Showing 1 - 5 of 5
Plant and prosper _ right from the ground up
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 14/10/2012
» When is the best time to plant trees and shrubs in the ground? Anytime, even in the summer, if you can give them sufficient irrigation. If you want to save on water, plant now during the rainy season, but make sure the soil is not soggy at all times or your trees will suffocate and die. The rainy days are now almost at an end, so once the rain has stopped you may have to continue watering until they are fully established in their new location.
Weed out your worries by gardening in new year
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/01/2013
» How time flies! It seems like only yesterday when 2012 started, now another year has begun. What does this new year have in store us? Will it bring peace to the world, or more political turmoil? Will the world economic situation be better, or worse? Will mother nature be more benevolent, or bring stronger storms and even more floods?
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.
Plant of plenty
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 07/02/2016
» After reading the article about how juice from green papaya leaves could treat dengue fever, and how tea from its dried brown leaves could guard against 10 types of cancer (Green Fingers, Jan 24), a friend told me he had no idea papaya could be so useful.
Why tamarind seems to keep a peeling
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 21/02/2016
» Regular reader Paul Schiller and his wife Beatrix are long-time residents of Khao Lak in Phangnga, where they seek warmth during the cold winter months in their home country, Austria. They were on holiday in Hua Hin recently when they saw an unfamiliar fruit. “Today in Hua Hin, nobody knows this, I got not even a Thai name,” Mr Schiller wrote in his email asking for help in identifying the said fruit.