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Parsing the sage advice on rosemary takes time
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 26/04/2015
» Bangkok resident Brian Corrigan wrote to say that he has repeatedly tried to grow the herb rosemary without success. “Thriving plants, in pots, bought in supermarkets and left indoors with good light and little watering seem to last only a matter of a few days before they start to wilt.
Fruit for thought
B Magazine, Published on 09/11/2014
» My visit to former aquatic chemistry professor Sittipun Sirirattanachai's farm in Ban Kha district, Ratchaburi province (Green Fingers, Oct 26) got me excited about mulberry once again. His wife, Pagatip, related how their six mulberry trees had so much fruit last year that Mr Sittipun decided to try making it into jam instead of letting it go to waste. That first effort proved successful, producing 100 jars of jam that preserved the natural goodness of mulberry with just a hint of sugar.
Cloning a cash crop
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/05/2014
» After reading about mulberry and its many health benefits in Green Fingers recently, Kanneegar Pindavanija came upon the idea of promoting it as a supplementary cash crop for rubber plantation or orchard growers. “While waiting for their rubber or fruit trees to grow, agriculturists can plant mulberry between the trees and earn money from either harvesting their fruit or leaves,” she wrote. Ms Kanneegar wants to know where saplings for such a purpose can be bought cheaply.
Neighbour-friendly fermentation
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/04/2014
» Ramon Encinares is a Filipino who lives in Samphran, Nakhon Pathom province, in a house surrounded by pig farms.
Green innovations win gold
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/07/2012
» A hula hoop that can charge mobile phones and a flytrap that uses three-day-old shrimp are among the inventions Thai youths have won awards for.
Patrimony imperilled
Life, L. Bruce Kekulé, Published on 27/02/2012
» Some 60 million years ago, the tectonic plate on which the Indian subcontinent rests precipitated a collision that creating a ripple effect across Southeast Asia, the uplifting of land causing the formation over time of many mountain ranges. Most of these run from north to south creating a blanket upshot across northern Thailand as well as areas in Myanmar and Laos. This terrain is divided into many mountains and valleys with rivers that bring life to the region and its people.