Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2002 rose bowl





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White flowers with blurred background

White flowers with blurred background


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Boracay island sunset - widescreen wallpaper.1920x1200px sunset on a tropical island. More tropical wallpaper in widescreen format from:
beautiful sunset scenery.
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I'm not sure if it's to keep 'us' in...or 'them' out but on Tuesday, the BBC local radio team were surrounded by a seven foot high fence. However, I'm relieved to report that we were left with a narrow escape route. alison_and_bob.jpgWe started broadcasting on Wednesday with reporters and presenters from BBC Radio Stoke, Coventry and Warwickshire and Manchester. Luckily they managed to find us. You can see the aerials on the top of the 'OB' van, you can't really miss them, they're 20 foot tall - radio_vans.jpgyou just can't work out how to get in to them. We also did '2-ways' for BBC Radio Wiltshire, Oxford, Lancashire, Hereford and Worcester, Sheffield, Tees, Gloucestershire and Jersey. What's an 'OB' or a '2-way'? Like many organisations the BBC is full of jargon and acronyms...I'll share the secrets with you another time.

Nice violete flowers

Nice violete flowers


Bright yellow flower

Bright yellow flower


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Without intense care no harvest. Normally at least a daily inspection with hands on is needed. Every few days a more accurate care and c ontrol to hand select / remove snails or remove larger weeds that might cover up the strawberry plants. The plant needs lots of hot sunshine during the period between blossom and strawberry harvest.
Small weeds and grass actually would be beneficial to have between the plants. Most farmers lack to courage to let all the small weeds and grass survive. As you can see on most of the pictures here, the fields are usually completely cleaned up from all other growth.
Here in Trinidad most strawberry fields are sprayed regularly, weekly or more often with chemicals - fungicide and pesticide or as seen here, the toxic chemicals are added to the flooding water used for irrigation once or several times a week.
In true mixed culture as common at home in private garden, there is absolutely NO need for any chemicals of any kind nor for any fertilizer! Strawberries are rugged plants and survive / prosper easily all year if planted amidst all other flowers and plants of your organic garden. Just see how nature does it - wild strawberries grow in wild grass and forest without any chemicals or fertilizer.
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