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23 Jul 2009All of us needed to have some rest and relaxation every once in a while. We usually get busy with the demands of our work, family and other responsibilities. We need to make sure that we have some time with our family. Most of the families can be together watching movies or televisions together. It is not the programs or movies being watched that counts but the bonding time.
Picking the best grapes
5 Jul 2009In everything you choose, choose the best. Just like picking the best grapes and discover the keys to buying a fresh and healthy bunch. Sweet, crunchy grapes makes a terrific low-calorie snack. They offer powerful antioxidant, anti cancer, and heart-protective compounds. For best nutrition, buy several varieties of grapes. Green (aka white), red, and purple grapes all contain important plant chemicals, like quercetin and catechins. Red and purple grapes also offer beneficial pigments called anthocyanins. Significant of amount of all these compounds are concentrated in the skin and seeds of grapes. The nutrients in juicy grapes protect you from heart disease and cancer.
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Individual petals
In: gardening| photography
25 May 2009This is one of my favorite pictures I shot a week ago. It is so beautiful, full and colorful, and fragrant, even when it is withering. Perhaps it is because of it that the individual petals are showing each beauty it fills my heart even just by looking at the whole flower.
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It is beautiful to look up and see the sights above, no? For it was a beautiful day with the sky so refreshingly blue. This is a crooked branch of “malunggay” or moringa that we have on our small yard. The small tree has been part of our meals/viands, our neighbors’ too, as well as tended and healed many cuts and wounds.
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Grapes storage tips
30 Mar 2009Conventional grapes, especially the imported ones, undergo heavy pesticides spraying; to avoid pesticides, choose organic grapes. Look for firm, plump grapes with a whitish bloom, which indicates the freshness. You can store grapes in the refrigerator for a few days in a plastic bag, but don’t wash them until just before you eat them. (excess moisture speeds spoilage). If you don’t plan to eat the whole bunch at once, snip off grape clusters with scissors rather than stripping the vine; this helps keep the remaining grapes from drying out. Chew them well to get the benefit of the skins, and if you find any seeds, eat those too.
The king of fruits
3 Feb 2009Durian is my favourite. When we can’t buy a durian fruit we resort to buy a durian ice cream. Durian is known as the “King of fruits”, a label that can be attributed to its formidable look and overpowering odour. Due to its unusual characteristics, the durian has been referenced or parodied in various cultural mediums.
The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Regarded by some as fragrant, others as overpowering and offensive, the smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust. Other people say that “it smells like hell but it tastes like heaven” but for me and my family “it smells and tastes like heaven.”
Planting palm trees tips
15 Jan 2009Everywhere in the world there is flood going on. There are many disasters going on. We cannot deny the fact it is the doing of the people who are illegal loggers made the natural disasters worst. We all now reap what they sow. But it is not too late to make a way in preventing worst scenario. We have to plant trees. Here are the tips of planting trees.
Several factors should be considered before selecting the planting site for a palm. If you have a specific type of palm in mind, be sure to consider how the plant will fit in the landscape in 10-15 years, when it reaches its full maturity. Consideration should be made of the type…
Wildlife trees
15 Jan 2009Around the globe there are a lot of people doing illegal logging. Wildlife trees should not be touched. They are there for our protection. It is so frustrating to know that illegal loggers do not think about the long term effects of what they are doing. They are just concern of what they can get out of it. Now all of us suffer the consequences. It is not to late to start planting trees or even fruit trees would be great.
Hybrid cucumber
In: gardening
4 Oct 2008This is what my cucumber has become. It is a hybrid. I planted several of them. It is a pleasure to watch them grow in the garden.
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Growing tomatoes, video
21 Sep 2008Growing tomatoes is easy but can also be tricky, so it is good to know the best way to plant it from experienced growers. I found a video online from Dave’s garden that has a lot of tips for all of us about growing tomatoes. “Once you tasted the home grown tomatoes, you will never go back again”.
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