Posts Tagged: Lamb
Gardening Fun with Children.
By Carrie Strohl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Gardening has always been a great way to grow...
Gardening with kids. (outdoorfamiliesonline.com)
Gardening with Emma. (gardengatemagazine.com)
A is for alyssum. (outsidepride.com)
B is for borage. (kiwimana.co.nz)
C is for calendua. (rotarybotanicalgardens.org)
D is for dahlia. (hunnifordgardens.com)
E is for. . . . . you to imagine. (etsy.com)
Lamb's ear. (floralencounters.com)
Kangaroo paw. (redslandscaping.com.au)
Lion's tail . (budgetplants.com)
Pineapple sage. (anniesannuals.com)
Jerusalem sage. (swallowtailgardenseeds.com)
Lavender wands. (youtube.com)
Repurpose materials. (br.pinterest.com)
Repurposing discards . . . (nl.pinterest.com)
Fun in the garden. (wonderfuldiy.com)
Plants with Silver Gray Foliage.
By Denise Seghesio Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa...
North American Meat Insitiute Releases MyMeatUp App for IPhones and Androids
The following came from the NAMI Lean Trimmings newsletter.
Meat Institute to Launch MyMeatUp App Tuesday. The Meat Institute will nationally launch its new MyMeatUp app on Tuesday morning with a broad release to mainstream media outlets as well as college publications. The release is part of a larger marketing strategy for the app over the next several months. MyMeatUp is the first-of-its-kind mobile app aimed at helping consumers become more confident when buying meat and poultry. The free app is the only available app with a full guide to beef, pork, lamb and veal retail meat cuts, and draws on content from www.MyMeatUp.org, a popular resource that was launched in 2016.
Meat Institute staff and members have assisted in giving the app a solid rating prior to release. MyMeatUp currently has 29 five-star reviews in the Apple app store, which should help its searchability. Members who have not downloaded the app are strongly encouraged to do so and provide positive reviews. To download the iPhone version, click here. The Android version is available here.
/span>What to Expect of Young Trees or Teach your Children Well
The first years of a tree's life are for building a structure for the future. Many varieties of trees are precocious and will bear fruit when they should be building structure. Letting a tree carry fruit when it is too young (under 2 years of age in the ground and some say 5 depending on the tree species) delays future good production and distorts the tree's architecture. A young avocado tree can be completely humbled (brought to ground literally) by the weight of the 12 ounce fruit. ‘Lamb Hass' wants to grow upright, but if the young tree is burdened with fruit early on, it will grow squat and twisted.
Another problem with precocious trees recently came up with ‘Meyer' lemon. Along the coast, this is a tree that will carry fruit throughout the year. It is a small tree naturally, but also because it puts so much energy into fruit production. If allowed to fruit to its full potential early, the canopy development is delayed and the fruit grows unprotected from winds. It is much more subject to wind scarring. Imagine the wind flailing the fruit around with no branches or leaves to protect it. Now the grower has a small, twisted fruit tree and fruit that can't be sold.
Give your young trees a chance to grow without the burden of carrying fruit to early. They are your children.
Imagine all this fruit on a one year old canopy
And this fruit is fully exposed to the elements and wind scarring
Lamb Hass pulling on tree
meyer lemon wound
American Sheep Industry Offers Up Market News App for Smartphones
This is exciting news for those of you who own either an Apple or Android smartphone and want current lamb and wool prices. I've reposted the announcement from ASI here for you.
"Lamb markets -- Is there an app for that? Well, yes, as a matter of fact there is. Producers can tap into auctions and prices at any time - while checking on the sheep, between meetings or during lunch.
The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) has launched its first mobile application providing lamb and wool market information to anyone with a smartphone or tablet. The free market app is available for both Apple and Android operating systems.
"ASI is pleased to offer market information to anyone in the industry with a smartphone," remarks Peter Orwick, ASI executive director.
ASI worked closely with Randy Hammerstrom, officer in charge at the Greeley U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News division, to hand-select the portions of the USDA reports to offer in this first version of the industry market app.
"The app offers a good variety of national reports as well as market results from seven auction barns from around the country," emphasizes Hammerstrom. "Producers can access price data as the information is made available by USDA."
"This app will provide the industry with the convenience of valuable market data anywhere, anytime," says AMS Administrator Anne Alonzo. "Partnerships between USDA and the sheep industry are a critical component to supporting American producers."
The app is titled ASI Market News which can be downloaded from Apple's App Store or the Android Store. From the front page, users can select to search national reports or action reports.
"Producers' thoughts on the usefulness of this tool as well as any ideas on additional information that would be valuable to access from the app is appreciated," says Orwick. "This is a work in progress and we want to provide you with the best possible product."