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| TREE TRUNK PROTECTION |
Trees have bark to protect the delicate
cambium layer from bump, cuts and animal damage.To retard the loss
of water. To protect from temperature extremes. To protect from intense
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| CAMPHOR LAUREL | A large evergreen tree. Bark is rough, fissured and
grey-brown. Leaves alternate or in whorls (clusters, with gaps along
the stem between each cluster), and glossy dark green with an abruptly
tapered pointed tip and wavy edges. |
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| BUFFALO FLY TRAP | Buffalo Fly (Haematobia exigua) Buffalo flies are usually found on the backs of cattle and only leave the host reluctantly. They usually only leave briefly to lay their eggs in fresh dung. |
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| PASTURE IMROVEMENT | Experiment 3 - Seeding. Seeded grasses, Golden Gift Orchard, Prep-Garden, Yankee Creek Mangoes & Yankee Creek Pecans on Saturday 20, April - | |
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May 27, 2004 This is a 'strange' pumpkin crop that somehow popped up. We cut the pumpkins, filled them into a big bin with water and yeast. The idea is to make vinegar and use it for weed control. |
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May 27, 2004 Camphor experiment suggested by Alan Johnston. The idea is to back the camphor around the trunk. Jason has actually ring barked the tree. |
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