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From small seeds grow fig ideas
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/03/2015
» I know I promised I would not write about Chatuchak plant market again in a long while. But when reader Ian Windsor wrote to ask where one could find fig trees in Thailand, I felt obliged to find out.
A taste for fine vines
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 15/03/2015
» For more than seven years Chris Kaye had a beautiful Rangoon creeper on a trellis in front of his house some 20km south of Pattaya. “It has done remarkably well, producing copious fragrant flowers with virtually no special care,” he wrote. “Watering relied only on rainfall. Over the last two months it has completely died for no obvious reason. I cannot see any insects or grubs that may have killed it.
Taking a leaf of faith
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 08/03/2015
» For the past several decades, Damnoen Saduak in Ratchaburi province has been a popular destination for foreign tourists wishing to see its floating market. While most visitors love it, there are those who think the market is only staged.
Awesome orchids
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/03/2015
» As the orchid market behind Government House draws to a close today, let us take another look at some of the flowers whose beauty melted even a military strongman’s heart.
Seeing the light
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/02/2015
» Vichai Atichartakarn, MD, wrote to say that many of his potted plants have leaves with brown edges. The leaves then die. “What is the cause?” he asked. “Is it because of lack of certain nutrient(s), too much sunlight, insects or disease? How can we correct and prevent it?”
Sweet tips for sour trees
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 15/02/2015
» The recently concluded agricultural fair at Kasetsart University might not be the much-awaited event it used to be for agriculturists and fair-goers from all over the country. However, I go every year anyway as there are always new plants to see. Lek Monchai’s lime hybrid, for example, was not even registered. Making its debut at the fair, he had not even decided what to name it.
All’s not fair in Kaset’s meagre store
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 08/02/2015
» The agricultural fair that ended yesterday at Kasetsart University was a misnomer. Well, there were farm products alright, like rice from Surin, garlic and shallots from Si Sa Ket, sweet tamarind from Phetchabun, strawberries and some vegetables grown in Chiang Mai, as well as Manila tamarind and one or two fruits from elsewhere, but that was about all.
Bringing orchids out of the woods
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/02/2015
» The road behind Government House is usually closed to the general public, with no less than three guards keeping a close watch on who passes through its entrance. Two weeks ago the thoroughfare was thrown open to people from all walks of life and transformed into a marketplace for orchids, with the prime minister himself presiding over the opening ceremony on Jan 19.
Fruit in a barren land
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 25/01/2015
» When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Citrus fruit aside, that was exactly what happened when His Majesty the King was given a piece of land in Thung Sai Yai, in the village of Khao Tao in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, in the late 1960s.
Plant the seeds of peace
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/01/2015
» A friend commented that time goes by very fast when one is having fun. Despite months of political turbulence and street demonstrations, which are hardly anyone’s definition of fun, 2014 has gone very fast and we have now embarked on another year. We can only hope that this year will bring peace throughout the world and less suffering caused by natural disasters.