Get Yo Green On Tuesday - Do Not Burn Your Leaves - Kick It New School - Dispose of Leaves the Green Way!
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Shawna C.Posted
Tue 01 Sep 2009 4:02pmleaves, it produces particulate matter and hydrocarbons. Leaf smoke contains carbon monoxide as well as toxic, irritant, and carcinogenic (cancer-causing) compounds... communities have made it illegal to burn leaves. According to the EPA’s website, “the total health, financial, and environmental costs of leaf burning can be quite high. These costs
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JAPANESE “SHISO” LEAVES ARE “SESAME LEAVES”!!
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PrettySmartOne ..Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 4:27pm
BREAKING NEWS!!!! My room-mate, who is still incontrovertibly Japanese, has just admitted that “shiso leaves” are, in fact, “sesame leaves”!!! This is news because it is the first time that she has copped to that fact, despite my many queries to the effect.
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Leave-ing My Head For a Little While
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Susan S.Posted
Tue 11 Nov 2008 9:07am
This is a day off so I have time on my hands. That can be an ugly thing for me, but it can also be fantastic. I am soon going to rake leaves in the sunshine with Max... Nat here for the raking. He is a total leaf workhorse. He rakes and rakes and he bags and bags. He doesn't need to stop to jump into a pile. I know I'm idealizing
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Methi Leaves ( Fenugreek leaves ) Rasam
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NiyaprakashPosted
Wed 26 Jan 2011 11:44am
Methi Leaves ( Fenugreek leaves ) Rasam
Serves: 3 - 4
You will need
75 g tur dal
2 cups ( 400 ml ) water
1/2 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 cup ( 200 g ) chopped methi leaves
1 tomato, roughly chopped
2 teaspoon tamarind paste or 1/4 cup tamarind juice
2 1/2 teaspoon Rasam powder ( MTR / Everest or any top
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When You Believe You Can’t Leave, Funny Enough, You Don’t Leave
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NMLPosted
Mon 21 Feb 2011 12:45pm
. Eighteen months and I hit some serious lows. I didn’t believe I was capable of leaving. So I’d leave and go back. The mind f*ckery was unbelievable. I talked a lot about ‘love’ ‘emotions’ ‘connection’ and kept saying how nobody could understand my situation.
But of course, I did leave. Eventually.
So here’s what I know based even on just those two
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Leaving Home and Leaving a Part of Myself
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Allison WardPosted
Sat 07 Nov 2009 10:02pm
. For those of you that have lived alone you know what is like. You can do whatever you want including leaving your dirty laundry on the floor, the dishes in the sink and shoes... an arm’s reach. So tonight I mourn. I mourn for the loss of my independence, for leaving my home – my space of comfort and leaving behind so many of my possessions and I mourn
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Leaving Home and Leaving a Part of Myself
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Allison WardPosted
Sat 07 Nov 2009 10:02pm
. For those of you that have lived alone you know what is like. You can do whatever you want including leaving your dirty laundry on the floor, the dishes in the sink and shoes... an arm’s reach. So tonight I mourn. I mourn for the loss of my independence, for leaving my home – my space of comfort and leaving behind so many of my possessions and I mourn
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Grow Lettuce Leaves
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TopVeg !.Posted
Sun 22 Mar 2009 3:02pm
NicheSaladLeaves are an exciting blend of salad leaves which add a range of colours, tastes and textures to salads. The blend consists of Leaf Radish, Leaf Carrot... October to February under glass.
When the leaves are about 4″ high, they are cut off about 1″ above ground level and the leaves come again in no time.
The leaves are used
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Why do some broad bean leaves have holes?
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TopVeg !.Posted
Thu 04 Jun 2009 10:01pm
Holes in broad bean leaves are often the result of thrip damage.
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The thrips get right into the growing centre & the thrip larvae damage the minute, developing leaves. As these leaves grow, they are distorted & the damaged part of the leaf becomes a hole - which gets bigger as the leaf grows.
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