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The awesome avocado
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 23/11/2014
» Last Sunday's Green Fingers was about the leaves that my friend Julia gathers from her backyard and brews for tea. Soursop leaves, pandan and lemongrass all have medicinal properties, and as long as they get full sun all can be grown, even in a small space.
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The price point of contention
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/06/2014
» I thought I would not mention Chatuchak plant market again for a long while after the article on June 8 about how it seems to be dying a slow but natural death. However, please bear with me just one more time as I set the record straight for a reader who is convinced that rising prices have caused the market’s decline.
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They'll smell as sweet, But choose your roses wisely
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 23/06/2013
» Roy Beevor wrote to say that he had a piece of land in Nakhon Ratchasima's Wang Nam Khieo district and would like to grow roses there. "An article in the gardening supplement of the Financial Times Weekend recommended the apricot pink Abraham Darby, the deep pink Princess Alexandra of Kent and the copper-coloured Fortune's Yellow. I would be grateful for your comments/advice," he wrote.
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Alternatives for when the neighbours are raising a stink
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 12/08/2012
» Dhanasak Chullakesa wrote to ask: ''Do you know any plant or tree that absorbs unwanted smell? I'm talking about a big area, not indoors.'' Mr Dhanasak has the misfortune of living next to a pig farm, and his letter came the day after the publication of the ''Green Fingers'' article of July 22 which mentioned that, according to a Nasa study, plants have the ability to clear the air of indoor pollutants and that plant-filled rooms contain 50% to 60% fewer airborne moulds and bacteria than rooms without plants.
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Plant yourself at chatuchak
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/05/2012
» Areader wrote to ask where she could purchase seeds of the vegetable and herbs mentioned in ''Grow your own'' (''Green Fingers'', April 1). The article was about a couple, Rawat and Orawan Chomsri, who now grow herbs like holy basil, sweet basil and hairy basil as well as a green leafy vegetable called kwang toong in their backyard after finding these in short supply during the floods. To ensure I gave the right answer, I went to the Chatuchak plant market _ and found more than just vegetable and herb seeds.
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