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Home-grown strawberries taste the best – and the great news is they’re very easy to grow.

By selecting the right varieties and providing ideal growing conditions, you’re sure to enjoy a super crop of strawberries.

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Grow Healthy Coriander/Cilantro/Dhaniya in your Terrace Garden Fast and Easy……HARVEST CORIANDER WITHIN ONE MONTH
Daizz’s tips:-
1.) Choose the time of year. The best time to plant coriander/cilantro depends on where you live. Cilantro won’t survive in frosty conditions, but it doesn’t like extreme heat either. In temperate climates, the best time to start planting coriander/cilantro is in late spring, between the months of March and May. In more tropical climates, cilantro will grow better during cooler, dry times of year, such as fall.
• You may also have success by planting coriander/cilantro late in the summer and allowing it to grow into the fall.
• If the weather grows too hot, the coriander/cilantro plants will start to bolt – which means they will flower and go to seed, so choose your time of year wisely. To get a head start on the weather, try starting your seeds indoors and then transfer them outside as the weather improves.

2.)Prepare a spot in your garden. Select a patch of soil where the coriander/cilantro will get full exposure to the sun. It will tolerate some shade in southerly areas where the sun gets very hot during the day. The soil should be light and well-drained.
• If you wish to cultivate the soil before planting, use a shovel, rototiller or spade to work 2 to 3 inches of an organic mulch such as compost, rotten leaves or manure into the top layer of soil. If you are using manure, make sure the manure is composted or aged for at least 3 months so it doesn’t burn the young plants. Rake the area smooth before planting.

3.) Plant the coriander/cilantro seeds. Sow the seeds about 1⁄2 inch deep, spaced 3 to 4 inches apart, in rows approximately 1/3 foot apart. coriander/Cilantro seeds need plenty of moisture to germinate, so make sure to water them frequently. They need about an inch of water per week. They should germinate in about 7 to 9 days.
• As coriander/cilantro grows so quickly, you should plant a new batch of seeds every 2 to 3 weeks to ensure that you have a fresh supply of cilantro throughout the growing season.

4.) Care for the coriander/cilantro. Once the seedlings have reached about 2 inches in height, you can fertilize them with compost or organic fertilizer. Be careful not to over-fertilize, you only need about 1/4 of a cup for every 25 feet of growing space.
• Once the plants have established themselves, they do not need as much water. You should aim to keep the soil damp, but not soggy, as coriander/cilantro is a dry climate herb.

5.) Prevent overcrowding. Stop the cilantro plants from becoming overcrowded by thinning the seedlings when the cilantro is 2 to 3 inches tall. Pull out the smaller plants and leave the strongest ones to grow larger. The smaller plants can be used in cooking and eaten.
• You can also prevent weeds from growing by spreading some mulch around the base of the plants as soon as they are visible above the soil.

6.) Harvest the cilantro. Harvest cilantro by cutting off individual leaves and stems from the base of the plant, near ground level, when the stems are 4 to 6 inches tall. Use the fresh, new shoots in cooking, not the older, ferny-type leaves which can taste bitter.
• Don’t cut off more than one third of the leaves at one time, as this can weaken the plant.
• Once you have harvested the leaves, the plant will continue to grow for at least two or three more cycles.

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Making lotion is not only easy but can save you a lot of money in the long run. Composed of between 70-80% water, the rest of the recipe is made up of a relatively small amount of oil, fragrance, and an emulsifier.

Heating and then blending this recipe’s ingredients results in about 100g / 120ml / 4.1 oz of creamy face lotion. Use the oils recommended in the recipe and you’ll have a product that’s great for dry and damaged skin.

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DAIZZ’S TIPS:-
Step by step: How to grow succulents from cuttings

Remove the lower leaves

Chop the remaining rosette from the stem
Let all the parts dry out and create a callous where they’ve been removed
Place on top of soil until roots and baby plants start forming
Remove the original leaf and plant the new offspring, as well as the original rosette – tada!

Propagate Succulents from Leaves

1.) Select a healthy leaf to propagate. Choose a leaf that is in good health, with a hearty shape and no rips or blemishes. Typically you will choose a larger, more mature leaf than a young, under-developed one.
Pull the leaf off neatly. Use a razor blade or a craft knife to make a clean cut. The knife or blade should be sterilized in white spirit or similar before use; this prevents the transfer of any disease that could harm the succulent plant.
Some plants, like “jade plants”, the leaves will come off easily or even drop off the plant spontaneously. You can either use “volunteers” or select the one you want.
If you use your fingers, be very gentle. Twist the leaf carefully back and forth, from side to side to pull it off intact, without ripping the stem of the plant.

2.)
Let the leaf or leaves dry. Once you pulled off the leaves you wish to propagate, allow them to dry out a little bit. Let them dry for 1-3 days.
Do not water the leaf until after 1-3 days as your leaf may turn brown and mushy and will start to rot.

The “wound” on the stem of the parent plant should also be allowed to air dry in a sheltered and well-lit spot for a few hours. During its healing process, the plant will seal the wound and help prevent disease from getting in.

Place the dried leaves on some soil ready to grow. Just place them on top of the soil. Do not bury or semi-bury into the soil. The roots will find their way into the soil on their own. As you’re going to look at it for a good amount of months, you may as well make it look nice in pretty pattern or just place them randomly – that’s all up to you.
The soil should be well drained. If you need to improvise good growing soil, mix half well-rotted compost with half fine pumice or grit.

Water the leaf. The leaves need water at some point but only a light sprinkling. While “grown-up” succulents only need to be watered every second week, or even once a month (depending on the season/heat), the leaves need to be watered constantly without being watered too much. Only water the soil after it is dry (stick your finger into the soil around the planted leaves; if it feels moist, watering is not needed but if it’s dry, then water).

Wait. All you have to do now is to wait for the leaves to grow roots or even new leaves. You’ll see some changes within just a month or so.

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How to build a custom backyard pond filter, otherwise known as a constructed wetland filter.

In this video, Jaak Harju from Atlantis Water Gardens, discusses the features and benefits of Aquascape’s wetland filtration system. Wetland filters play an important role in pond ecology and help improve water quality and appearance. Using a Snorkel Vault and Centipede module, you can build an effective and efficient wetland filter for any type of water feature.

As described by Ed Beaulieu from Aquascape, Inc.:

“The way these filters are designed is exactly like Mother Nature’s wetlands are considered the kidneys of the earth. If you’re familiar with human biology and physiology, you know that kidneys actually filter toxins out of your blood, so wetlands therefore filter toxins out
of the lifeblood of the earth, which is water, so what we want to do whenever we’re thinking about a wetland filter we’re looking for pristine water quality.

We want to deal with dirty water situations, like high fish loads where you’re looking for good water quality, that’s what this is designed for.

We have a couple key consisting of the snorkel and centipede modules. This is it’s a long structure that goes down at the very bottom of the wetland where we have high velocity water that is discharged on the very bottom of the wetland. The key to this is slowing the water velocity down so what we have is a 93 percent reduction in water velocity to let the sediments fall into the bottom.

Then, we could easily remove them during routine maintenance. The snorkel vault actually has an access lid located easily along the edge, basically like a sump pit.

Depending upon the volume of water that we want to filter, the water then flows up to a layer of aqua blox, followed by many tons of gravel on top. The key to this part is not just dumping miscellaneous gravel, we’re going to go specific grades starting with larger cobbles at the bottom and working our way towards 1′ gravel at the top of the filter.

We will end up with three distinct layers of that gravel. Dirty water comes in to the bottom of the filter and flows up through all these gravel layers and then we’re going to place aquatic plants inside of it, directly into the gravel layer. All the roots are going to extend down into that gravel layer, they’re going to further remove nutrients that are going to build up inside of the wetland, so this entire filter is a living ecosystem.

We have all different types of microorganisms living inside of here, some of them we’re adding, like the bacterias. These are the bottom of the food chain. They’re going to break down all the nitrogenous waste that builds up inside of the pond from fish
waste decomposing, leaves, algae and things like that. So, as they break down they’re going to be creating these plant foods that are
going to help provide lush growth from the aquatic plantings and then come all the little microorganisms.

They’re going to feed on all the detritus, they’re going to feed on the bacterias and it rounds out that ecosystem.

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The fruit is named as Cape gooseberry because it is first cultivated in Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It is known by different names in different countries of the world. It is known as Inca berry, Golden berry, African ground berry, Peruvian ground cherry, Peruvian cherry, Inca berry, Uchuva, Chinese lantern, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, etc. The different names of rasbhari across the world are as follow:
 Botanical name: Physalis peruviana
 Cape gooseberry: South Africa
 Pokpok: Madagascar
 Poha: Hawaii
 Rasbhari: India
 Aguaymanto: Peru
 Uvilla: Ecuador
 Uva: Colombia
 Harankash : Egypt
 Amour en cage: France
 Physalis: UK

Amazing Health Benefits and Medicinal Uses of Rasbhari (Cape gooseberry)
•The polyphenols and carotenoids provide the berry its anti oxidant and anti inflammatory properties which provides for reduction in the risk of diabetes, hypertension and lung cancer.
•The Vitamin A keeps the vision strong, prevents the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration and maintains skin health.
•Pectin content helps in calcium absorption and along with phosphorus keeps the bones strong.
The pectin also regulates the intestinal health
•It boosts immunity levels, cleanses the blood and also controls amoebiasis.
•The golden berry has a good proportion of pectin, which helps in calcium as well as phosphorous absorption thus good for making the bones stronger. It is also used in treating of rheumatism and dermatitis.
Raspberries are considered excellent for diabetics as they contain a low calorie sugar substitute called Xylitol. This is an equivalent to 9.6 calories as compared to 1 teaspoon of sugar with 15 calories in it

Tips for growing cape gooseberries:-
Sowing: Sow in spring, February to April
Sow indoors only just covering the seed. Germination usually takes place quickly and freely. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of fairly rich soil when they are large enough to handle and plant them out after the last expected frosts. Consider giving them some protection such as a cloche until they are growing away well.
The plant is usually naturally bushy, but it can be useful to pinch out the growing tip whilst the shoots are less than 30cm tall in order to encourage side shoots
In areas where frost may be a problem, providing the plant with some protection. Individual plants are small enough to be fairly easily covered during cold snaps by placing plastic sheeting, etc. over a frame around them. Plastic row covers will also provide some frost protection for larger plantings. Potted specimens can be moved to a frost-secure area.

Cultivation:
The plant likes a sunny, frost-free location, sheltered from strong winds.
Very good crops are obtained on rather poor sandy ground. If the soil is too rich it encourages leaf production at the expense of fruiting. Even moderate fertiliser tends to encourage excessive vegetative growth and to depress flowering. High yields are attained with little or no fertiliser. Branching plants can attain 1 to 1.8m (3 to 6ft) in height,

The plant needs consistent watering to set a good fruit crop, but can’t take “wet feet”. Where drainage is a problem, the plantings should be on a gentle slope or the rows should be mounded. Irrigation can be cut back when the fruits are maturing. The plants become dormant during drought.
Stake as necessary. Very little pruning is needed unless the plant is being trained to a trellis. Pinching back of the growing shoots will induce more compact and shorter plants.

Fruit:
The flowers are a bit like potato flowers but soft yellow. After the flower falls, the calyx expands, forming a straw-coloured husk much larger than the fruit enclosed, which take 70 to 80 days to mature. As the fruits ripen, they begin to drop to the ground, but will continue to mature and change from green to the golden-yellow of the mature fruit. The unripe fruit is said to be poisonous to some people. Cape gooseberries are self-pollinated but pollination is enhanced by a gentle shaking of the flowering stems or giving the plants a light spraying with water.

Harvest:
The fruit is harvested when it falls to the ground, but not all fallen fruits may be in the same stage of maturity and must be held until they ripen. Properly matured fruits will keep for several months.
Remember that it comes from the same botanical family (Solanaceae) as the tomato, potato, sweet peppers and chillies. Eat only ripe fruits, all vegetation is poisonous

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