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Tropical and Oriental Garden Landscape 2007-04-10 00:53:31 Making a Tropical Design A wide area is usually required to make a beautiful tropical garden. However, one can simulate the same tropical effect in a small area of land. Here’s how: Use plants with big leaves like the Fiscus benjamina. This tree grows big and lush, although once can control its growth by frequent pruning. ...

Landscaping in Houses and Buildings 2007-04-09 00:50:18 For those planning to learn how to landscape, a residential landscaping project is a good start. There are many parts of a building which can be landscaped like the front or back garden, facade, gate, corridors, garage walls, fence, screen porch, patio, rooftop and garden. The gate is usually the first place one notices when one [...] ...

Planning and Implementing a Landscaping Project 2007-04-08 00:48:34 These places are often landscaped: Botanical gardens Memorial parks Playgrounds Parking areas Hotel gardens and surroundings ...

Starting a Landscaping Business 2007-04-07 00:46:18 Importance of Landscaping Landscaping is believed to have originated in China where the Chinese, hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, made gardens that were called Zen. The first Zen gardens were large that, aside from plants, had artificial mountains and even lakes. As time went by, Zen gardens became smaller. Instead of artificial mountains, Chinese [...] ...

Producing Ready-to-Lay Pullets is Profitable 2007-04-05 00:44:39 There are a number of specialized segments in poultry production that a farming entrepreneur can engage in. One can get into broiler production, layers, capons, day-old chicks, and production of ready-to-lay pullets. Each of these segments offers certain advantages as well as drawbacks. In broiler production, marketable broilers can be produced as early as 35 days [...] ...

Pepper, Onion, Annatto, Turmeric, Laurel, Mint, Dill 2007-03-27 00:41:40 Chemical Composition, Processing and Uses of Individual Spices PEPPER Pepper contains a volatile oil, fixed oil, resin, alkaloids, proteins, cellulose, pentosans, starch, mineral elements, etc. It contains l to 3% of volatile oil which is colorless or yellowish liquid, not pungent, but with aromatic flavor of pepper. The pungent principle of pepper are contained in its oleoresin, [...] ...

Spice Crops Processing 2007-03-26 00:40:33 Spice Crops Processing of its Products and By-Products The antiquity and uses of spices has long been established and could be traced back to ancient times when it was not only used as condiment but was widely employed as essences, perfume, cosmetic and medicine. The increasing demand for spices dates as far back as 1492 when [...] ...

Coco Sap Products - Juice, Honey, Sugar, Vinegar 2007-03-05 08:30:20 The coconut tree as a “tree of life” is characteristically a food supplier as this tree provides fruit throughout the year. The fruit is edible at any stage of maturity. It provides not only solid food but also a large volume of very safe and healthy drinking water. (click photo to enlarge) The fruit of the [...] ...

Making Ramen, Spaghetti Noodles, Fettucini, Free-Form Pasta 2007-03-04 08:25:17 RAMEN NOODLES The different brands of instant noodle soups found in most supermarkets and groceries are just ordinary noodles with separately packed sesame oil flavoring. These noodles can be made at home. Ingredients: 250 grams all-purpose flour ...

Making Molo & Wanton Wrappers, Canton Noodles 2007-03-03 08:24:20 MOLO WRAPPERS Siomai and pinsec are popular food wrapped in molo wrappers. Ingredients: 250 grams all-purpose flour 88 grams water (divide into two parts) ... Amp

How to Make Noodles and Pasta 2007-03-02 08:22:56 The ingredients for the noodles and pasta in this guide are all given in percentages (%). This way, it is easier to adjust the amount required according to one’s needs and preferences. The amount or the kind of flour used also determines the corresponding amount of increase in the ingredients. Below is a table indicating the [...] ...

Starting a Smoked Fish (Tinapa) Business 2007-03-01 08:21:53 Smoked fish or tinapa making is one of the well-known products among Filipinos Smoked fish making is a good livelihood option that can be undertaken by the whole family. It can serve as either main or supplemental source of income. I. Investment Requirements (based on January 2005 prices) ...

Starting a Business in Franchising 2007-02-28 08:20:54 Franchising is a method of business expansion whereby a franchisor (business owner or manager) allows a franchisee (person or entity) to market products or services under the franchisor’s name and trademark and in strict adherence to a system he prescribes. In return, the franchisee pays a fee and, usually, an ongoing royalty fee. Moreover, the [...] ...

Pili Nut Culture 2007-02-27 08:17:45 The pili is indigenous to the Philippines. The crop’s center of genetic diversity is the Bicol region (Fig. 6), possibly in the virgin rainforests surrounding Mt. Bulusan, in the Province of Sorsogon. In the forests of this province, very old pili nut trees measuring more than 50 m in height can still be found today. The [...] ...

Darag Native Chicken 2007-02-26 08:16:33 “Native chicken has the great potential of becoming a big industry,” words of Dr. Ricardo A. Provido, a successful agricultural entrepreneur and the present chairman of the Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Council (RAFC) Region VI, as he shared his experiences and marketing ideas in a recent interview. It’s the distinct taste of the Darag that makes [...] ...