Pumpkins ...... growing fun.

Have you got your pumpkins planted for Halloween?

The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for “large melon", something round and large.The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word that is used today, "pumpkin".

Pumpkins are grown all around the world for a variety of reasons ranging from agricultural purposes (such as animal feed) to commercial and ornamental sales.

 Of the seven continents, only Antarctica is unable to produce pumpkins; the biggest international producers of pumpkins include the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, and China.

The traditional American pumpkin used for jack-o-lanterns is the Connecticut Field variety.

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Fantasia Nectarine ,,,,,yum

Fantasia is a variety of Nectarine which is a member of the Prunus family. Its botanical name is Prunus persica nucipersica 'Fantasia'. Fantasia normally grows with a tree-like habit with a max height of 13.00 feet (that's 4.00 metres metric).

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When to plant Nectarine 'Fantasia' in the northern hemisphere*

The most popular months to sow Fantasia are Feb, Aug, and Jan.

The most popular months to plant out Fantasia outside are Feb, Oct, and Jan.

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* This planting schedule has been generated directly from our members observations whilst growing Nectarine. Help us make this more accurate by logging your observations too!

When to plant Nectarine 'Fantasia' in the southern hemisphere*

The most popular months to sow Nectarine are Sep, Jun, and Dec.

The most popular months to plant out Nectarine are Jun, Sep, and Dec.

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Flowers tell the story

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Gala Apples grow well in Southern Califirnia

Gala is a clonally propagated apple with a mild and sweet flavor. Gala apples ranked at number 2 in 2006 on the US Apple Association's list of most popular apples, after Red Delicious and before Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and Fuji (in order).^[1]

Gala apples are small and are usually red with a portion being greenish or yellow-green, vertically striped. Gala apples are fairly resistant to bruising and are sweet, grainy, with a mild flavor and a thinner skin than most apples. Quality indices include firmness, crispness, and lack of meal worms.

Gala apples are grown from May through September in the northern hemisphere, but, like most apples, are available almost all year through the use of cold storage and controlled atmosphere storage. Australian Gala are available from late January. California fruit is available until October. While the season usually lasts only 9 or 10 months, they are able to last all year round. However due to some apples continuing to be grown in some orchards, and the fact that they can be refrigerated for some months, leads to the availability of the Gala apple year round in some Australian markets. These usually taste different (slightly less sweet) from those in season.The UK season begins in late summer (August). Storage makes the UK fruit available nearly year round as with fruit from other origins.

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Orange Blossom Special

Orange Blossom Special

Look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special
Bringin' my baby back

Well, I'm going down to Florida
And get some sand in my shoes
Or maybe Californy
And get some sand in my shoes
I'll ride that Orange Blossom Special
And lose these New York blues

"Say man, when you going back to Florida?"
"When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."
"Ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in New York?"
"Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die."

Hey talk about a-ramblin'
She's the fastest train on the line
Talk about a-travellin'
She's the fastest train on the line
It's that Orange Blossom Special
Rollin' down the seaboard line

by Johnny Cash

Dracaena reflexa, commonly called Pleomele or the Song of India,

Dracaena reflexa, commonly called Pleomele or the Song of India,

Dracaena reflexa is a popular ornamental plant, both in the landscape and the home. It can be enjoyed as a specimen plant, accent, or pruned to create a border. Several cultivars have been selected, particularly variegated clones with cream and yellow-green margins. It performs well as a houseplant, tolerating infrequent waterings. It prefers bright, filtered light, without direct sun exposure, restricted outdoors to zones 10–11. It has average water needs and should be fertilizedbi-weekly when actively growing. Although it can survive in relatively low light levels, the plant may grow spindly if given insufficient light. When grown indoors, temperatures of 18 °C to 25 °C (64 °F to 77 °F) should be maintained. It can be propagated via herbaceous stem cuttings.

Traditional medicine practitioners of Madagascar have long believed Dracaena reflexa to curemalarial symptoms, poisoning, dysentery, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, and to be useful as anantipyretic and hemostatic agent. The leaves and bark are mixed with parts of a number of other native plants and mixed into tisanes. Its effectiveness in any such treatment remains unproven.^[4]

The fruit of D. reflexa is also important to the diet of the Malagasy Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur(Varecia variegata variegata).^[5] The Frégate beetle (Polposipus herculeanus), an endangered species endemic to Frégate Island (Seychelles), is also known to associate with this plant.^[6]

 

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Night Blooming Moon Flower.

Nature makes me think nicely.

Datura inoxia , or night blooming moon flower, has many alkaloid poisons and nerve toxins that the Aztecs and native Americans used in medicine to heal wounds and block pain. Too much of the "medicine" results in delirium, bizarre behavior and amnesia. Still, it's an ornamental flower in many gardens!

Photo: Dragan Todorovic
Gallery: http://bit.ly/13hUhWM
Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_inoxia

Saw this flower on my G+ stream and wanted to pass it along to my customers

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