Thursday, July 11, 2013

30 CM IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRESH WATER AND SEWAGE WATER !

Folks , Leaving the water tap opened for forever waiting for the water to be hot or cold , or preparing your tooth paste … etc .

Leads to a disaster , all the clean fresh water from the tap is converted to sewage water within seconds ! , imagine it , its clean and fresh .

Use it

You didn’t use at all , sewage water is a huge load on most countries , it is contaminated and dirty enough to kill people , YES most countries through the sewage water into the ocean or just use it in agriculture , it kills fish , plants & animals .
Have you ever thought that the fruits you are eating may be irrigated using sewage water ?!

we have to be more careful , water is the most valuable resource on earth , it can’t be replaced with any other resource , oil can be replaced with coal or solar energy or whatever , but water is the SOURCE OF LIFE .

Use it , don’t waste it !

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Starting a Rose Bush and other plants from a Cutting (Slip)

source: http://fredgonsowskigardenhome.com

Posted on June 17, 2011by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Starting a Rose Bush from a Slip

For as long as I can remember, my Grandmother, Mother, and Aunts were always starting new plants from cuttings (slips). I think they called them slips because, they tore the piece of plant material from the donor plant, instead of cutting it off. They wanted a piece of plant skin, on the slip, they called it the tail. Well, for what ever reason they did it that way, they were able to start a large assortment of different plants, besides rose bushes. Aunt Anna started a nice collection of Blue Spruce trees, along with Roses, Euonymus, and Lilacs, that I still have. My Mother started many Roses, as well as Azaleas, Blue Spruce, Spiraea, and Hydrangea, to name a few. My maternal Grandmother was soo good at it, that she had many odd bushes and trees, and I know she could get a broom handle to root, if she put her mind to it. So this is what those Gardening Gals did…

Step 1 ..In the late Spring to Early Summer (Ma says, “if you try this too late in the growing season, there is less of a chance of this working“) find a plant (bush) that you would like to grow another one of. On that bush (in this case a Rose) look for a kind of new growth branch that grew off of a main leader, and can fit under a glass jar (see illustration 1). Don’t cut, but rip off the branch so you get the “tail” (see illustration 2). If for any reason this branch has flower buds, cut the flower off.

Step 2 ..Plant the Rose (or any other kind of bush/tree slip) in a shady spot in your garden, under a bush (etc), where it only gets filtered light. Not hot or direct light. Cover the slip with a jar (mini greenhouse), and make sure you water it every few days (see illustration 3). Moisture should build up under the jar. Over the next few weeks, if it takes, it will still look healthy, and even produce some extra growth. Don’t uncover or move it until the following Spring, when it has gone through one Winter, and came back to life. At that time dig it up, and move your new plant to its new permanent location.

Agro Shelef: Replacing Chemical Pesticides With Natural Anti-Pest Vegetable Oils

BY AYA EPHRATI, NOCAMELS · JULY 2, 2013 ·

Environment News - Agro Shelef: Using Vegetables To Protect Vegetables

An Israeli agro-tech company has come up with a novel solution to diminish the use of chemical pesticides on fruits and vegetables: Spray them with pest-fighting vegetable oils!

Tamar-Tech, by the company Agro Shelef, is a plant pest control system that consists of a blend of oils that contain natural plant protecting elements. These emulsions are sprayed on agricultural plants in greenhouses or in fields.

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“We use the natural pest-fighting ability of plants to create Tamar-Tech,” Founder Almog Yaish tells NoCamels. “To take an extreme for example, peaches contain cyanide in their pits. This is because they [have evolved] to protect themselves against threats such as squirrels. So too do other plants and fruits also contain many different ways to block their ‘enemies.’”

Reducing chemicals by up to 80 percent

“We basically collected a lot of different oils and chemicals like this from different plants, found out what they each did. Then we created a formula that balances the different actions,” Yaish explains. “A key advantage of using vegetable oils is that pests cannot easily develop a resistance to them.”

The emulsions can both physically stop pests by acting as a poison (that is not harmful to humans), as well as dissuade them from approaching plants in the first place, because they don’t like the thin layer of oil that covers the plant’s surface.

According to Agro Shelef, this thin layer can simply be rinsed off with water by consumers. Agro Shelef believes  Tamar-Tech has the potential to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by up to 80 percent. Despite this, it hasn’t been easy to get the product off the ground.

“Our biggest challenge has been starting a small company in an industry full of giants. The pesticide industry is similar to the pharmaceutical industry: huge companies with big budgets. And no one questions the efficiency and nature of their products,” explained Yaish.

“Making people ingest less chemicals”

“We had to go and convince farmer by farmer by showing them demonstrations of the product in action. They were almost always surprised to see that a natural product can be so efficient. In the Negev [Israel's desert region], we have managed to get into the tomato growing industry, and we are having a real, measurable impact on the amount of [chemicals] Israeli consumers are ingesting.”

Yaish and his partner, Uri Yaffe, hope to expand into foreign markets in the future, mostly in Europe and North America. “We want to take our knowledge and experience and put it to use abroad,” said Yaish. “We are now looking for strategic investors who will help us to create offices and a viable plan to market the product outside of Israel.”

Tamar-Tech was co-developed by Shelef Agro-Technologies Ltd., the Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, and the Agricultural Research Organization – the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture. Development of emulsion formulas began in 2007, and the emulsion machines were designed by the Volcani Institute. Agro Shelef is currently self-funded by Yaish and Yaffe.

source: http://nocamels.com/2013/07/agro-shelef-replacing-chemical-pesticides-with-natural-anti-pest-vegetable-oils/?utm_source=NoCamels+List&utm_campaign=55729b2797-NC26.6.13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1f30057f3e-55729b2797-311089173

Photo: Fresh beef tomatoes by Bigstock

Monday, July 1, 2013

Looking for a Team Leader/Irrigation Engineer - Urgent requirement - Apply Now

Looking for a Team Leader/Irrigation Engineer - Urgent requirement - Apply Now

RENARDET S.A. & Partners Consulting Engineers L.L.C. is looking for a Team Leader for the Reconstruction of main irrigation canals in a project financed by IsDB.

The project consists in the rehabilitation of main canals plus the construction of new secondary canals for a total length of 600 km around, with related structures. 



Looking for a Senior Irrigation Engineer - Urgent requirement - Apply Now

Looking for a Senior Irrigation Engineer - Urgent requirement - Apply Now

RENARDET S.A. & Partners Consulting Engineers L.L.C. is looking for a Senior Irrigation Engineer for the Reconstruction of main irrigation canals in a project financed by IsDB.


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5 Strategies To Maximize Smart Irrigation Month