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Reeds cannot be very nutritious, I guess. But this greylag goose (Anser anser) munched on a shoot.
Schilf kann nicht sehr gehaltvoll sein, aber diese Graugans (Anser anser) pflückte sich einen Trieb und fraß davon.
Dried Figs -Super food
Dried, figs are a powerhouse of nutrition. These fruits contain large amounts of vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium and fiber. They are rich in quercetin, kaempferol, epicatechin gallate and other powerful antioxidants.
The Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker resides in eastern North America while the Red-shafted Flicker resides in the western part. Yellow-shafted Flickers are yellow under the tail and underwings, and have yellow shafts on their primaries where as with the Red-shafted it's red. Both species have a grey cap, a beige face and a red chevron shaped bar at the nape of their neck. Yellow-shafted males have a black moustache while the Red-shafted's moustache is red. Females of both species look essentially the same as the male except they lack the moustache and are typically slightly smaller in size.
Flickers are a medium to large sized woodpecker, measuring 11 - 14 inches (28 - 36 cm) in length with a 17 - 21 inch (42 - 54 cm) wingspan.
Northern Flickers are the only woodpecker that frequently feeds on the ground, probing with their beak, it also sometimes catches insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. Flickers often go after ants underground (where the nutritious larvae live), hammering at the soil the way other woodpeckers drill into wood. Their tongues can dart out 2 inches beyond the end of the bill to snare prey. As well as eating ants, flickers have a behavior called "anting", during which they use the acid from the ants to assist in preening, as it is useful in keeping them free of parasites.
Flickers may be observed in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. Northern birds sometimes migrate to the southern parts of their range; southern birds are often permanent residents.
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When I first saw this, it reminded me of the Mongosteen image below. Intriguing shapes of fruit and sepals.
Katuk (Sauropus androgynus) or “Sweet Leaf Bush” is another amazing perennial plant that grows with minimum effort. It produces nutritious high 6.4% protein leaves that taste like peas. It is one of the most popular leaf vegetables in South Asia and Southeast Asia and is notable for high yields and flavor.
Katuk is a perennial plant that’s known for its edible leaves and young shoots. It also has an ability to survive well in hot and humid conditions. It’s easily propagated by cuttings and if they’re planted close together with the addition of fertilizer, the bushes will form a hedge of edible leaves for year round consumption.
Sauropus androgynus, also known as star gooseberry, is a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. In Chinese it is called mani cai; in Japan it is called amame shiba; in Malay it is called cekur manis, sayur manis, asin-asin or cangkok manis; in Thai it is called pak waan; in Vietnamese, it is called rau ngót; in the Philippines, it is called Chinese Malunggay and in Kerala, India it is called madhura cheera.
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Early morning walk at this dreamy place. I adore Morro Bay. A very nutritious start of my day, wish I can do it everyday.
March 31, 2013 ~ 6:45 am.
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Warthogs - Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex, England - Monday August 3rd 2009.
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Well, despite all the room in their enclosure, this chap decided the best place for a sleep was on top of his mate, lol....:))
Anyhoo, unfortunately these guys were a long way away from me and around a corner, so this was the best shot I could get...Oh well, better then Nowt I guess..:))
OK....well, it was the first day of the Football season today and the Mighty West Ham are currently joint top of the league after our stonking 0-2 away win at the not so mighty Wolerhampton Wonderers, Woot, Woot...Long may it continue..:))
Just a quick not on the cancer tests...still no word I'm afraid, I have noooooooooo idea what's taking them sooooooo long...the wait continues I guess..:((
OK....well, I hope everybody is having a wonderfully relaxing Weekend..:))
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Warthog or Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus, "African Lens-Pig") is a wild member of the pig family that lives in Africa.
The common name comes from the four large wart-like protrusions found on the head of the warthog, which serve the purpose of defense when males fight. They are the only widely recognised species in their genus, though some authors divide them into two species. On that classification, P. africanus is the Common (or Northern) Warthog and P. aethiopicus is the Desert Warthog, also known as the Cape or Somali Warthog.
Description ~
Warthogs range in size from 0.91 to 1.5 metres (3.0 to 4.9 ft) in length and 50 to 150 kg (110 to 330 lb) in weight. A warthog is identifiable by the two pairs of tusks protruding from the mouth, which are used as weapons against predators. The upper canine teeth can grow to 9 inches (22.86 cm), and are of a squashed circle shape in cross section, almost rectangular, being about 1+3⁄4 in (4.4 cm) deep and 1 in (2.5 cm) wide. The tusk will curve 90 degrees or more from the root,[citation needed] and the tusk will not lie flat on a table, as it curves somewhat backwards as it grows. The tusks are used for digging, for combat with other hogs, and in defence against predators—the lower set can inflict severe wounds.
Warthog ivory is taken from the constantly growing canine teeth. Each warthog has a pair of teeth in each jaw with the lower teeth being far shorter than the upper teeth. Both pairs grow upwards, with the upper teeth being by far the more spectacular in appearance. The lower pair, however, are the more dangerous: the teeth are straight, sharply pointed, and keep a keen edge by the upper pair rubbing against the lower pair. The tusks, more often the upper set, are worked much in the way of elephant tusks with all designs scaled down. Tusks are carved predominantly for the tourist trade in East and Southern Africa.
The male is called a boar, the female a sow, and the young piglets. A group is called a sounder.
Ecology ~
Although warthogs are commonly seen in (and associated with) open grasslands, they will seek shelter and forage in denser vegetation. In fact, warthogs prefer to forage in dense, moist areas when available.[citation needed] The common warthog diet is omnivorous, composed of grasses, roots, berries and other fruits, bark, fungi, eggs, dead animals, and even small mammals, reptiles and birds. The diet is seasonably variable, depending on availability of different food items. Areas with many bulbs, rhizomes and nutritious roots can support large numbers of warthogs. Warthogs are powerful diggers, using both heads and feet. When feeding, they often bend the front legs backwards and move around staying on the knees. Although they can dig their own burrows, they commonly occupy abandoned burrows of aardvarks or other animals. The warthog commonly enters burrows "back-end first", with the head always facing the opening and ready to burst out as needed.
Warthogs are fast runners and quite capable jumpers. They will often run with their tails in the air. Despite poor eyesight, warthogs have a good sense of smell, which they use for locating food, detecting predators and recognizing other animals.
Although capable of fighting, with males aggressively fighting each other during mating season, a primary defense is to flee by means of fast sprinting. The main warthog predators are humans, lions, leopards, crocodiles, and hyenas. Cheetahs are also capable of catching small warthogs. However, if a female warthog has any piglets to defend she'll defend them very aggressively. It had been reported that warthogs have given lions deep, serious, deadly wounds, which sometimes end with the lion bleeding to death.
Warthogs have been observed allowing banded mongooses to groom them to remove ticks.
Mei is such a good mother. Qi Ji sure does love his milkies, nice comfort & love, and nutritious, too.
I love wheat grass. I grow it and snip off a bit to put in my fruit smoothies. It might sound odd to some (as it did to me at first), but it's sweet and loaded with nutrients. It's fun to grow this over the winter, as it brings a bit of summertime into the house.
Here's some info on wheat grass:
~Wheatgrass is the young wheat plant. It is 70% chlorophyll in its juice form.
~The high chlorophyll content of wheatgrass acts as a "magnet" in drawing out toxins from the body.
~Chlorophyll has been shown to produce an unfavorable environment for bacterial growth in the body and therefore effective in increasing the body's resistance to illness.
~Wheatgrass has more vitamin C than oranges and twice the vitamin A as carrots. It is also rich in vitamins E, K, and B-complex.
Here's my favorite 'Green Smoothie' recipe:
* 1 cup green grapes
* 1/2 cup fresh pineapple
* 1/2 cup wheat grass
* 1 cup ice
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Noshing on the highly nutritious and treasured white pine nut, this black bear looks at the throngs of people looking at her. Taken out the car window, Yellowstone National Park.
At the risk of cow overload.....a dairy cow grazing fresh spring grass to make nutritious milk for Northern Ireland consumers. Best to shoot these animals in RAW as the black and white is hard to expose for. At least RAW gives you a better coverage of the dynamic range.
For anyone interested in the cow she is pedigree and her full name is CAVANAGARVAN LYNCH FLOWER. She is classified VG 86 and out of an EX 91 dam.
Tall Bluestem Grass is indigenous to Kansas. It is very nutritious for cattle and many are shipped to the Flints Hills region during warm months to fatten. This was the staple of the great herds of buffalo. The plains Indians knew the grass responded well to burning and often set immense fires so buffalo would have access to the grass. The plants upper portions shoots up in late summer carrying seeds. The stems can reach a height of 6-7 feet!
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Last night's delicious, nutritious, gorgeous dinner! (and I'm having it again for lunch, so good)
Avocado caprese style! Avocado filled with chopped grape tomatoes, mozzarella pearls & chopped basil. Sprinkled with a bit of Himalayan salt and pepper then drizzled lovingly (haha) with a balsamic glaze... yyyyum!
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Whole grains can be an important part of a healthy diet and this wheat spike looks ready for harvest!
Apart from their delightful taste Kundru or Ivy gourd is a good source of nutrients, vitamins, mineral. and antioxidants that can help make the nervous system stronger.
It helps the body deal with epilepsy, sclerosis, and Alzheimer's. When combined with vitamin B6, kundru is also effective in curing the symptoms of Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Puriri fruit lying on the ground under the tree.
Pūriri fruit is not the most nutritious sort in the New Zealand bush (high in carbohydrates, not lipids, sugars or calcium), but it is always there. The nut (endocarp) inside the drupe is a very hard pear-shaped kernel[3] that can contain up to 4 seeds. The seedlings from one kernel can germinate at the same time or be spread over a year.
Pūriri is an invaluable food source for native wildlife, as it provides both fruit and nectar in seasons when few other species produce these (Info from Wikipedia)
The fallen fruit quickly change from pink to a blackened, crumpled state.
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Purple Potatoes
Most of us are used to seeing and eating the typical white or yellow fleshed potatoes.
You may even eat sweet potatoes on a regular basis and so you might be accustomed to orange as well.
Native to South America, purple potatoes got their name due to their deep purple skin and flesh.
There are several types of the purple potato including the Purple Majesty, Purple Viking and Purple Peruvian varieties.
It has a slightly nutty flavor and a creamier texture when compared to traditional potatoes. This makes it ideal for baking, mashing, pan frying and doing pretty much anything else that you might do with a standard potato. It can be delicious when blended with various herbs and garlic and makes a great mashed potato dish since it has a creamier texture when cooked.
Purple potatoes are inherently dry, starchy, earthy and slightly nutty in flavor.
Researchers shed light on the ability of purple potatoes to help lower High Blood Pressure.
Scientists have found that just a couple servings of potatoes a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain.
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The Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker resides in eastern North America while the Red-shafted Flicker resides in the western part. Yellow-shafted Flickers are yellow under the tail and underwings, and have yellow shafts on their primaries where as with the Red-shafted it's red. Both species have a grey cap, a beige face and a red chevron shaped bar at the nape of their neck. Yellow-shafted males have a black moustache while the Red-shafted's moustache is red. Females of both species look essentially the same as the male except they lack the moustache and are typically slightly smaller in size.
Flickers are a medium-to-large-sized woodpecker, measuring 11 - 14 inches (28 - 36 cm) in length with a 17 - 21 inch (42 - 54 cm) wingspan.
Northern Flickers are the only woodpecker that frequently feeds on the ground, probing with their beak, it also sometimes catches insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. Flickers often go after ants underground (where the nutritious larvae live), hammering at the soil the way other woodpeckers drill into wood. Their tongues can dart out 2 inches beyond the end of the bill to snare prey. As well as eating ants, flickers have a behavior called "anting", during which they use the acid from the ants to assist in preening, as it is useful in keeping them free of parasites.
Flickers may be observed in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. Northern birds sometimes migrate to the southern parts of their range; southern birds are often permanent residents.
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15 Foods You Can Grow In Buckets Year Round
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15 Foods You Can Grow In Buckets Year Round
Don’t you wish you could grow food year-round? Or maybe you are pining for the perfect garden so you can grow your own vegetables, but you simply don’t have enough.
You don’t have to let the season, the size of your property, or your location stop you from growing your own food. You really can grow food all year, even in the heat of summer or the icy cold of winter.
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With a little creativity, you can grow healthy, nutritious food in the city and in the suburbs. Container gardening is a great way to get started, and buckets make it easy and inexpensive to grow your own food indoors and out.
Five-gallon buckets are a great choice because they are large enough to hold multiple plants while leaving enough room for good drainage. You’ll need to get or make some quality potting soil or some other kind of good dirt that has been fortified with compost or worm castings.
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You’ll also need some lighting – either through a good sunny window or grow lights. Lastly, you’ll need some healthy plants or quality seeds.
What Foods Can You Grow Indoors In Five-Gallon Buckets?
You might be surprised at all the foods that you can successfully grow inside your home or on your balcony, porch, or patio. Here are some of the most popular foods to grow indoors in 5-gallon buckets, but don’t be afraid to try other varieties, as well.
1. Arugula
Arugula Plant
This green grows great indoors and needs a sunny but cool spot, such as a north-facing window. Arugula will provide a continuous supply of tasty leaves. A member of the mustard family, it has a mild spicy flavor.
2. Beans
Bush Beans
Beans are not grown indoors as often as other vegetables, but it can be done. Choose bush over vine varieties to save space and to avoid trellising indoors. They need at least 6 hours of sunlight, and most varieties are ready to eat in 50 to 60 days from planting.
3. Carrots
Carrot in Soil
You can grow about 25 carrots in a 5-gallon bucket. Fill your bucket almost to the top with roughly half potting soil and half compost, leaving two or three inches of space at the top. Plant your carrot seeds about half an inch deep. You can harvest your carrots in about 65 to 80 days, depending on the variety.
4. Chives
Chive Plant
Common chives have an onion flavor while garlic chives have more of a garlic flavor. They will grow slowly in the darkest days of winter but will grow faster when the days begin to lengthen again. The purple flowers of common chives are edible.
5. Ginger
Ginger Plant
Ginger likes to be grown in indirect sunlight and needs plenty of space to spread and grow. To get started, simply plant a sprouted rhizome from the grocery store with the sprouts sticking out of the soil. Place the container in a warm window.
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6. Kale
Kale Plant
Kale likes partial sun but needs at least 4 hours a day. When the temperature starts to get warmer, you may want to prune your kale plants to slow bolting. Typically, this leafy vegetable will reach maturity in 55 to 65 days.
7. Lettuce
Lettuce Plant
You can grow almost any variety of lettuce indoors, however, loose-leaf lettuce is easy to harvest and regrow, making it a great choice for bucket gardening. Lettuces typically only need 3 to 4 hours of part sunlight and adapt well to grow lights.
8. Mint
Mint Plant
Herbs such as mint can grow very well indoors. Mint prefers shade outside and does well indoors with lots of indirect sunlight. The best way to grow mint is to purchase a healthy starter plant or dig one up from a friend’s garden (with permission, of course). Water every two to three days.
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9. Onions
Onion Plant
Onions will need roughly 6 to 7 hours of sunlight each day, and around 2 to 3 inches of water per week. Onions will grow well with other plants such as spinach, but you will need to leave 3 inches of soil space per onion to give them room to grow.
10. Peas
Pea Plant
You can technically grow any variety of pea indoors, but the best varieties for indoor gardening are snap peas and dwarf peas. They will need a good 8 to 10 hours a day of supplemental lighting.
11. Peppers
Pepper Plant
Peppers need a lot of warmth and light, so you will probably need to supplement them with fluorescent lights or grow lights. They are actually a tropical perennial plant and can easily be overwintered indoors. At the end of the outdoor growing season, you can transplant your peppers into a pot, or simply grow them in a five-gallon bucket from the start.
12. Radishes
Radish in Soil
Small radishes can be harvested in as little as 25 days, making them a great choice for indoor bucket gardening. They grow best in soil that is rich and loose and moist but not soggy. Radishes like sunlight and cool soil.
13. Spinach
Spinach Plant
Spinach does not love the heat, so grow it in a cooler window that receives 3 to 4 hours of sunlight. Spinach grows quickly.
14. Swiss Chard
Swiss Chard Plant
This tasty green is known for its dark green leaves and striking red stems. Swiss chard needs full sun, but it can thrive with 6 hours of supplemental light.
15. Tomatoes
Tomato Plant
Cherry tomatoes do better indoors than larger varieties and need 6 to 8 hours of full sun. Try some varieties that have been proven to grow indoors, such as Red Robin, Tiny Tim, Toy Boy, and Florida Petite.
Tomatoes love warmth, so keep them in a sunny and draft-free spot. Germination is best at 65 degrees, and flowering and fruiting happen at 75 degrees.
Twelve Tips for Indoor Bucket Gardening
Use food-grade buckets – Be mindful of the five-gallon buckets you choose for your indoor garden. Any chemical residue in the bucket or even in the plastic can be absorbed by the plant, affecting the plant’s health and your food. For the safest and best results, choose food grade buckets. You can often purchase used icing buckets from bakeries very inexpensively.
Cut holes in your buckets for drainage – Your plants need good drainage, so you may need to carefully cut or drill holes in the bottom of your bucket. Put a couple of inches of gravel or loose stone in the bottom of your bucket before adding any soil.
Water correctly – One of the most common problems of indoor gardens is incorrect watering. Most plants will need moist but not soggy soil.
Provide enough light – Most vegetable plants need a lot of light. For the most part, south facing windows will provide the most light and warmth to your plants. For some vegetables, this may still not be enough light, so you will need to supplement with grow lights or at least fluorescent light bulbs such as discussed in this article on grow lights.
Know how much light your plants need – Some plants, like tomatoes or peas, need a lot of sunlight to grow. Other plants, such as spinach and lettuce will require much less. Root vegetables will generally require more sunlight then leafy vegetables. Read your seed packets and plant information to make sure you know what each plant needs.
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Pollination – If you grow plants such as peppers indoors, you will need to pollinate them yourself in order to get them to bear fruit. You can use a cotton swab to pollinate, as this video from MIGardener suggests.
Acclimating your plants – If you are starting with plants that have been growing in your garden throughout the summer, you will need to acclimate them to the indoors. This is similar to ‘hardening off’ plant starts that you have grown indoors and are moving to the garden.
If there are any plants that you will be moving inside for the winter from your garden or patio, take the time to acclimate them to the house by moving inside for an hour or two and then putting them back outside. Over the course of a week, gradually increase the time the plants spend indoors. This will help the plant avoid shock.
Beware of drafts – When placing your plants indoors, be sure to keep them free of drafts. Cold air blowing on the plant can stunt or kill the plant. Avoid locations near doors in the winter and air conditioners in the summer.
Fertilize – Plants need food, too, so be sure they have fertilizer. You may want to use all-natural compost, worm castings, commercial fertilizers, or organic fertilizers. Choose the ones that suit your plants and your plants’ needs.
Choose healthy plants or good seeds – Use plants for your indoor garden that are healthy, with good coloring and strong stems. Use seeds from reputable sources with good germination rates. Poor plants and poor seeds will not grow any better indoors then they will outside, so make sure your garden gets off to a good start with healthy plants.
Companion plant – You can companion plant in your five-gallon buckets for interest. Try mixing swiss chard with an edible flower like pansies for a striking combination. Or try mixing lettuce with some herbs or spinach with onions.
Experiment – Don’t be afraid to experiment with your bucket garden. You may want to experiment with grouping different plant groups together or moving your plants to different windows to see which vegetable grows best where.
Remember that even the best gardeners have plants that die. Just try to figure out what went wrong and replant the empty spot again so you can keep on growing vegetables.
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo,) has been developed into many cultivated varieties. The fruit is a pepo. The flesh is either sweet or bland, with or without a musky aroma, and the rind can be smooth , ribbed, wrinkled or netted.
The Moringa tree is widely cultivated for its nutritious edible parts. Moringa leaves, pods and seeds have more vitamin C than oranges as well as high amounts of calcium, potassium, iron, zinc and more. They're also high in antioxidants. The leaves were used to flavor our meal at the organic farm. Maybe that's what made it so incredibly delicious.
Apparently, Castro promoted wide planting of this tree in Cuba.
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Some Dahlia Trivia
The common garden variety dahlia was once an important root crop and medicinal plant among the pre-Columbian Indians of central Mexico, Yucatan and Guatemala. Its roots were valued both for the nutritious inulin stored inside them and for the antibiotic compounds concentrated in the skin of the tubers. The dahlia flower was a solar symbol worn by Moctezuma and his nobles. In the modern world, dahlias cultivated as a crop might prove to be a worthy food supplement in subtropical areas. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
I planted my first vegetable garden in 1992, and the miracle of things emerging from fertile soil has never ceased to amaze me. One summer the peas were so green and sweet that we couldn't just eat them... I got out the macro lens and made this shot before they went into the pot or the freezer bag.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, June 1994.
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If you have been paying attention, you will see that this recipe has rendered 750ml of something easy, nutritious, quick, and cheap. That's three generous portions.
I've had a broccoli head lying about for a few days. Nothing planned for it, so I made it into soup this afternoon.
It's quite warm today, so I cooked this in the microwave pressure cooker (flic.kr/p/2pWzFis), to try and keep the kitchen cool.
If you only have a pot and a hob, just consider cooking for a bit longer.
One head of broccoli
2 small sweet potatoes
1 clove garlic
5ml Italian herb mix (or leave out, and use nutmeg instead)
500ml vegetable stock
salt
Pink peppercorns (about 8 - optional)
Yogurt (optional)
Peel and smash the garlic, add to pot
Grind and add the salt
Add the dried herbs
Stir all together well, to help release oils
(You can also do this stage on the hob in a pan - it will release even more flavor)
Chop the broccoli into florets (I also use the stalk)
Add to the pot
Peel and finely chop sweet potatoes and add to pot
Cover with about 500ml stock (I used veggie, but chicken can work)
Seal the lid and microwave on high for 15 mins
Cool for 5 mins and blitz with immersion blender
Add 2 or 3 tblspn of Greek yogurt and stir well
Serve, or allow to cool and refrigerate for up to one week.
Serve hot or cold, with a slab of good bread. Add some grated cheese on top.