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Jun/2009
30
09:38

The Hand And The Doll

Source: Look What I Found!

The Hand And The Doll

To stay a little bit with last post's theme I want to show some more display stuff my neighbours threw out. Here's the hand again that came with the shop window doll's legs. Here it is in the layer of black paint I gave it. If you look carefully you can also see it on my market table (second picture). It really works to draw attention to my crocheted bracelets and helps folks to immediately understand what the bands buttoned around the cardboard cylinders are for. Now I'm still dreaming of a complete adult lady model, but I'm quite happy with this

Jun/2009
29
16:05

Organopónicos - Urban Agriculture

Source: Hydroponics - Soil-less gardening.

Organopónicos - Urban Agriculture

The original hydroponic units, long cement planting troughs and raised metal containers, were filled with composted sugar waste and hydroponicos became organopónicos. _Photo: organoponico.com_ Organopónicos are a system of urban organic gardens in Cuba. They often consist of low-level concrete walls filled with organic matter and soil, with lines of drip irrigation laid on the surface of the growing media. Organopónicos provide access to job opportunities, a fresh food supply to the community, neighborhood improvement and beautification of urban areas. The rapid expansion of urban agriculture in the early 1990s included the colonisation of vacant land both by community and commercial groups. The

Jun/2009
29
12:00

Ayam Tuturuga (Hot and Spicy Broth Chicken)

Source: Original Indonesian Recipe

Ayam Tuturuga (Hot and Spicy Broth Chicken)

The recipe is originated from North Celebes (Sulawesi). Like most recipes from the Northern Part of Sulawesi / Manado, It's hot and spicy... Ingredients: 15 pieces of chicken 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp lime juice 250 cc coconut milk Basil leaves 2 pieces of lime leaves 1 tsp sugar 100 cc broth oil to stir fry Fine spices: 15 cloves garlic 10 cloves of onion 15 chilies 1 tsp turmeric powder 2 cm ginger How to: 1. Stir fry fine spices until fragrant and well cooked 2. Add chicken, coconut milk, broth, basil leaves, lime leaves, sugar, salt, and continue to fry untill fully cooked. 3. When the water begins to shrink and the chicken softens, add lime

Jun/2009
27
20:48

The Green Dream

Source: Living the Rural Dream

The Green Dream

I had a dream, it was vivid; filled with irregular and intense blasts of green, a clammy warmth coating my skin, burnt dusty tracks disappearing into the stillest of blue skies. And there I was, standing at the top. My thoughts, my desires, my hopes, spilling out in great expanses of water that clung to the mountains for life, for inspiration and for beauty. I had this dream and it was that I would fall in love with the mountains of Portugal. I think I have. Don’t ask me about living here; I don’t know. To find beauty and to

Jun/2009
26
20:29

Christ Plant or Crown of Thorns or Euphorbia Milli

Source: Nature's Beauty and Our Garden

Christ Plant or Crown of Thorns  or Euphorbia Milli

I have here a Christ Plant or Crown of Thorns or Euphorbia Milli flowers. I miss the big Euphorbia flowers in my garden back home. Now I have the small flowers in our house. This plant is very easy to grow. It don't requires too much watering. It can stand the heat. I have two colors now, the pink and red ones. copyright photo by: Euronics Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia Species: E. milii Euphorbia milii (Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant) is a species of Euphorbia native to Madagascar. It is a succulent climbing shrub growing to 1.8 m tall, with densely

Jun/2009
26
20:29

Tiger Lilies in Our Garden

Source: Nature's Beauty and Our Garden

Tiger Lilies in Our Garden

We have different colors of Lilies in our garden. The orange tiger lilies are still blooming until now. The yellow colored ones are slowly fading now. I bought another colors but still don't know its colors until it will bloom..hopefully next week. I hope that they are pink and white this time. here are the tiger lilies in our garden! they wet as I took the photos. The genus Lilium are herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. They comprise a genus of about 110 species in the lily family, Liliaceae. They are important as large showy flowering garden plants. They are

Jun/2009
26
20:16

Red Begonia Flowers in Our Garden

Source: Nature's Beauty and Our Garden

Red Begonia Flowers in Our Garden

I have different colors of Begonia flowers in our garden. I guess my favorite are the red one. These flowers are not greedy in giving flowers. See how one whole plant is giving a lot of beautiful red flowers..very lovely! Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cucurbitales Family: Begoniaceae Genus: Begonia copyright photo by: Euronics Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae. The only other member of the family Begoniaceae is Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands. The genus Symbegonia is now included in Begonia. "Begonia" is the common name as well as the generic name for all

Jun/2009
26
19:53

Pelargonium or Red Geranium in Our Garden

Source: Nature's Beauty and Our Garden

Pelargonium or Red Geranium in Our Garden

As I bought this red geranium, there was a name on the flower pot that says it's name as Geranien. It is a German word which simply means in English Geranium. I always buy these flowers ever year. Now I found out that there are other kinds of geranium that are winter hard. It means that they will survive the winter and will come back in the next spring time. I want to buy those winter hard geranium, the nest I will go to the garden center. This flower is also called Pelargonium...very interesting! I got here a photo of