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Sparing some expense
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 21/08/2016
» When my now adult children were in primary school, bananas were so cheap that we fed kluay namwa to our pet birds. My late father, who was visiting from the Philippines, made it his duty to feed the birds while my husband and I were at work and the children were in school.
What we do in the shadows
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 24/04/2016
» Violeta Anselmi likes plants, but the only place she can grow them is her balcony. The problem is that it does not get direct sunlight, for it is shaded most of the time. "Up to now, we have been unsuccessful in keeping our potted plants alive," she wrote.
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.
A luscious-looking remedy
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 13/04/2014
» A reader wants to know where he could buy the improved variety of mulberry which was mentioned in Green Fingers two weeks ago. One of the new cultivars found at the recent Kaset Fair at Kasetsart University, this mulberry was certainly more fruitful than the Morus nigra, or black mulberry, that we have on our farm.
Survival of the seediest
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 03/11/2013
» Bangkok Post reader and fellow plant lover Terry Commins shared on Facebook the fun he has had observing how many forest trees time their flowering with the rainy season. "Those with hard seed pods that take longer to mature tend to flower earlier," he wrote. "Each species has its own clock, but almost all end up getting it right for when to drop their seeds to maximise the weather conditions. Some seeds remain fertile for only a day or two, while others can last a year. Enjoy the complexity of nature."