IN the sky
And in its warth
Flowers open
In the Garden
And the butterfly
Flutters by.
Wings widespread
It stops to feed
At the flower bed
And on its favourite . . .
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March 15, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
When the sun is outened, I stand sometimes in the fields, And look where the sky gets dark, And see the moon so big like,so yeloow, It wonders me often, She Don't come no more, Down there by the Schijer,under . . .
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April 07, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
You will be remembered when the flowers bloom in Spring,and in the summer time remembered in the fun that summer brings.
You will be remembered,when fall brings leaves of gold,in the winter time,remembered . . .
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August 19, 2008 05:47 PM EDT --
It's Fall Y'all
Pile On The Fall Fun
Awesome Autumn
Harvest Happiness
Enter With A Thankful Heart
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June 16, 2008 07:19 PM EDT --
The only difference in food now and when my grandparents were kids is they fertilize the ground so much til stuff grows so fast it takes the BEST flavors out of them and they're picked before they're . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
The new roses are
For admiring
The old roses
For loving.
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June 27, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
After 1789 scientists began experimenting with plant breeding and the worl of horticulture changed forever.
Growing roses became quite the fashion,due in part to Empress Josephine and her incomprable . . .
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