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The Glenties harvest fair is one of the oldest festivals in Ireland, running for almost 300 years now. This year’s festival is on from the 9 to the 13th of september. For a list of all the events, check out www.glenties.ie or go on facebook and see what events will suit you.
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Corley Ranch Harvest Festival
Image by ScottSchrantz
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RPT-Grains Week Ahead-Record US harvest could herald $ 4 new-crop corn
Reuters December corn could slide to $ 4 after July * Forecast for record US corn crop weighs December * July corn seen supported by tight supplies * Soybeans have fundamental support By KT Arasu CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) – The forecast of a record corn harvest … GRAINS-US soybean futures hit 6-wk low as funds sell long positions For Now, Soybeans Look Cooked Morning markets: China loans move fails to reassure markets |
The Teff Harvest, Northern Ethiopia
Image by A. Davey
Men and women harvest the Ethiopian staple grain teff in a roadside field between Axum and Adwa in Northern Ethiopia.
According to Wikipedia:
Teff or taf (Eragrostis tef, Amharic ṭēff, Tigrinya ṭaff) is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the northern Ethiopian Highlands of northeastern Africa.
It has an attractive nutrition profile, being high in dietary fiber and iron and providing protein and calcium.
It has a sour taste. It is similar to millet and quinoa in cooking, but the seed is much smaller.
Teff is an important food grain in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it is used to make injera . . . (It is now raised in the USA, in Idaho in particular.)
Because of its small seeds (less than 1 mm diameter), one [person] can hold enough to sow a large area in one hand. This property makes teff particularly suited to a seminomadic lifestyle.
The word "tef" is connected by folk etymology to the EthioSemitic root "ṭff", which means "lost" (because of the small size of the grain).
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USDA predicts record corn harvest
GoErie.com Wheat supplies have been ample after robust harvests in other countries pushed up global supplies. Soybean production was forecast at 3.205 billion bushels, up from the 2011 year with higher yields more than offsetting lower harvested acres. Colo. winter wheat harvest forecast at 92M bushels Possible record corn harvest would swell US stocks, drive prices down |
Corley Ranch Harvest Festival
Image by ScottSchrantz
Sedum Autumn Harvest
Image by bill barber
From my set entitled “Sedum”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum
Sedum is the large stonecrop genus of the Crassulaceae, representing about 400 species of leaf succulents, found throughout the northern hemisphere, varying from annual groundcovers to shrubs. The plants have water-storing leaves and a typical form of blossom with five petals, seldom four or six. There are typically twice as many stamens as petals.
Well known European Sedums are Sedum acre, Sedum album, Sedum dasyphyllum, Sedum reflexum (also known as Sedum rupestre) and Sedum hispanicum.
Many sedums are extensively cultivated as garden plants, due to their interesting and attractive appearance and hardiness. The various species differ in their requirements; some are cold-hardy but do not tolerate heat, some require heat but do not tolerate cold. They are preferred to grass for green roofs, popular in Germany and some other countries.
Sedum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Chi. In particular, Sedum spathifolium is the host plant of the endangered San Bruno elfin butterfly of San Mateo County, California.
Sedum reflexum, known as "prickmadam," "stone orpine," or "crooked yellow stonecrop," is occasionally used as a salad leaf or herb in Europe (incl. the United Kingdom) [1]. It has a slightly astringent sour taste.
Sedum acre ("biting stonecrop") on the other hand contains high quantities of piperidine alkaloids (namely (+)-sedridine, (-)-sedamine, sedinone and isopelletierine) which give it a sharp, peppery and acrid taste and make it somewhat toxic. Depending on the amount consumed, irritations of the mucous membranes, cramps and paralysis, including respiratory paralysis may ensue. In ancient Greece, biting stonecrop was used to treat epilepsy and skin diseases, as well as to cause abortions.
Sedum can be used to provide a roof covering in green roofs.
A glimpse of the Magic we weave at Wic-Can Fest in June and Harvest Fest in October…Pagan Festivals open to all who wish to celebrate as a community. All photos by John Quin, of folks at one or another of our events, all music recorded live, played by musicians who come together in an amazing improvised rendition of a pagan place by Mike Scott…all pagans
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Harvest Operations Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial and Operating Results
MarketWatch (press release) CALGARY, ALBERTA, May 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Harvest Operations Corp. announces its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. The unaudited financial statements, notes and MD&A pertaining to the period are … Harvest Operations Slips To Loss In Q1 – Quick Facts |
