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- Where do you live and garden?
- Chak Shahzad Islamabad
- How long have you been growing food?
- 4-10 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Lake View Islamabad
- Favorite foods:
- mughal
About Luffah Sponge
Luffa sponges are the fibrous interiors of the fruits of the luffa sponge gourd plant (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.). A tropical member of the Cucurbitaceae, the luffa sponge gourd plant is an annual vine with tendrils and large, cylindrical fruit that are edible when young.
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Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.
One third of Pakistan population is below poverty line and more and more people are falling into poverty trap.
Four to five people in the Pakistan commit suicide every day and a large number of these cases can be attributed to the victims’ inability to make ends meet. Unable to feed the family’s, many poor people are turning to petty cri… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:30am — 12 Comments
A Buddha Tree.
It was believed to be several hundred years old .it was a pipal tree (ficus religiosa). Residents of Islamabad were generally unaware of the significance of this tree.
This tree remained unnoticed except that people passing by used to look at its old gnarled branches and wonder about its age.
One day a man from Japanese embassy while jogging took a break in the vicinity of this tree. Sud… Continue
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 6:25am — 3 Comments
Hillary Clinton In Pakistan.
Hillary Clinton In Pakistan.
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicked off her three-day trip to Pakistan at a time when Peshawar was rocked by a horrible blast.
On her fifth visit to Pakistan, Clinton says she is here to “turn a new page” in US-Pakistan relations. “Intent of my visit is to… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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- At 11:09pm on November 14, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- In regards to the catus, Everett is correct it dosnt like being overwatered. There are ones that flower early and some later.
I just read your comment about luffas Salma, I think they are great. I used to grow them and sell them at local markets and put them into soaps that I had made. In Turkey they use them in the villages mostly for washing dishes. I have also seen them used for stuffing matresses. I think they are a very good green solution for many purposes. I am still using a couple I grew in Australia 5 years later.
- At 4:01pm on November 14, 2009,
Everett McDonald said… - Hello again Salma, Your favorite food "Mughal" is that a paticular kind of
food or a cuisine? When I look it up I only get references for a famous Indian
restaraunt in Maryland and references to the Mughal Empire.
Oh yes, canabis the nuisance plant, the United States government thinks
it's a nuisance too, they spent untold millions flying around trying to find
it and kill it before someone else finds it and smokes it.
- At 3:40pm on November 14, 2009,
Everett McDonald said…
- Hello Salma, Kathryn is right it's a zygocatus, My wife Nancy puts it out on the front porch in spring and leaves it there watering occasionally. The porch faces
east so it doesn't get the hot son from about 11AM on. In October when
she sees the first buds appear she brings it in and puts it in a sunny window.
Don't water while it's flowering or they'll fall off. Nan says it thrives on neglect.
We have had some that didn't flower untill December, I'm not sure why this
one flowers now. Maybe it's the particular kind it is.
- At 12:33pm on November 14, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- Are you a potter Salma I saw the photos they are lovely.
- At 12:30pm on November 14, 2009,
Kathryn said…
- http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2000/archives/2000/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs/zygocactus i think it is one of these they are easy to grow and prolific
- At 11:16am on October 26, 2009,
amna mufti said…
- Thanx Saba! Just feel your soil,its aroma will tell you what it can do for you.We are very rich we can grow the year round.I some times laugh when I see people standing in the rows to get "atta".Its a mockery.
- At 7:50am on October 25, 2009,
amna mufti said…
- Salam! King fisher lives here in the old ber tree in a tunnel shaped nest.They feed from the fountain in my back yard.This fountain pond also have a pair of turtles.Mosquito larva is eaten by these two and my pond remains safe from many unwanted organisms.I discovered their chicks when they are killed by crows two months ago.Yes I will kill one of these crows it is the only solution.
Water scarcity is a major problem it dates back to the day when Ferozpur was not given to us and culminated when in 1960 the water treaty was signed.I cant say anything why it was done/I am a mere Lilliput and these political Gullivers better know what they were doing and has done so far. Any way we are trying what we can on our scale.Canals are not fed by any particular river ,I think they are canalized by different heads and barrages .Ours is khader in pakpatten and suhagpara in malkahans.Two rivers used to flow near us in old days Sutluj in pakpattan and Biyas in malkahans.Even the name pakpattan is a reminder of old word patten showing the river was here.
Tube wells have failed due to water level decree.Water is as low as 200 feet at some places.So turbines are installed gradually.Water is wasted every year as floods and it goes to the sea.The need of time is water conservation but......These are the points where one feels frustrated. We are thinking about water management .We use lazer levelers to level our land to save water.My brother used polythene sheets in the the small channels of water to prevent absorption and evaporation.Now we are planing to make small dames of one marla for five acres to reserve rain water .We will use them as fish farms to reduce the loss.But can an ant fight with the elephant?Our lands are so fertile that if I was only given okara and sahiwal districts I can feed whole Asia.
- At 2:52pm on October 23, 2009,
amna mufti said…
- It will in nov also.N0w a days crows have become a menace for me .They have uprooted the peas garlic and gladiola. I will kill one of them with my air gun as they are also killing kingfisher's chicks and destroying eggs of other birds who live here.Do you know any other solution?As i don't believe in violence.
- At 10:42am on October 23, 2009,
amna mufti said…
- Salam! Malka Hans is adjacent to my farm .Its a small town with the historic mosque where Waris shah wrote Heer. I use to sit in my office at our farm and write my novels wishing they will get the influence too lol.
- At 1:39pm on October 19, 2009,
Glenn Fletcher said…
- Hi Saba
I went to a flower show earlier this year in Harrogate England, where they had some flower arrangements. This was my favourite beacause of the use of the old tools.
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