La vie en roses
©Jeremy Harbord Why have so many of my middle-aged contemporaries ended up trying to garden in Provence? The south of the region has had a freak winter with more degrees of frost than in the Cotswolds and even around Grasse there have been heavy falls of snow. by late June the gardens depend on artificial [...]
Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire
There are decorations for Christmas in our garden: yellow, fairy light flowers of winter jasmine gleam behind the pond and orange pyracantha berries hang by the fence as bunches of baubles. Wise men brought these exotics from the east to brighten Britain’s gardens during the shortest days of the year; in Beeston fields, west of [...]
India, Pakistan are only two countries starting construction of N- power plant
DECELERATING NUKE POWER Mumbai, Dec. 7: India and Pakistan are the only two countries starting construction of a nuclear power plant in 2011, even as plants are being shut down in many countries and nuclear power generation has declined. It may be a little too early to predict the long-term decline of nuclear energy; but [...]
Around Ireland
ROSCOMMON TD DEFENDS VOTE ON HOSPITAL A&E Frank Feighan, a Fine Gael deputy for the South Leitrim-Roscommon constituency, has been standing by his decision to vote with the government on the closure of the Accident & Emergency Department at Roscommon Hospital. He said the opinion of the Health Information and Quality Authority CEO Tracey Cooper [...]
Nurturing the world’s largest flower blossom 2 meters tall and 7 years (Figure )
Giant Amorphophallus Chenggong She (Reporter Long Lu ) the world’s largest inflorescence of giant Amorphophallus herbal botanical garden in Beijing today a large greenhouse flowering. this is 7 years this strain had been cultivated for the first time the giant flower blossom, is the world, since it has been found to have flowers , but [...]
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Victor’s Blog: irises eye
Iris Eye Macro Stock by ~zpyder on deviantART structure of the human eye . IRIS CHARTS As light passes through the eye the iris changes shape by expanding and These eyes and iris are called the Eyescapes and through it one can really IRIS OF OUR EYE ….WHICH IS USED FOR IDENTIFICATION IN BIOMETRICS Eye [...]
Peony Pictures… in the Garden
Steeped in legend and cherished for centuries, peonies are among the most permanent of hardy perennials, and there are few gardens that do not contain at least a few plants. the early-blooming red form, Paeonia officinally, flourishes in old-time gardens throughout the East, and ought to be more widely grown. its rich color, its early [...]
The Owl Underground: Weather or Not It’s Spring
According to my weather widget, it’s 42F/6C at a little after 11:30 in the morning. The high today is supposed to be 65F/18C. It’s supposed to get progressively warmer, working up to a high of 86 on Friday. according to my google gadget, Thursday’s high will be 81F/27C, but according to my weather widget, it’s [...]
HERITAGE IRISES: ” YOUR IRIS GARDEN”, “Plan it When the Irises are in Bloom”
. . Your Iris Garden,Plan it when the Irises are in BloomBy Jean Stevens The right time to plan the rearrangement of a bed of Bearded Irises is not when one goes to purchase new varieties in December, or when one starts to lift and divide up an old-established bed. To leave the choice of [...]