This blog we have started at alpha shows you lots of different activities and projects we do. It also gives you a lot of different information on things we thing would be interesting or helpful to learn. I realized that out of all these things none of them have involved one of the longest living, most important plant known to mankind, the tree. We all know trees are all around us and they are an important role in our living but do we really know how important they are?
Since the beginning, trees have given us two of life's needs, food and oxygen. As time went on, they provided additional things as shelter, medicine, and tools. Today their value continues to increase and even more benefits of trees are being discovered. We all can look around and spot a tree because we know what they look like, but not everyone knows what the parts of a tree.
The roots are the trees platform that grows below ground which holds up the trunk. The trunk is the tower of the tree which usually grows more then 10 feet and possibly beyond 100. The trunk has many parts to it from the inside out in order starting with the heartwood, xylem/sapwood, cambium, phloem/inner bark, and last the outer bark. The 10 most common trees in the united states today are Red Maple, Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, Douglas fur, Quaking Aspen, Sugar maple, Balsam Fir, Flowering Dogwood, White Oak, and Lodgepole Pine.
Besides trees giving us oxygen there are many needs for them.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
10 Most Breathtaking Gardens
I thought that it would be interesting to research gardens around the world. First i researched the most famous gardens, and they did not interest me as much as i was hoping. Then i came across a picture of an amazing place and had to dig deeper. Thats when i desided to do an artical of the most breathtaking gardens around the world, enjoy!
Cosmic Garden
Scotland |
This garden is located in scotland, and is only open to the public one day a year. this garden takes science and math as its inspiration. Some say there is no other garden like it in the world. The garden was set up by Charles Jencks, as well as his late wife Maggie Keswick. Made in 1989 and was designed with ideas in mind and to provoke thought (or at least speculation) and the very nature of things. Kukhenof garden |
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
How to Start a Garden with Your Kids
Gardening is a great hobby for your children and you. It teaches lessons in responsibility, nutrition, and ecology. Plus it’s a good way for you and your children to bond while you watch your yard fill with all kind of plants.
There really is no need to buy fertilizers, when taking a second look around your kitchen you have all you need. Kitchen scraps are a great alternative for synthetic fertilizer. Saving fruit and vegetable peels, eggshells and coffee grounds is a start. With being natural it is also a great money saver.
Starting a garden may seem like a lot of work but really it isn’t as hard as some may think. Choose a sunny part of your yard for your garden, and spread the compost that you gathered from your kitchen leftovers. Top that with a thick layer of black and white newspaper. Damp the paper down and cover with rocks so that insects will be attracted for the later plants. When picking plants for your garden its good to pick plants that suit your yard and your budget. seeds are inexpensive and demonstrate the plants full life, which brings us back to the lessons that gardening can teach us.
After choosing seeds you can remove the news paper and plant the seeds in different parts of he area. Make sure that the plants have room for the roots to grow, water the planted area and watch your plants grow.
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