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All about Growing Fruits, Berries and Nuts , this book is by Ortho. It is a great reference book. They also have one that is called All About Vegetables. I have both of these titles and look back at both of these for lots of answers.

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Very good question there are plenty of things i can help you with on this subject. First, yes you do need lots of fruits and veggies but you dont have to eat more than protein and carbohydrates. Leaner meats such as Salmon, Tuna, and Chicken, are very nutritious and the protein is extremely good for you. You should eat 6 small meals everyday with all those things listed and you can have carbs but make sure they do not derive from sugars. Eating six smaller meals per day will raise your metabolism to burn more calories while your resting. Hope this helps you and if you need anymore info you can email me at – amartin99999@msn.com

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It Takes an Ecovillage: Green Learning Begins with Hands-On Community Experience by Rhonda Bernstein.

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The answer is yes, and no. To do the things you listed, like growing your own food, and living in a house totally off grid, then yes, you can do that.

To be 100% self sufficient….no, you cannot do that. Pretty much you need things from the outside world. Example, are you going to become a cobbler, and make your own shoes? Are you going to make pilgrimages to collect your own salt? If you can your own foods, you will still need lids for the canning jars. Will you grow your own sugar beets, or sugar cane, and make your own sugar?

My husband and I live on a permaculture farm. We grow most of our own food, or buy from the local farmers market (closed now that it’s started to snow in my area of Idaho).

We grow rapeseed (canola) and make our own biofuel (that means we are independant of the gas station). With this we run our trucks and tractors, and harvest our crops (rapeseed and alfalfa). The alfalfa is fed to the animals. In turn they produce manure to fertilize our fields.

If you want to talk about a smaller scale, my rabbits provide manure. The manure falls into worm bins below their hutches. The lovely, rich worm/rabbit manure mixture is used on my garden area. The garden area provides a lot of our food. You need to learn how to waterbath can, pressure can, freeze, dehydrate, and smoke foods, to preserve your harvest. You must have a really well equipted kitchen, with sturdy, long lasting items.

When you raise your own foods, your life becomes about making, and storing foods. Grab one of the Little House On the Prarie books, and give it a read with a highlighter. Highlight every comment on food preperation, storage, planting, ect. That gives you a tiny idea of what your life will be like.

Frankly without a spouse commited to the same lifestyle it’s really difficult.

We will be buying more land. We will grow our own wheat, and use the straw to build our totally off grid straw bale house. Powered/heated via solar, wind, hydro if it’s legal, and a Central Boiler (that is a name brand).

My husband currently works on the commercial wind turbines. He is VERY mechanically gifted. Having a really good grasp of carpentry, or mechanical things will help you in this lifestyle.

You need to be very independant minded, and in pretty good physical shape to undertake this lifestyle. By the way, you also still need to earn, or produce an income, since Uncle Sam wants his tax money.

~Garnet
Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

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Are you sure you actually have spinach?

I don’t know of any reason that could cause spinach to not taste like it really supposed to, if anything the flavor should be better.

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It will appeal to a subset of people. That’s about all you can say. I would appreciate it, but know some who wouldn’t.

I know of no wood for making decks with that don’t require either preservative or paint to protect it. Even redwood needs oil to prolong it, plus they are such beautiful trees.

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Collect the rain in plastic barrels. Nothing to worry about. Many homes have plastic piping for their drinking water supply.Nothing on the roof will harm you. The rain has fallen through dirty sky before it gets to you.

I have noticed that with my garden when I water with the hose nothing seems to happen. Just get one dose of normal rain and the plants seem to grow dramatically. I guess that they don’t like the chlorine and fluoride in the drinking water.

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If you choose to use manures, especially from animals that pass some of the seeds, you have to let the compost pile heat up hot enough to kill those seeds (160 -180 degrees, I think), otherwise they will come up in your garden. There are many good books on both organic gardening & composting. I used the Encylopedia of Compost.
Some helpful links…
1. ) www.bookrags.com/Rodale_Press
2.) www.organicgardening.com
3.) projectcompost.ucdavis.edu/files/use_guide.pdf
4.) www.wormsway.com/detail.asp?m=o&sku=RBC900
MANY more, just type.. Organic Gardening .. Or .. Compost/Composting .. Into your browser.

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The only sure way is to use some BT (Bacillus thuringiensis ) in the soil to kill the larvae. It usually takes two cycles to full kill them off.

BT is safe for people, plants, pets and kids.

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Get some roottone ( not sure of the spelling) the powder on the cut part of the plant, the put the entire old root system and the cut part under the soil and this should help as the additive will help new roots to form at the cut part.

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Perennials like roses should have a zone rating that lets you know the coldest zone that they will grow in. You live in a hardiness zone 5b. I live in a 5b zone and roses do fine as long as they are not rated for a zone warmer than 5b. Vegetables like heat and sunshine. Grow tomatoes, peppers, and green beans. If you have the room try some zucchini. Black Seeded Simpson lettuce and radishes are good to try. Peas have to be planted early in the season and your garden may not be workable at the right time. Corn doesn’t do well in small stands since it is air pollinated.

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Dawn Exports, Coimbatore – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India)

Engaged in supply of horticulture products jatropha curcas seeds, jatropha oil seeds, jatropha seedlings, castor oil seeds, neem oil cakes, jatropha biodiesel, natural biodiesel and physic nut.

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Surendra Ray and Co. – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of spice seeds such as cummin seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, corriander seeds and celery seeds. Also supply turmeric powder, chilli powder, cummin powder, curry powder, black pepper powder and turmeric fingers.

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Rolex Impex Co. – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers and exporters of psyllium products including psyllium seeds, psyllium husk, psyllium husk powder and psyllium industrial kha kha powder.

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Rampal – Madurai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Engaged in sourcing herbal extracts, naturalplant products, green extractives, betel leaf, coriander leaf, curry leaf, garlic, green pepper, green chilli and green ginger.

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Sopariwala Exports – Mumbai, Maharastra (India)

Supplier and exporter of sesame seeds, oil seeds, pulses, spices and other agro and food products.

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Sharda Phytogenetics Pvt. Ltd. – Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)

Reaserchers and producers of vegetable seeds, vegetable plant seeds like onion seeds, radish seeds, ridge gourd seeds, summer crops, bottle gourd, indian squash seeds, round gourd seeds, coriander seeds, spinach seeds and carrot seeds.

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Mother Herbs (P) Ltd. – New Delhi, Delhi (India)
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Supplying seeds such as neem seeds, niger seed, basil seeds, datura seeds, henna seeds, senna seeds, psyllium seeds, elephant creeper seeds, poppy seeds, ashwagandha seeds, jambolan seeds, vinca rosea seeds and ambrette seeds.

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Ruchi Overseas – Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers and exporters of psyllium products such as psyllium seeds, psyllium husk powder, psyllium husk, psyllium husk powder flavored and psyllium industrial kha kha powder. Also exports menthol flakes, natural mentho furane etc.

Website: http://www.ruchi-india.com

Stanagro Seeds ( A Division of Gorantla Farm Pvt. Ltd.) – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Exporter and supplier of hybrid seeds, tomato seeds, brinjal seeds, ridge gourd seeds, bittergourd seeds, bhendi seeds, ash gourd seeds, cabbage seeds, cauliflower seeds, capsicum seeds, marigold seeds and beet root seeds.

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Evergreen Exports – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in supplying oil seeds like pure niger seeds, pure groundnut kernels, pure safflower seeds, mustard seeds, pure sesame seeds, oil seeds, and pure sunflower seeds. Also supply pure pulses, branded pickles, lijjat papads, dyes and intermediates.

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Natural Cosmetic Supplies (A Unit of Mother Herbs) – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Suppliers and wholesale exporters of natural herbs such as cucumber seeds, dill seeds, safflower seeds, grape seeds, pumpkin seeds, apricot seeds, musk melon seeds, holy basil seeds and lotus seed seeds for use in various cosmetic applications.

Website: http://www.naturalcosmeticsupplies.com

Edible Agro Products Ltd – Kolkata, West Bengal (India)

Engaged in supply of hulled gingelly seeds, roasted gingelly seeds, brown gingelly seeds and red gingelly seeds. Also supply pure refined gingelly oil, roasted gingelly oil, gingelly cooking oil, edible gingelly oil and crude gingelly oil.

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Renulakshmi Agro Industries (India) Limited – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India)

Engaged in manufacturing and exporting jatropha oil seeds, pongamia oil seeds, oil seed plants and herbal plants used for extracting oil. Also supply jatropha oil cakes, pongamia oil cakes, neem oil cakes, non edible oil and oil extraction machines.

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Vanashree Agrotech – Pune, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of plantation products, plantation material that includes aromatic plants, medicinal plants, seeds, organic manures, fertilizers, vermi compost and pesticides.

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Adeniums India – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Wholesale supplier and exporter of nursery plants, nursery flower plants, adenium obesum plant, adenium swazicum plant, desert rose plant, plumeria flower plant, adenium bohemianum and fertilizers.

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Chandrashekhar Exports Private Limited – Kolhapur, Maharashtra (India)

Wholesale suppliers of sesame seeds, cottonseeds, cottonseed oil, sorghum seeds, sesame seed oil, fenugreek seed, sunflower seed, sufflower seed, mustured seed and other agro products.

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Green Earth Products – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Exporters and suppliers of sesame seed, black sesame seeds, hulled sesame seeds and other natural sesame seeds. Also offer medicinal herbs, Indian spices, dried flowers, artifical flowers, whole spices, natural herbs, natural dry flowers.

Website: http://www.greenearthproducts.net

Beawol Global Resources – Mt. Pleasant, Tx (United States of America)

Supplying and exporting various kinds of seeds like red, white and black sesame seeds etc. We also supply sheanuts, cashews, tiger nuts, ginger, black pepper, unrefined shea butter and palm kernel oil.

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Exponential Commodity Services Private Limited – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Trader of castor seed, castor seed(disa), mustard seed, sesame seed, cotton seed, soy seed, guar seed, rapeseed, copra seed, rapeseed -42 seed, soybean seed.

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Star Impex – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India)

Exporter of high value tree seeds, jatropha curcus seeds, forest tree seeds, conifer seeds, ornamental shrub seeds, palm seeds, grass seeds, rose wood seeds, sandal wood seeds, eucalyptus tree seeds, silveroak seeds, mahogani seeds etc.

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R.K.Industries, Jodhpur – Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)

Supplier of red chillies, turmeric, garlic, curry powder, pulses and small cardamom.

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Jayveer Traders – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India)

Engaged in supply of jatropha curcas seeds and jatropha seedlings that are used to produce the non-edible Jatropha oil that is used as a ingredient in the production of biodiesel. Also supply bio diesel extraction machinery.

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Jain Ayurvedics – Lucknow, Uttar Pardesh (India)

Supplier of oil seeds, spices, crude herbs, kalaunji, kirana, singhara and fennel seeds.

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Mohamed Umer Abdullabhai and Sons – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in supplying and exporting wide range of oil seeds, raw oilseeds, essential oilseeds, Indian oilseeds and natural oilseeds. Alsos supply food grains, beans, pulses, natural gums and cooking spices.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/masons-spices/

S.R. International, Mumbai – Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Supplier of ground nut oil seeds, mustard oil seeds and sesame oil seeds. Also supply medicinal herbs that includes senna leaves, gymnema leaves, valerian roots, calamus roots, gentian roots, galangal roots and myrobalans.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/sr-international

Kalpesh Corporation – Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India)

Exporter and manufacturer of psyllium seed, psyllium husk, psyllium husk powder, sesame seeds, fennel seeds and cumin seeds.

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Bhavi Incorporation – Vadodara, Gujarat (India)

We supply and export spices and spice seeds including chilli powder, vanilla seeds, mustard seeds, coriander, fenugreek, fennel, ajman seeds, anise seeds, ginger powder, turmeric, garlic, amchur and coriander powder.

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Sama Enterprises, Mumbai – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporting tamarind fruits, tamarind seeds, tamarind seed powder, tamarind shell, tamarind kernel, tamarind testa and tamarind gum used for making varnishes, polishing brass, copper and silver, skin ailments, intestinal ailments, pickles and jams.

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S. R. Corporation – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of all types of oil seeds, sunflower seeds, hps groundnuts java and bold, blenched groundnuts, niger seeds, white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, brown sesame seeds, hulled sesame seeds.

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Fine Pest Sulphur, India – Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India)

Manufacturing and supplying vegetable seeds and crop seeds along with agricultural fertilizers, biofertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, zinc sulphate, industrial sulphur, crop fertilizers, agriculture pesticide and plant growth promoter.

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Surajbala Exports Private Limited – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Exporting dry herbs, seeds and roots including ashwagandha, babool bark, chitrak roots, camphor leaves, cardamom, castor seeds, celery seeds, garlic seeds, ginger seeds & neem leaves.

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Prakruti Foods and Chemicals Private Limited – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in manufacturing and supplying fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds. Also offer essential oils, ice teas, instant coffee, instant milk shakes, instant chutneys, instant soups, namkeens, snack foods.

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Reddis N.P. International – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)

Exporters and suppliers of medicinal seeds, medicinal herbs, forest tree seeds, conifers seeds, shrubs seeds, flower seeds, palm seeds, grass seeds, ornamental seeds, shade tree seeds, foliage seeds and more.

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Adi Biotech Private Limited – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Supplier and exportesr of jatropha seeds, bio diesel, jatropha curcas, jatropha oil, ratanjot, herbal plants, organic fertiliser etc. Also offer biofuel consultency services, waste land development, organic farming consultancy services etc.

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Nile Valley Company – Alexandria, Egypt (Egypt)

Supplier and exporter of coriander seeds, cumin seeds, sunflower seeds, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, celery Seeds and all other types of seeds. Also export fresh and dehydrated seeds, spices like saffron, cardamon, chillies etc.

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Thulassi Exports – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India)

Supplier and exporter of raw jatropha seeds, jatropha oil seeds, jatropha curcas seeds, jatropda seedlings, castor seeds and castor oil seeds. Also supply coriander powder and coriander leaves.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/thulassiexports

Natural Herbs and Herbal Products – Haldwani, Uttranchal (India)

Cultivators, processors & suppliers of ayurvedic herbs, natural herbs, medicinal herbs, spice and cosmetic herbs in the form of roots, leaves, flowers, moss, stems, seeds, barks, fruits, rhizomes and whole plants.

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D. R Corporation – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporter of sesame seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, chillies, dry ginger, cloves, cardomom, gambier, almonds, pistachoes, wet dates and dry dates betel nuts.

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O.M.S.Tamarind Merchants (P) Ltd. – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Engaged in supplying of tamarind seed without fibers to Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, better known as ‘defibered seed tamarind’. Also exports rose onions, groundnut kernels and golden color indian jaggery powder.

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Jaivankhandi Medicinal Herbs – Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India)

Engaged in exporting and supplying aromatic plants, horticulture plants, medicinal plants such as jaropha, withania somnifera dunal, stevia rebaudiana, aloe barbadenisis, poplar, sagwan, papaya and sandle.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/jaivankhandi

Vimal Industries, Mumbai – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in manufacturing tamarind fruit, tamarind kernel powder, tamarind kernel split, tamarind seeds powder, tamarind seed split, tamarind seed husk and tamarind seeds dhall used in textile industry, jute industry, soil stabilizers, explosives, etc.

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Nathubhai Cooverji and Sons – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporter of groundnut oil seeds, sesame seeds oil seeds and sunflower oil seeds along with black pepper, ginger, coriander seeds, cummin seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies, turmeric powder, dehydrated onion and garlic flakes.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/ncsons

Cure Herbs – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Wholesale supplier of anacyclus pyrethrum, andrographis paniculata, asperagus racemosus, pistacia integerrima, pterocarpus marsupium, quercus infectoria, syzygium cumini, tephrosia purpurea, terminalia arjuna, rubica cardifolla, salmania malabarica.

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Commodity Impex – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of oil seeds, spice seeds, celery seeds, mustard seeds, sesame seeds, niger seeds, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, rape seeds and caston seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/commodityimpex

Shree Vinayak Corporation – Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)

Wholesale suppliers of psyllium husk seeds and powder, cassia tora seeds, sesame seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, tamarind kernel powder, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, black mustard seeds and dill seeds.

Website: http://www.shreevinayakcorp.com/sesame-seeds.html

Alankar Herbotechs – Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)

Exporters and suppliers of medicinal neem seeds, raw neem seeds, herb senna leaves, pure senna stems, Indian senna pods, amla fruit, aloe vera plant, medicinal ashwagandha and Indian coleus.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/alankarherbotechs

P. M. International, Mumbai – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporters of sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, natural & hulled sesame seeds, ground nut kernels, hulled seasame seeds, musk melon seeds, white sesame seeds, water melon seeds and pumpkin seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/pm-international

Ganesha Hybrid Seeds – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Engaged in manufacturing and supplying hybrid seed such as vegetable gardening seed, paddy seed, maize seed, chilli pepper seed, tomato plant seed, brinjal seed, okra seed, cowpea seed and bottle gourd seed.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/ganeshahybridseeds

Amrutva Exports Pvt. Ltd. – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
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Manufacturer and wholesale exporter of cumin seeds, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, dill seeds, dry red chilli, turmeric fingers, oil seeds, sesame seeds, mustard seeds and dry food.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/amrutvaexports/

Shri Chakra Udyog Private Limited – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Bulk suppliers of oil seeds and oil seed extracts such as ground nut jawa seeds, ground nut bold seeds, hulled sesame seeds, natural sesame seeds, sunflower oil seeds, safflower oil seeds, gound kernels, peanut seeds and niger oil seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/shrichakraudyog/

Shubham Enterprises, Kanpur – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Engaged in supplying and exporting of seeds that includes papery candied aniseeds, basil seeds, quilted candied aniseeds, niger seeds, rock salt, yellow mustard and black salt.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/babanamak

Floral Seed Company – Dehradun, Uttaranchal (India)

Wholesale suppliers of tree seeds, shrub seeds, palm seeds, bamboo seeds, conifer seeds, fodder crops, grass seeds, green manuring seeds, fruit seeds, medicinal seeds, hedge seeds, flowering shrub, white sesame seeds and other flower seeds.

Website: http://www.seedscompany.com

Rainbow Overseas, Moradabad – Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Exporter of certified seeds like paddy, wheat, sunflower, peas, basmati rice, pulses, spices, food grains like wheat, maize.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/rainbowoverseas

Imran Trading Establishment – Thane, Maharashtra (India)

Exporters of oil seeds, sesame seeds, groundnut seeds along with fresh seasonal fruits, garden vegetables, dehydrated vegetables such as onions and potatoes.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/imrantrading

Joyschmidt Bharat Engineering Company – Vadodara, Gujarat (India)

Engaged in supplying of paddy seed, wheat seed, beans seed, corn seed, rapeseed seed, vegetable seed, peanut seed, garlic seed, oil seed and other dry seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/joyschmidtengg

Amirtha Impex – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Exporters and suppliers of sesame seeds, groundnut kernels, coconut etc.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/amirthaimpex

Om Farms & Nursery – Pune, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in supplying garden plants such as flower plants, fruit plants, water plants, American hibiscus plants, palm plants, orchid plants, avenue plants and interior decoration plants. Also developing lawns and ravishing landscapes.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/omfarmsandnursery

Herbalway Biotech India Pvt. Ltd – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Exporter and supplier of coffee beans, rose, carnation, anthurium, tuberose, jasmine and cutflowers. Also offer orange, plum, avacoda, vanilla, banana, mango, sapota, coconut, jatropha, capsicum, cabbage, cucumber

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/herbalway

Anil Grover and Company – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of celery seeds, dill seeds, fennel seeds, white poppy seeds, parseley seeds, caraway seeds, black cumin seeds, cardamom seeds, sesame seeds and psolarea seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/agc

Pas Kosmosis Agro Private Limited – Pune., Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in manufacture and export of coriander seeds, natural sunflower seeds, cummin seeds, natural sesame seeds, annato seeds, natural rape seeds, natural fenugreek seeds and other natural oil seeds. Also offer fruits, spices, vegetables, dry fruits.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/paskosmosis

Aurohill Trading Private Limited – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Suppliers of oil seeds of ground nut, sesame, sunflower and safflower. Also supply Indian basmati rice, pure basmati rice, non basmati rice, wheat flour, psyllium husk, Indian pickles, sweet pickles, spicy pickles and cucumber gherkins.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/aurohill

Shah Mahendra Kumar and CO. (Export) Pvt. Ltd. – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of vegetable seeds including potato seeds, garlic seeds, onion seeds. Also supply whole and grounded spice seeds, oil seeds, fresh alphonso mangoes and pulses.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/smco

Shivnath Rai Harnarain (India) Ltd. – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Wholesale suppliers of sesame seeds, indian rice, crystal sugar, Indian spices, soybean meal, Darjeeling tea, indian pulses, wheat grains, industrial salt, yellow maize, yellow sorghum, bakery and confectionery products.

Website: http://www.shrilalmahal.org

Rainbow International, Gujarat – Anand, Gujarat (India)

Engaged in manufacturing a variety of live plants, medicinal plants, nursery plants, ornamental plants, garden plants, flower plants, fruit bearing plants, roadside tall trees, evergreen shrubs, indoor plants and outdoor plants.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/rainbow-agri/

Kamal Foods – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Suppliers of fenugreek seeds, oil seeds, peanut seeds, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and pinato seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/kamalfoods

Rainbow Overseas – Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Manufacturers and exporters of agricultural seeds, food granules, cereals, par boiled rice, broken rice, certified agricultural seeds, cooking spices and sunflower seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/rainbowoverseasindia

Veg India Exports, Erode – Erode, Tamil Nadu (India)

Exporters and suppliers of moringa seed kernels, moringa oil, moringa seeds, moringa leaf powder, moringa seed cake and moringa seed kernel.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/moringa

Aryan Mushrooms And Bio Fuels – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Engaged in supply and export of jatropha bio-diesel, jatropha tissue culture plant, jatropha plantation, jatropha seeds, ganodroma mushroom, mushroom powder, dry mushroom and biofuels.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/aryanmushroom

Ramasamy Exports and Imports Pvt. Ltd. – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Supplier of tamarind seed powder, tamarind kernel powder, roasted tamarind powder and testa used in paper adhesives, book binding, plywood adhesives, mosquito coil, agarbattis and toothpaste.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/ramexim

Singhal Merchandise India Private Limited – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporters of fenugreek seeds, cummin seeds, corainder seeds, turmeric seeds, tamarind seeds, fennel seeds and sesame seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/singhal

AayurMed Biotech Pvt. Ltd. – Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Exporting herbal seeds, herbal plantation materials, ayurvedic herbal seeds, aromatic plant seeds, organic plant seeds, medicinal plant seeds and planting material for commercial cultivation as well as herb gardening.

Website: http://www.aayurherb.com/indian-ayurvedic-herbs.html

Royal Seeds Corporation – New Delhi, Delhi (India)

Wholesale supplier and exporter of all kinds gardening vegetable seeds like watermelon seeds, onion seeds, cucumber seeds, peas seeds, bean seeds, carrot seeds, bitter gourd seeds, sudan seeds, musk melon seeds and lady’s finger seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/royalseeds

Hindustan Global – Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)

Engaged in exporting and supplying of natural oil seeds and spice seeds including sesame seed, nigella seed, sun flower seed, cummin seed, rape seed, mustard seed, ajwain seed, safflower seed, fennel seed.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/hindustanglobal

Shubhangi Enterprises – Noida, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Engaged in importing Indian vegetable seeds and flower seeds that includes beetroot, cabbage, capsicum, sunflower, carrot, cauliflower, onion, tomato, watermelon, godetia, snapdragon, nasturtium, cosmos, californian poppy and cornflower seeds.

Website: http://www.indiamart.com/shubhangienterprises/

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I had a similar problem, and it turned out that I had a vole in the yard. Voles are like mice, but bigger – yet not as big as moles. They are nocturnal, and it’s sometimes tough to find where they burrow. This is my guess. Doubt the problem is rabbits.

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You might try thinning out the tree but that would require you hiring a tree trimming company to do that for you.

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Cats do not like most strongly smelling items, so use of these will deter them. Their own business will also leave smells, so clean this away, and wash thoroughly, as nasty as this may be.

Blocking their entrances, and adding smells to their run through will also deter them. What you use to add smells is up to you, but moth balls, as mentioned elsewhere, are good and are rain proof, can be broken up into smaller pieces. Cayenne pepper and similar stuff, can be used for short term, but gets washed away by rain. If you have a dog, or a friend’s dog, it can be useful adding some of their mess, where they enter. If they use fences to walk along, consider adding something like petroleum jelly, as they won’t want to walk on it.

Something they hate are motion detecting water sprinklers – not so good for our gardens except in summer time, but these can be handy when sited where they like to use. Some sonic repellents may work, but reviews seem to suggest mixed results.

There is a plant, called the Scaredy Cat Plant, which is Coleus canina, which they hate the smell of, but it’s an annual, as it’s not frost hardy.
Finally, sharp twigs, such as with thorns, on the soil will deter them, as they won’t scratch there.

Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob

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I bet you could sell it to an older couple who had a son or daughter who really needed a break like having a basement to move into so he or she could go to school or because his or her job doesn’t allow living independently, especially if there were grandchildren. I don’t think those people would mind having their kids enter and exit through the house, and they would keep the basement clean.

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That’s so crazy i had to look it up!! This is what i found, http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/olive_garden.htm
I think its too far fetched, would someone really get symptoms of a disease that fast? Come on???

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What you can do is go to your local animal shelter and see if you can “borrow” their live traps. Place a food at the end of it and it will catch the cat with out harming it.

But …the cat that you just trapped might not be yours.

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I ran into the same thing last year. I wash them and put them in the crisper drawer. They stayed good for a week.

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Well, first things first, show her where her litter box is. I assume, since she’s from an adoption center, that she knows how to use one. Just make sure she’s aware of it- my best thought would be to give her some food, maybe a toy, and just shut her in the room it’s in (if possible) for a few hours to get used to it. She’ll know what to do. (unless she’s going to go outside and use the grass, which might be highly unlikely, so just be warned)

After that, just let her out and let her *explore*! She’ll be the reigning goddess of her own kingdom in no time. Just make sure to put away anything valuable, such as, if you have fancy decorated dish plates on stands, anything not locked up in a China hutch, something she’d be interested in to push over and see what’s inside (my cat, also 5 years old, has a habit of hopping onto the table and pushing over drinking glasses- full or empty!)

Outside might be trickier. Give her a week inside first, then introduce the outside. Is there any possible way she could get out of your backyard? Some cats are wont to wander around the neighborhood, and only sometimes do they come back. If she is content (or if you know she is content) to just sit around and laze as she pleases, introducing the outside will be no problem! She’ll just do whatever she wants to do and come back inside whenever. Just make sure to watch her so she doesn’t get into anything harmful, or eat too much grass

If she’s just as lazy as you say, I don’t think you’ll have any problems Haha, take care, and best of luck!

Ooh and of course you’ll be able to let her out! Just put away anything valuable, as I’ve said, and she’ll be fine. It’s her kingdom to rule, after all!

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First off you want to think about what you are going to plant and what space is required for them to grow properly. Also you must find out the sun requirements, water requirements, and how often you will need to feed.

The best bet is to go to your local gardening center and speak with the out door garden associate.

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These may be what you’re looking for. The last one even offers software.

Www.vegetablegardeners.com/garden-plans.
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ourgardengang.tripod.com/vegetablegarden.htm
www.plangarden.com/design_garden/index.php

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Just don’t plant potatoes and onions together. Otherwise, just try to group plants together that grow similarly. Tomatoes and squash grow about the same, and beans and corn will grow in the same of conditions. As long as you aren’t crowding drastically different species together, you’ll do just fine. Ideally, melons, squash, beans, should be in the same part of the garden. Greens, lettuce, turnips, brussel sprouts, beets, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower can be close to each other. Potatoes can have their own individual section as can onions.

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Check out this webpage:

http://www.quick-and-easy-vegetable-garden.com/planning-a-vegetable-garden.html

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1. Till the soil to achieve a fine granular texture. Add compost or manure, and a cheap fertilizer, then rototill that into the soil until you have blended soil, compost, and manure completely.

2. I recommend short rows with wide spaces in between for easy hoeing, fertilizing, picking weeds and harvesting.

3. I suggest a 7 foot fence made of chicken wire to surround the entire garden. I wouldn’t worry about your dog and cats, rabbits and deer are more the problem. They eat young plants and ruin tomatoes by biting into it then leaving it.

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Contact your local County Extention Agency and ask about the local Master Gardening club. They can tell you what works best for where you live, from what varieties to plant to the best time- and location- to plant, prune etc. They can also offer book titles, websites, the best nurseries etc. If no MG club, the agent should be able to point you in the right direction. By the way, the second growing season is to grow a second crop. It’s wonderful to live in Southern USA!

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Which Ontario? California, Oregon, Canada???

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I would LOVE a kid-size kitchen, and a “slop” room (a room with a drain in the floor that can be simply hosed out)

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It was an Olive Garden. They came for the fruit but couldn’t stay for the company.

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My gardening tips are to create an easy to maintain garden with seasonal interest, rather than just a summer splash.

The plants that I use are:

Phormiums – come in range of leaf colours, variegated, green, reds to purple. Grows from 2′ to 5′ with large flower spikes, when established and in a good sunny spot. Spear shaped leaves.

Buddleia – the butterfly bush – showy flowers, attracted butterflies, from around June. Only need pruning hard, around Feb, then just let them riot. There’s also a variegated form, with purple flowers, otherwise flower colours from white, pinks to purple.

Lavenders:there are alot of different types:
Hidcote is around 18” tall, lovely dark blue flowers.
Old English: ‘lavender’ blue flowers, around 2-3′ tall.
French: these have coloured ‘wings’ ontop of their flowers.
All are best with a fairly harsh spring pruning, stops them getting leggy.

Heuchera’s: good for semi shaded areas, fantastic choice of leaf colours and textures, plus flowers too.

Sedum Spectabile is 1 of the easiest plants to grow: roots easily too, if he takes cuttings next year onwards. Attracts butterflies.

I’d add some grasses, for leaf texture variation. Festuca Glauca is a short very blue grass. Otherwise, there are tons of colours from red, to variegated green/white or golden.

A Peony will flourish in the same spot for 50years +, so is really easy and showy. Some come with scented flowers.

Daylilies are lovely summer flowering herbaceous plants, yellow, reds etc. (Hemerocalis is the botanical name)

Phlox paniculata are herbaceous summer flowering plants, whites to pink. Very easy.

Foxgloves are easy, but the typically grown types grow from seed one year, flower and die the next. Good in partial shade, especially for back of borders, as they can reach 6′ tall. Maybe you could start some from seed yourself, and post or take them to him?

Roses could be ok, either climbers or freestanding. Require an annual prune. Good long season colour.

Hardy Geraniums are easy showy plants, with long flowering periods – don’t confuse with the summer bedding geraniums, which aren’t hardy and thus not perennial in UK gardens.

I love Oriental Poppies, Papaver Orientalis – mine are just about to flower now. From white to pink, red, orange. Many with contrasting colours in the centre of the flower. Herbaceous.

Gaillardia have a broad colour range, for long summer periods of flowers.

Add some Hellebores for late winter, early spring colour:
Heeleborus Niger (Christmas ‘Rose’), white flowers or Helleborus Orientalis – late spring, whtie,pinks, reds. Herbaceous, but usually carry leaves through the year.

Lupins are also showy flowering herbaceous plants, in a wide colour range. Easy.

I’d add some bulbs, for flowering next spring:usually purchased/planted from around August. Daffodills/Narcissus, Bluebells, Scilla Siberica, Crocus, large flowered and species types, for easly spring flowers.

Tulips are lovely, but can be prone to rot, as you’re not sure of his soil type, might want to avoid. Best planted late autumn, even upto December.

Ref. Ordering: I’d shop around, as you’ll find variations in pricing. It’s also a really good idea to select the plants yourself, as you can pick the healthiest – I know he’s some way from you, but perhaps you could find some garden centres that are on your way, or local to him.

Hope these ideas help. I’ve chosen from what I grow and know are reasonably easy but showy plants.

Good luck! Rob

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Try planting corns! I’m not sure but here in Hokkaido, Summer-sunflowers, morning glory are easy to plant. If the season is cold, try strawberries, except winter. But before winter (autumn) here in Hokkaido, people plant cabbage, when winter comes, cabbages under the thick snow are amazingly sweet! Hope I helped!

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They don’t like garlic, so I plant the flowering kinds (alium) next to my roses. And no aphids! I have 3 types, the large purple globes, pink lily-like flowers and smaller white flowering types. Maybe try sticking a few of the small variety bulbs in your planter and see if it works. The plants aren’t noticeably garlicy smelling, and they bloom in spring.

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I love to plant winter Kale in the fall here in the Midwest USA. It has a dark green-to-purple foliage and is striking against the planters and in the early frosts/snows. I think it can be used in salads, too, but I find it too beautiful to cut!

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I’d starve to death, waiting for them to grow.

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It is not a sin, just government trying to reign in the populus and have us more firmly under their thumb. Government doesn’t want free thinkers, just dumb followers. It is scary what Gov’t is doing and not telling.

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Having the space for a garden, a free supply of seeds, a shorter work week, and a tax write off.

That’s all I would need. Oh, and maybe someone to come over and weed the garden for free, but that’s not a deal breaker just a bonus.

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Organic gardening is the best! You should try it. Be prepared for a big harvest and you will have to can, freeze, or give away a lot of stuff cuz it all comes at once.

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Sure but i need a hand turning the ground .

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Our city has recycle bins for each home and we have trash receptacle’s that are plastic. Cans can be recycled. I use s small waste basket in all our rooms and recycle grocery bags to use a trash bags before putting them in their containers outside. I don’t use the dish washer and I also hang dry all my clothing.

Enveloped and junk mail I recycle whatever can be used for my scrap books since there is a lot of paper waste or I use them to make note paper out of it for short notes to my husband. Instead of sponges I use dish rags that can be washed instead of paper towels and as well we use old T-shirt rags. Hotel shampoo or sample size soaps and stuff I use to hand wash clothing, I do my own dry cleaning w/ Dryell and the list goes on and on. You can get very creative when cooking as well, cook in bulk and freeze so you don’t waste electricity for the same amount of time cook two roasts instead of one in the crock pot. Also, cheaper. Home made cookies is cheaper than purchasing them. Also, if you have a dollar store close to you, you’d be surprised what you can find in there.

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Yummmmm……….humus would taste nice too with the crackers

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Hate to break it to you but Vitamins for most people do little to nothing. If your eating lots of veggies your getting a good portion of your vitamins there. If you can afford it the easiest thing to do is to switch to olive oil. Olive oil has a lot of anti-oxidants in it and it has good fats which help reduce your cholesterol level. You can buy big jars of it at a warehouse club. You are eating just red meat which in moderation is Okay. But too much read meat can lead to heart disease and other ailments. Are you getting any complex carbohydrates like whole wheat bread? The worst thing you can eat is probably white bread. It gets converted directly to sugar in the body. If you don’t use that sugar for energy then it goes directly to fat. You should really be eating some fruits and that does not include apple juice. There is basically no nutritional value in apple juice it is basically sugar water. The V-8 juice or juice fusion drinks are very good tasting. Since you guys are in your 30′s and 40′s 6 hours of sleep is not good at all. 6 Hours is normal for people in their mid to late 50′s to the later years. You should at least get 7-8 hours most nights.

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Not quite. A gamete is the actual sex cell, like sperm or egg.

Haploid on the other hand is more of an adjective, describing that the gamete has half the number of chromosomes of a normal cell (which would be diploid, instead.)

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If that is true then I will be going to jail. Big brother can’t stop me from growing food in my garden and giving fresh produce to my neighbors.

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POWER!!!!…they are stealing our money…they are stealing our rights…and they are stealing our freedoms. They are coming after our health care…and it won’t be long before they come after our guns…they want control of your thermostat in your house…they want to put a GPS in your car so they can tax you for every mile you move and will know every move you make…they are coming after the very businesses that hire many of us if they feel that business is presenting a danger to the economy………so whats left people????….WHATS LEFT???…..OUR FOOD!!!….Next time you go to the local produce market, produce stand, orchard market just stop your shopping and stand and look…LOOK at the bounty of wonderful food we are blessed with…take a real close look because YOUR GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DESTROY IT!!…YOUR president and his willful demons in congress despises YOU!!!….they despise our GREAT NATION!!!…if Americans don’t get some kahunas and stand up to this BLATANT TYRANNY then you DESERVE TO STARVE!!!…THIS crew that has infected the white house and congress will not stop until they control every once of YOUR PERSONAL LIFE!!!….IF we don’t know from history what happens to the population that ALLOWS the government to control everything including the food supply what hope is there for this nation….THANKS libs for the dumbing down of our population!!!…I guess today most people have no idea what Stalin did to his population…here is a hint…HE STARVED TO DEATH MILLIONS OF HIS OWN COUNTRYMEN!!!…WAKE UP AND GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR KEYSTER AMERICA!!!….