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Casting a dry spell: Moist not a must for plants
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 03/03/2013
» Call me ignorant, but I was already an adult when I realised the value of dried flowers for interior decorating. Until then, the only flowers I had seen, in my native Philippines as well as in my adoptive home of Thailand, were fresh, plastic or made of cloth or paper.
Keep valentine love blooming Year-Round
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 24/02/2013
» Valentine's Day has come and gone. Last year, my husband, ML Charuphant, gave me a single long-stemmed red rose. This year he thought I deserved 10. Was I happy? Call me ungrateful, but what filled my heart with joy were not the flowers but my honey's sweet words, ''I love you, and will love you till the end of time.'' He says that often, and not just on Valentine's Day.
Short-Sighted greed, Driving payung purge
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/10/2012
» Retired Royal Thai Army general Visnu Kongsiri wrote to ask about Siam rosewood timber following recent reports of it being logged illegally and seizures of logs obtained unlawfully. ''What is this wood used for and why is it so expensive? Can it be grown commercially?'' he asked.
Take it to the bank trees to plant by rivers
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 15/07/2012
» Nick Ferren sent me an email saying that he built his house on the bank of a tributary of the Moon River in Ubon Ratchathani. ''With the flooding, the soil at the bank should be protected,'' he wrote.