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Between the Nile and the Red Sea: Sustainable gardening in New Cairo, Egypt. A Gardener’s Year. Author Archives: Sylvia Ismail. Spring – actually. March 10, 2017. When Cairo bursts into flower…. This weekend – that is, Thursday and Friday according to our system – has been a gardener’s delight. Thursday in particular, as I was out and about in Heliopolis: the old Korba district, El-Shams Club and the streets near the airport. The trees have declared spring is here:. And the coral tree,. I turned into the...
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A Gardener’s Year | thejasminegate
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Between the Nile and the Red Sea: Sustainable gardening in New Cairo, Egypt. A Gardener’s Year. A Gardener’s Year. Citrus fruit trees except for kumquat which is still carrying unripe fruit. Prune pear tree. Very light trimming of guava tree. Gather. First crop of kumquats for marmalade (my first attempt ever to make marmalade: a success! Of organic compost to fruit trees after clearing ground round them. Prepare ground for and plant. 2 trees: fig and olive. 1 raised bed for planting. Plant. One raised b...
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Key Concepts | thejasminegate
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Between the Nile and the Red Sea: Sustainable gardening in New Cairo, Egypt. A Gardener’s Year. The Ancient Indian Vedas tell us that, in order to be healthy (Sanskrit:. Or “established in the self”) we must achieve a balance both within ourselves (body-mind-spirit), and between ourselves and the natural world. It is this all-encompassing balance that, for me, lies at the heart of sustainable living. A few central points:. Oh yes, that’s Purchasing Managers’ Index), whatever…. As long ago as the Ninth Dy...
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Going pear-shaped | thejasminegate
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Between the Nile and the Red Sea: Sustainable gardening in New Cairo, Egypt. A Gardener’s Year. January 12, 2017. I’ve just tackled the business of pruning our two pear trees. It’s not a job I much enjoy, because I don’t really know what I’m doing. We’ll see if it works. The fact is my parents rarely if ever pruned them, so I think I’ve inherited this hang-up: Like so many other things, I can say it’s all in the genes…. The second one, planted against the green fence, was supposedly being trained into an...
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On the bookshelf | thejasminegate
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Between the Nile and the Red Sea: Sustainable gardening in New Cairo, Egypt. A Gardener’s Year. There’s a huge range of material published about gardening; and probably even more published about Egypt ancient and modern. Here are a few thoughts on English-language resources that I have found useful:. Books from the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society, e.g. Vegetable and Fruit Gardening; Encyclopedia of Herbs; published by Dorling Kindersley (DK). Wouldn’t be without them! GARDENING: THE MIDDLE EAST. The Des...
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So....There....Then: Do you know what makes you happy?
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Thoughts and figments of my imagination on topics from cooking, losing weight, gardening, life in general and, in a piss poor mood, how Rome is burning. La la la. Sunday, September 23, 2012. Do you know what makes you happy? If you had to, could you come up with a succinct answer in 30 seconds? I'd even give a person a full on minute if they needed it. Shouldn't I ideally be able to answer that question in that amount if time? But much beyond that? I falter a little. Would you? I do tend to fester about ...
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So....There....Then: April 2012
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Thoughts and figments of my imagination on topics from cooking, losing weight, gardening, life in general and, in a piss poor mood, how Rome is burning. La la la. Monday, April 30, 2012. I love the light of spring and summer. I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that there IS light after 4 pm. Or the smell of fresh cut grass. Or the fact that there are other people out and about doing out and about things. Love it. Love the light. Love today. Links to this post. Wednesday, April 25, 2012. I dunno...
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So....There....Then: August 2010
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Thoughts and figments of my imagination on topics from cooking, losing weight, gardening, life in general and, in a piss poor mood, how Rome is burning. La la la. Saturday, August 7, 2010. 100 Or.The True Story of How I Am Almost There. I find it rather fitting that I just saw this is the 100th post. This blog was begun as a way to help me lose weight by keeping me "honest". And yet, in my absence of quite a few more months that I liked to see, I am almost done with my weight loss.journey? What's more, I...
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So....There....Then: June 2012
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Thoughts and figments of my imagination on topics from cooking, losing weight, gardening, life in general and, in a piss poor mood, how Rome is burning. La la la. Monday, June 25, 2012. That resonated with me. I want my desires to take up less space in my reality.". But there is the rub, no? Daydreaming often does not become reality. Isn't that sort of the definition of daydreaming? All the What If's, the dream of what your life could be like? That is not reality. Links to this post. Friday, June 22, 2012.
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