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Many of a kind
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/11/2015
» Bromeliads had their day during the Thailand Bromeliad Fair held at the Southerners Association’s clubhouse on Kanchanaphisek Road recently. The event was organised by the East Coast Flowers and Ornamental Plants Association, which usually holds its annual plant fair on its own turf in Chon Buri. This time around, the fair featured only bromeliads, and it was held in Bangkok to make it more accessible to plant enthusiasts.
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An offer I couldn't refuse
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/09/2015
» Out of the blue, I heard from an old friend I have not seen for decades. “Would you have time to come and see my villa in Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani?” she asked. “It’s very close to Bangkok and I would like to have your opinion. I’ve owned it for over 30 years, starting from scratch by digging up ponds. It is not for anything but pleasure and respite from Bangkok.”
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Where mountains meet sea
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 27/09/2015
» Reader Petchsuporn Rapley lives in Chiang Mai, which is hundreds of kilometres from the nearest coastline. However, this has not stopped her from enjoying trees that are commonly seen only in mangrove forests, associated with estuary and coastal areas. In her garden in Doi Saket, she grows mangrove trees in containers.
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A prune with a view
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/10/2015
» A friend of mine has a roadside tree in front of his house. It had become so dense that he could not see through it from his second-floor window. Last month he had it trimmed.
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More than their rare share
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 11/10/2015
» The early bird gets the worm, so serious collectors do not visit Chatuchak plant market on Wednesdays and Thursdays. They go on Tuesdays, in order to be the first to get their hands on rare or newly introduced plants. The market does not really get busy until 6pm, when office people have returned from work, but many stalls are ready for business as early as 3pm.
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Soil food
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/09/2015
» Plants are like people. Give them their basic needs and they will grow up happily. Keep them healthy and fit and they will be better able to resist disease.
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King of the hills
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 13/09/2015
» For the past few years, Thai consumers have been enjoying temperate fruit crops, vegetables and herbs like never before. Depending on the season, avocados, strawberries, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums and passion fruit, as well as aubergine, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrot, leek, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini and Japanese pumpkin, to name just a few, are available fresh from the highlands of northern Thailand.
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High and dry
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 26/07/2015
» Where have all the flowers gone? Last time I was on our farm six months ago, the flowering plants and shrubs were blooming in all their glory. But during a visit two weeks ago, there were very few flowers, and even the bougainvilleas, which bloom nearly all year round, were missing.
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Space invaders
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 02/08/2015
» What’s in a name? It may not sound funny to you, but I find it amusing how American lawmakers could waste so much time and energy, not to mention taxpayers’ money, deliberating over what to call a fish. Last year, Senator Bill Hoffman of Minnesota was concerned that the name “Asian carp” was “hurtful” and “offensive” to some people so he sought to change the name to “invasive carp”. And guess what, the Minnesota Senate approved the bill.
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The mother of all blooms
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 09/08/2015
» I used to give my mum a white rose on Mother’s Day, which is celebrated on the second Sunday of May in the Philippines, where I grew up. Now that I am a mother and grandmother, I get jasmine instead.
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