Posted by Tyrone Bott
Picture locating a natural way of feeding your plants which makes them taste the best they ever have. "The World's Best Compost", an e-book which you can only buy online, says that this is entirely possible. This really is a book suitable for you if you want to find out about compost. There is an art technique as well as a science to making good compost, according to the author, who says further that anybody can learn the art with a bit of application.
Massive microbial behavior is the key to healthy soil, and this can be done in your garden by using colloidal humus compost. It is going to help you save on all fronts; water, time, hard work and money - and even help the environment. Making colloidal humus a goal just isn't something you will learn from alternative books or websites on composting. Whatever they try to make is not humus, but soil, which the book suggests is akin to baking a chocolate cake without chocolate! They have the wrong goal, or ignore essential stages in the process. Just about all gardening advisers blindly follow the pack, adhering to toxic and dangerous tactics which our planet is suffering from.
A bit of what you will learn in this book is how to always get consistent results by developing a soil that feeds itself. You'll find out tips on how to make compost without offending your neighbors with any kind of bad smells. You will also learn the strategy to getting colloidal humus every day, from your compost heap, without breaking your back through turning. When you develop it right, you won't even have to incorporate worms to your compost. You can ultimately have soil that you can dig in with your hands, and life-giving compost that will last a year, can be created in a single day. The colloidal humus compost operates like paste, in that it firmly binds the plant nutrients together.
Non-chemical gardeners by their label are certainly not exempt from doing things incorrectly, as when they carry out fertilization much like it is done with chemicals. With just a little effort, it can be determined how a plant likes to take in nutrition. Nature's processes are badly impacted by the massive amounts of poisons so many people pour on their gardens. This mindless process can be stopped by using health-giving compost. Quite a few gardeners over-water their plants and flowers, which ultimately leads to fungal problems. The easiest way to keep insect pests away is usually to have healthy plants, which can be accomplished by using colloidal humus. You will learn how fulfilling your naturally grown food is compared to what you have been used to.
This book could be exactly what you need to obtain a slimmer you and better health. It comes with bonus books and videos, all meant to instruct you on how to live healthy with naturally grown food.
This author is working on the areas of environmentally friendly and all-natural foods. You'll find more of his publications and blog entries at build your own solar panels and at how to burn stomach fat websites and learn more about these ideas in details.
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Posted by Jason Roasen
If you turn your roof into a eco-friendly space then it is a roof top garden. The roof top may be a house, an office building, a garage, shed or any other structure that has a suitable surface and is strong enough to take the extra weight.
A structural engineer will be capable to instruct you whether your roof is adequately waterproofed and whether it will cope with the extra weight of planters, soil, decking, furnishings and people.
Regard the purpose of the space. Perhaps you just want to grow some herbs in a container; or are you planning a garden where lots of people will visit? Or will your site incorporate flowers, shrubs and trees and be a spot for entertaining and relaxingresting? It is workable to set up an orchard on the roof as long as the containers you use are big enough.
Do you have much time to garden? If your time is limited you may want to keep the garden element of the plan little, you can always add afterwards, enough so that you can give the plants the attention they deserve.
The biggest challenge to successful container gardening on a green roof top is strong winds and hot sun. You need a rooftop water supply, outdoor electrical outlet and storage space for tool and supplies. Roof gardening requires plenty of water, so check how and where the roof drains.
Plastic, terracotta or wood are all popular choices for containers. Choose resilient plants that will cope with a range of conditions. It will mostly be sunny, hot, dry and windy during the growing season.
If you're going to grow permanent plants such as shrubs or small trees or perennials in containers, choose plants that are one or two zones hardier than your climatic zone. For example, if you're in Zone 5, choose woody plants that are hardy to Zone 3 or 4.
Provide some lath-type structures for shade. You can use vine-covered trellising as a wind-break or privacy screen. A trelis or screen must be adequately supported.
Drought resistant plants are good choices, as they tend to be both sun and wind tolerant. Many drought tolerant plants have silver or grey-green leaves, their light leaf colour reflecting the harsh rays of the sun. If plants have fine hair on their leaves or stems then moisture can gather around the plant tissues.
A green roof top garden is an ideal place to grow native perennials. They will be able to handle the ecosystem and you will be helping maintain the native plant population. They might even encourage visits from native birds and butterflies.
To observe several terrific picture examples of green roofs or for more help and advice about roofing solutions, visit the ICB website.
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Posted by Owen Jones
Predicting the end of the world has almost certainly been going on since man began thinking, whenever that was. It is warned about in Revelations in the Bible, so that must be about 2,000 years ago.
However, it is the predictions of Nostradamus that are the most well-known and most copious. Some biographical accounts of Nostradamus' life assert that he was afraid of being victimized for heresy by the Inquisition, although neither prophecy nor astrology fell under their jurisdiction. He would have been in danger only if he had practiced magic to back up his predictions.
In fact, his contact with the Church as a prophet and a healer were always very good. His short imprisonment at Marignane in late 1561 came about purely because he had published his 1562 Almanac without the prior permission of a bishop, contravening a recent royal decree.
Here then are a few of the prophesies of the end of the world and the destruction of mankind.
December 21st, 22nd or 23rd 2012 are all possible dates for the ending of the world according to the ancient Mayan Calendar.
2012 has been determined by some to be the first potential date for the passing by of Planet X (Wormwood) and the demise of the world, as mentioned in Revelations, although this is fervently debated by Biblical experts and astronomers alike.
2012 is also the year given by Nostradamus as the possible demise. He gave three possible years for the apocalypse: 1994 and 1998 so this is his last opportunity to be correct.
2010 is the year so says the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn.
In 1143 St Malachy prophesied that there would be only another 112 more Popes. The current Pope Benedict is the 111th. He further predicted that the final Pope would be known as Peter of Rome, so we will have to wait and see for this one.
2017 is the year specified to the Sword of God Brotherhood by the Angel Gabriel.
November 13th 2026 is the date according to a 1960 edition of 'Science' magazine. The author alleged that this would be the day that the planet's human population would 'reach infinity'.
2033 is held by many to be the 2000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ and a possible date for his return, which would signal the end of our Earthly period.
4,500,000,000 AD is the approximate date at which the Sun is due to explode and in so doing, destroy the inner solar system including our Planet. Nobody knows, but unless we destroy ourselves first, this latter date is probably the most accurate and scientific date for the destruction of the planet.
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with custom wall calendars If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
In the West, we tend to think that there is only one calendar, but there are dozens of them around the world. And what is more, there were almost certainly hundreds of them previously. All defunct now either because ours is more accurate or because theirs did not fit in with our business way of life.
But that does not mean to say that people do not still use those old-fashioned, defunct calendars. Oh, no! Governments have given up their old, traditional national calendars, but in general, country folk still use to them, even if they can no longer obtain a printed version. I cannot go into all the calendars here, but I will mention five or six of them.
Lunar Calendar - There is some evidence that early man used marks on bone to record or indicate the movement of time 25,000 years ago, almost certainly measured by the Moon's phases. A calendar can be developed based on the lunar cycles; it creates a year of twelve months (the word 'month' is from the word 'moon'), but only 354 days, which is, eleven short of the time it takes the Earth to orbit around the Sun. The Chinese still use a version of the lunar calendar but they resolve this issue by adding extra moths every now and then to bring 'time' back into alignment with the Sun.
Solar Calendar - The ancient Egyptians were the first people to employ a Solar Calendar, although it could justifiably be called a stellar calendar. The new year began for them when Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky, rose in the same place as the Sun. This more often than not coincided with the flooding of the Nile. This calendar was of 365 days; twelve months of thirty days and five holy days. Therefore, it was only one quarter of a day off the true year. However, this meant that slowly but surely, the new year did not concur with the flood. Scientists have worked out that this calendar was adopted in either 4241 BC or 2773 BC.
Julian Calendar - In 46 BC , Julius Caesar realized that various provinces of the empire were using different calendars, so he instructed the dating system to be unified. Sosigenes came up with a calendar of 365 days with an extra day every four years. Therefore, in 46 BC, the longest year on record, Caesar added days to the year to bring it back into alignment with the seasons. 46 BC was 445 days long! The vastness of the Roman Empire ensured that this calendar was the defacto calendar of the Western world.
Julian Day Count - In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII called into being a new calendar, but the year after that Joseph Justus Scaliger developed a system of counting days, not years. It starts with 1 on January 1st 4713 BC. On this date the Julian and the lunar calendars and the Roman tax dating system all coincided; something that will next occur in 3267. January 1st 2001 was Julian day 2,451,913
Gregorian Calendar - from at least 730 AD, it was spotted that the year from vernal equinox to vernal equinox was short of the 365.25 days in a year. This had the consequence that the date of Easter was moving back. So he dropped 10 days from 1582 by jumping from October 4th to October 15th and proclaiming that century years would only be leap years if they were divisible by 400. Consequently, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was. This is the calendar we still use today.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with researching Franklin planner pages. If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
Christmas - is the celebration of Jesus' birthday. Although the precise date of his birth is unknown, December 25th was probably selected because it coincided with a pagan mid-winter festival. The 'Twelve Days Of Christmas'' mark the days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which was the day of the wise men's visit.
Easter - is the most important day in the Christian calendar, because it celebrates Christ's Resurrection, which gave / gives Christians the hope of salvation and eternal life. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal (Spring) equinox, which is on 21st March.
Shrove Tuesday - (Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday) was initially a day of penance, but is now marked by merrymaking. It is the day before the commencement of Lent.
Ash Wednesday - is derived from the marking of a cross on the forehead of believers with the ashes from the burnt palms used on Palm Sunday.
Lent - 40 days of atonement and fasting
Palm Sunday - the Sunday before Easter, celebrates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, where palms were strewn on the road before him.
Maundy (Holy) Thursday - the day of the Last supper.
Good Friday - is the day of Christ's crucifixion.
Holy Saturday - is the day before the Resurrection.
The Annunciation - March 25th is celebrated by Catholics as the day that Archangel Gabriel told Mary about her imminent pregnancy.
Trinity Sunday - is celebrated by some denominations in honour of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. It was declared part of the holy calendar in 1334 by Pope John XII.
Corpus Christi - Catholics remembers the presence of the body of Christ on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
All Saints Day - this mainly Catholic remembrance is on November 1 and honours all Christian saints.
Advent - a religious season that starts on the Sunday nearest to November 30 and lasts until Christmas Day. It celebrates the birth of Jesus and anticipates his Second Coming. It was once a period of fasting, but now no longer.
Holy Days Of Obligation - are feast days in the Catholic calendar marked by attendance at mass and the avoidance of unnecessary work. There are six in the USA: Solemnity of Mary - January 1: Christ's circumcision, ie his first shedding of blood Ascension - 40 days after Easter Assumption - August 15: Mary is accepted into Heaven All Saints' Day - November 1 Mary's Immaculate Conception - December 8 Christmas Day - December 25.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with Franklin Covey planner refillss If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
It is a worldwide custom to give gifts for such occasions as birthdays and wedding days, but after that is where the regions start to differ. Britons and people tracing their roots back there give gifts on Christmas Day as well.
However, many other Europeans give presents at Christmas on Saint Nicholas' Day or December 6th. Non-Christian countries usually give presents at New Year.
Whatever you do in your country, giving a gift requires thought. The shops are frequently full of junk at these gift-giving times of the year, but there is also a lot of excellent stuff about, at a price. The alternatives are twofold on the whole.
You can either make something which will be unique, I suppose that this includes personalizing a shop-bought gift or you can think outside of the box, which many people find quite hard. Personally, I find it hard, but it does get easier the more often you try it and the better you know the person you are going to give the gift to.
Here then are a few ideas which you may decide to take on board 'as is', or they may motivate you on to better ideas. As I write, Christmas is coming up and then it is Saint Valentine's day before you know it. We certainly get plenty of opportunity to practice buying gifts in the West!
A Plot Of Your Own: I come from Wales in the UK (is there any other?) and up the way from me a local plot of green-belt land was in trouble. Experts said that it should be planted with trees, but the authorities did not have the funds, so they advertised six feet square plots of land for sale with a sapling of your preference on it.
You also got a title deed, directions and a photo. Furthermore, the tree would be taken care of for five years until it was established. I know that this is not the only place that did this and it was probably not the first either, but it makes a good gift for a teenager who is thinking about what he or she can do to help the environment.
The Key To Success: some children and their parents will be grateful for this one. Scour the second-hand shops for an older or even an bizarre money box. Fill the money box up to a certain level with various coins that bring that level up to the value that you want to give, but leave plenty of space for the child to put money in too. Who do you give the key to? That depends on how well you know the child.
Starting A Collection: this is a brave, but good one. If you know the child well or are prepared to take on a commitment (such as a godparent should), you could select a set of collectables, like plates, glasses or coins and buy two or three pieces to start the collection off. You can add to it every year. Others will be thankful to you too because they will jump on the band wagon.
In The Bag: if your friend is an invalid or just is temporarily in hospital, it is beneficial to give a wicker basket or a nice bag full of handy items. Choose the items to suit your friend, but everyone might like a writing pad, a pen, a comb or brush, wet wipes or tissues, a small book of verse, a miniature radio with ear plugs, a mirror, straws, a bottle opener, only you know, but you get the idea, I'm sure.
Stamp It: you can buy a large packet of literally thousands of foreign stamps for very little. Buy a stamp album and hinges and you could start a lasting obsession. It also gives you gift ideas for years to come too.
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with researching Fanklin planner pages. If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
If you were to invent a self-cleaning fabric, the world may want to beat a path to your door to buy some from you, but first of all they will have to know that the fabric exists, that it is available for purchase, and they have to be aware of where your door is. This means advertising.
There are two classifications of advertising: institutional and product. Institutional advertising markets the name of your business in general and product advertising markets a product or range of products or services. The sort of publicity that a company needs, depends on the products or services that it provides.
Moreover, some kinds of advertising lend themselves better to institutional advertising more readily than product advertising. For instance, a shop sign, a sign-written van or a promotional calendar are better cut out for institutional advertising, while a newspaper or magazine advert would be better for advertising the latest special offer.
There are few facts and figures available that bring to light the extraordinary growth of the mass consumption society as well as those dealing with the expansion of the advertising industry. For instance, before the Second World War, US average annual expenditure on advertising per year had been about $2 billion for decades.
In 1950, as the post-war economy began to pick up , American businesses spent $5.7 billion to advertise its goods and services. By 1960, that figure had doubled to $12 billion. By 1970, American business was spending $20.
Between 1970 and 1990, as the children Baby Boomers became adults and began earning and spending, advertising expenditure went through the roof, so that by 1986, it had reached $100 billion.
That extraordinary rate of growth could not be maintained, but by 1999, total expenditure on all forms of advertising exceeded $215 billion . The last available figures are for 2007 and they stand at $280 billion.
In 1999, nearly 60% of all advertising dollars were spent on adverts in newspapers, magazines, on the radio and on TV. By 2007, that figure had fallen to about 54% as the Internet started to have an effect on advertising trends. These trends are expected to continue as every firm is expected to have its own website these days.
The nation's largest advertisers are the manufacturers of cars, food, soft drinks, tobacco and beer and they filter most of their expenditure through about 13,000 advertising agencies., who normally make the ads and buy the space or air time from the media too.
These agencies have been transformed over the last decade by mergers. The most lucrative advertising agencies these days are huge international concerns. WPP, the largest advertising agency in the world, billed $37 billion in 2008 and had this to say about itself:
"Our total revenue in 2008 surpassed that of all our competitors, regaining the No.1 worldwide position for the third time".
Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with promotional wall calendars. If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
Are you wondering what the best times to try to schedule a fly fishing trip are? Well, when we talk about a fly fishing calendar, we are not quite referring to a printed calendar that you can hang on your wall. We are talking about targeting and specifying the right times to fish and the right places at which to fish.
The main thing you need to look at when you are considering drawing up a fly fishing calendar is: when will the water be at the optimum temperature? That is, the temperature that is best for catching fish. The right time to go fishing will depend on the area that you are looking at for your fly fishing trip.
In some locations, like California, the fishing is very good all the year round. While in other locations, such as Washington, you will have to stay away from the water in the winter as the cold temperatures will stress the fish and they will not be as plenteous.
Generally speaking, the fly fishing calendar shows that the best fly fishing is in the spring and summer periods. Early fall will also find some places seeing good fishing as well. Almanacs can be useful to steer you towards the best fishing times and places as can constantly updating Internet web sites that are run by dedicated local fishermen.
Many locations will give weekly, and sometimes even daily fishing reports on their websites. They can tell you where the fish are biting and where the best places in the river are to cast your line. They generally keep these areas of their web sites up-to-date fairly regularly. So you can get excellent reports just by looking at what other anglers have to say about their fishing experiences.
Usually, fish like warmer water, although, there are other species like salmon and steelhead that thrive in colder water. However, in general, warm water will attract more fish. Nonetheless, if the water is too warm, the fish will be sluggish and will swim to places where the water is cooler.
The fly fishing calendar employed most often by experienced anglers has been compiled over a lengthy period of time. They expend a considerable amount of effort to estimate where and when the best fishing will occur. Then they share it with others. That is one of the best things about fly fishing - the camaraderie and the sharing that can come about because of a mutual affection for the sport of fly fishing.
You can create your own fly fishing calendar with a little time and effort. Just do your homework and keep plenty of notes. When you see a trend, you will know that it is time to go fishing! Then you should be certain to help your fellow anglers by passing on the information via a local club or the Internet, if you are proficient at it, because others will be trying to work out what you already know. You know that most fly fishermen would do the same for you, do you not?
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with researching Franklin planner pages. If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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Posted by Owen Jones
Thousands of years ago, ancient Greek astronomers determined that the direction of the Earth's axis is constantly, albeit in a very slow way, shifting in a uniform pattern. The change is very similar to the manner a spinning top slowly leans one way and then another as it slows down. It is a wobble that occurs as its axis alters direction.
This peculiar movement of the planet is due to a couple of factors, the most significant of which is something called 'precession'. Precession stems from the fact that the Earth is not a perfect globe. It is in fact about twenty-seven miles longer around the Equator that it is about the Poles. The Earth then is oblate, or fat around the middle like middle-aged spread, but it is due to the spinning not to its age.
If you imagine the Earth with its Poles off centre. Then rotate that image and you will find that any point, except the very centre of the axis, will move in a circle. But very, very slowly. So slowly that it takes 26,000 years to go full circle and get back to where it started from.
This point then, any point you choose, is very gradually shifting its location in relation to the stars because the axis is gyrating too. The result of this is that, what we call the North Star (formally known as Polaris, which is in fact one degree off true North) will not be over our North Pole one day. In fact, by about 15,000 AD, Vega will be almost above the North Pole, although it will be about four degrees off true North. But even this will not endure, and by 28,000 AD, Polaris will be back above where it is nowadays.
One of the effects of the precession is that seasons change. They modify the dates that they take place, so that Summer could come earlier or later. The amazing thing about our calendar is that it is corrected for that (with the leap year). If it were not, the vernal or Spring equinox would move over 13,000 years from March 21st to September 21st., which is the date of the autumnal equinox, precisely half a year later.
It is for this reason that the precession of the Earth is generally referred to as the "Precession of the Equinoxes". Although the precession of the equinoxes is very gradual, it can be readily observed. The correct year of 325.25 days is the length of time from one vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox, however, it takes 20 minutes and 24 seconds longer for the Sun to appear in precisely the same place with relation to the stars behind it over the same period. It is for this reason that accurate star maps have to be stamped with the exact time and date to which they relate.
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many topics, but is currently involved with researching Franklin planner pages. If you have an interest in calendars, organizers or promotional calendars, please go over to our website now at Promotional Desk Calendars
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