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Ploughshare’s Nursery isn’t exactly what you would think that you would find in, APC, a low income neighborhood in Alameda, CA. It’s a small nursery surrounded by urban Alameda, filled with fresh vegetables and thriving fruit. These rows of fresh vegetables, and pots of thriving fruit trees is what welcomed our group to the nursery. When we arrived, we were welcomed by a nursery volunteer who kindly showed us around the rows of organic strawberries, garlic, and onions, and the pots with limes

Welcome children, adults, elderly and people of all ages in between to Jade’s Extravagant Pumpkin Patch! Here we feature the most beautiful activities of fall. Today is the perfect day; the breeze is slightly dancing around us, while the sun is slightly peeking through the clouds and all you need is a light jacket! At my pumpkin patch we offer every fall activity possibly imagined in one place. First I will start you off with my top of the notch pumpkin patch. In previous years we have grown

Do animals possess consciousness? Are animals programmed to be slaves to nature or do they possess consciousness: the ability to be aware of one’s surroundings? While we don’t know what animals think or say, we can speculate on their brain activity and behavior in nature. As Darwin has said, “We differ from our closest relatives in degree, not kind.” We may not be as different from the animal kingdom as we have thought. Alex, an African grey parrot, was subject to a scientific study for thirty

arranging fruits in boxes on Monday, showing and discussing fruit varieties on Tuesday, tasting and comparing different fruits on Wednesday, washing fruits and ascertaining whether they sink or float in water on Thursday, and finding the star in the apple as well as blowing bubbles on

You will find apple pie spice to be an effective and flavorful ingredient whether you are making an apple pie from scratch or want added flavor for your French toast. You can use it in your oatmeal or as a flavoring for mulled cider. While a pre-made blend allows you to add the spices quickly and in a carefully composed ratio, it is not essential. Quite a few apple pie spice substitutes can deliver a similar or better result. Your Best Bet: Make Your Own Apple Pie Spice You only need four ingredients

“The Fruit That Ate Itself,” released in 1997, is an indie-rock song by the band Modest Mouse. In the song, the lyrics are more spoken than sung over a musical arrangement. The song lyrics feature many poetic devices and follows a rhyme scheme. Three major poetic devices used throughout the song are theme, symbolism, and irony. First, the theme of the song is very apparent and reinforced through many lines of the song. The main theme is: take life into your own hands and achieve your life’s purpose

The idiom “It’s like apples and oranges” has been around for a long time. When uttered it is meant to say that two things are so different that there is no basis for comparison. For example, “Even though they are twins, Mike and Bob are like apples and oranges, they never agree on anything”. Are Mike and Bob really so different? If so, is there truly no basis for comparison? Much like Mike and Bob, apples and oranges may have more in common than the person who would utter such a comment

Back in those times there wasn’t any technology like we have now so nature and the surroundings were really the only things you could compare things to. Even I myself have felt the comfort of sitting under a tree and eating an apple. Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with

begin shedding themselves of their leaves, which will quietly tumble onto the quickly cooling ground. The bright orange pumpkins, now ripe for the picking, hay bales stacked, and sunflowers in full bloom. The red delicious and green granny smith apples are ready to be plucked and baked into the first pies of the season. The squirrels busy themselves collecting food to be harvested and stow it away as winter is soon to come. The ground once lush, green, blades, now blanketed with fallen leaves of

Affects Fruit Production INTRODUCTION GLOBAL: THE APPLE Apples, one of the most common fruits in the world, according to a study that was published in PLoS One, a peer-reviewed journal, may become more expensive or not possible at all in some areas, due to rising winter temperatures. Evan Girvetz, a Nature Conservancy climate scientist and co-author of the study, says: “…many fruit and nut trees, such as cherries, apples, apricots, walnuts, and almonds, require cold weather during