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Too big for your roots
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 17/11/2013
» Reader Alan Platt, whose letter last month triggered a two-part article on bamboo, sent me another email to say that I was right about his plants being too big for their containers. "For their continued good health, I know I should put them in bigger pots," he wrote, "but I have a problem. I don't want them to grow any bigger, which will happen if I repot them.
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NASA rover finds conditions once suited to life on Mars
AFP, Published on 13/03/2013
» Analysis of Mars rocks by the Curiosity rover uncovered the building blocks of life -- hydrogen, carbon and oxygen -- and evidence the planet could once have supported organisms, NASA said Tuesday.
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Breathing new life into the South's abandoned paddies
Spectrum, Tunya Sukpanich, Published on 24/02/2013
» At a training centre at the Buffalo Conservation Village in Suphan Buri province, some 120 villagers from Pattani province _ both Muslims and Buddhists _ are learning new farming methods, part of a government initiative aimed at revitalising rice production in the South.
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Decentralise to desensitise in rural South
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/02/2013
» They wanted to help. That was why a group of rice farmers from Sing Buri and Suphan Buri ignored their fears and travelled to the restive South to help their southern Muslim peers revive their long-abandoned rice fields.
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Thai Bank Museum
Life, Published on 05/12/2012
» Siam Commercial Bank, Head Office, Ratchadapisek Road Until Jan 31 Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm Call 02-544-4525-7
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Good Soil, Or good fertiliser?
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2012
» Good soil is good fertiliser. A plant needs good soil more than chemicals.
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Palm oil boom destined in acidic Rangsit field
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/09/2012
» Palm oil plantation in Pathum Thani's Rangsit is expected to boom in a few years as a pilot demonstration project has shown good results after years of development, says Capt Samai Jai-In from the House of Representatives.
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Oh sod it: The way to ensure the grass is always greener
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 23/09/2012
» Vikrom Suebsaeng's one-storey house in Muang Ake was submerged in 2.30m of stagnant water for more than six weeks. The flood took almost everything away and repairs have been estimated at about one million baht. About 70% of the trees and plants on his 325 wah (1,300 square metres) of land have died, the soil has hardened and the grass is gone. ''My worry is not with the trees or plants which can be bought and grown again,'' he wrote. ''I want to have my grass back and would like to have your advice on the most economical way of reviving the soil so that I can have beautiful green grass again.''
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Race against time to find US troops' remains in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 29/08/2012
» In a remote valley in Vietnam, US investigators sift through piles of red soil. Despite recovering the remains of hundreds of fallen troops, the hunt goes on for many more still missing in a race against time.
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Enjoy the fruits of your labour
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 24/06/2012
» Thailand is a paradise for fruit; it is never without fruits in season, and they are very cheap. Yet I find that a ripe papaya, mango, guava or banana picked from my own trees tastes so much better than those bought from the market. They are fresher and the joy of being able to eat fruit from my own garden probably also makes them more delicious.
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