1. I had no idea there are so many types of garlic. It had never even occurred to me that the garlic I'm eating is of a specific variety.
2. It seems very weird that only once most or all of the foliage has died off, it is time to harvest the garlic. I would have thought that it would be time to harvest it when the leaves were green and bushy.
3. Garlic can be planted in Autumn through to early Winter. I'm interested in planting garlic now, so the fact i can do it right away is exciting.
What is the best type of garlic to plant in our area?
Monday, 3 October 2011
Winter Crops
1. Some plants such as Clover Crimson can be planted to act as overwintering cover crops.These plants can benefit your crops in many ways such as fixing nitrogen, attracting beneficial insects, controlling erosion, acting as a mulch etc.
2. So many easy and simple things can be done to protect crops in the winter such as planting them against a south-facing wall, putting them in raised beds, or surrounding them with straw.
3. Although Vancouver has quite a mild climate, I'm very surprised at how many plants are capable of growing through winter here
Alot of the plants that were talked about in the article are meant to be planted in in late August. It seems like everything to do with the weather and seasons is about a month late this year. Based on that fact, I'm wondering if you could plant some of those crops now and grow them successfully?
2. So many easy and simple things can be done to protect crops in the winter such as planting them against a south-facing wall, putting them in raised beds, or surrounding them with straw.
3. Although Vancouver has quite a mild climate, I'm very surprised at how many plants are capable of growing through winter here
Alot of the plants that were talked about in the article are meant to be planted in in late August. It seems like everything to do with the weather and seasons is about a month late this year. Based on that fact, I'm wondering if you could plant some of those crops now and grow them successfully?
Bees
I found the bee's system of foraging and collecting pollen very interesting. The bees send out a forager to locate and collect a sample of pollen to bring back to the hive. Once the forager has returned it begins a dance which will show the other bees how far away the flowers are, and the direction the flower is in relative to the sun. However, as the sun is constantly moving, the direction will not stay accurate for very long. To compensate for this the bee uses an internal clock which it will use to re-calibrate its heading when appropriate. During it's flight, the bee also gauges how much honey it has consumed on its journey. Based on how much honey has been used the bee will know how far it has flown and also how far it has left to fly.
Is the bee's system of foraging and collecting pollen a result of evolution? If so how did they collect pollen before there current method was developed?
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