Sentences with phrase «plant around a tree»

As the Valley evolved into an agricultural region, orchards were planted around the tree, but it stood firm.

If you want to plant around a tree, select one that's less than a year or two old to avoid damaging extensive root systems.

Not exact matches

That's enough to power seven million homes, displace nine million metric tons of CO2, and the equivalent of taking nearly two million cars off the road or planting around 240 million trees.3

Oh there is plenty of negativity around, atheists don't have a corner on that; — RRB -... the loving, kind, altruistic atheists aren't posting on discussion boards; they're reading to kids, planting trees, teaching classes, cleaning up litter, rescuing dogs and rivers and forests and bad neighborhoods.

«Everything I saw seemed to be a burden to me; the earth seemed accursed for my sake: all trees, plants, rocks, bills, and vales seemed to be dressed in mourning and groaning, under the weight of the curse, and everything around me seemed to be conspiring my ruin.

So the orchard experts purposefully plant certain weeds around trees and let them grow as much as they want.

In the past decades the farm has planted more than 50,000 shade trees, creating natural buffers around streams and water springs.

In addition, I planted indigenous trees around the farm and bought personal protective equipment for my pluckers.

The orchard planted diverse wildflowers around the almond trees to provide year - round sustenance for local bees.

Wander through six different greenhouses showcasing exotic and diverse plants from around the world including palms, banana trees, orchids, jasmine and gingers.

Park District officials will plant native trees and vegetation around the building to help clear - cut invasive species dominating the area.

Everyone loved looking at the huge plants, trees and even little birds dotted around.

These are trees we plant around the factory to honor our visitors.»

Book a stay in any room or rate plan and receive the opportunity to be a part of the Putting down roots in Grand Velas Riviera Maya program where you get to walk around the property to learn about local flora and fauna, plant a tree, and receive a T - shirt and official certificate.

Even though the science says that the amount of lead absorbed by plants varies widely (spinach and sunflowers = leady, apple trees and tomatoes = not leady), and even though every study on children who play in the dirt and eat homegrown food (my eight - year - old daughter included) has come back saying that there is no evidence of elevated bodily lead levels, people around here are petrified about growing their own vegetables, and even of letting their kids play in the mud.

The actual one millionth tree was planted in October, but the event around it was cancelled after the shooting death of Police Officer Randolph Holder.

Beginning with seven people and growing to 100, the association removed graffiti and plant trees around that community.

Shortly after the accident, needles on pine trees in a 1.5 - square - mile area around the crippled nuclear plant turned red.

NEW ZEALAND»S response to global warming is based around planting trees.

Initially around 15 tree species were planted, including fast -, medium - and slow - growing timbers, but now the area has more than 70 species of trees, says FRIM's director general Abdul Latif Mohmod.

Amber begins as a tree sap that can flow around small plant and animal forms and permanently preserve them, as it fossilizes into a semi-precious stone.

The city has also launched several programs to turn down the climate's thermostat, such as the Million Trees project (more than half a million have already been planted around the city) and painting flat roofs with a white or «cool» coating that reflects the sun's energy.

The tree has moved around the world as an ornamental plant and has become invasive in several states and countries, including Florida, Texas and Hawaii as well as Australia, New Zealand and some Caribbean islands.

Since the trees don't accumulate any permanent residue of pollution, they can eventually be chopped down and chipped, their remains distributed around other plantings for soil enrichment.

It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank coded with many species of plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the trees, with various insects flitting about and with worms crawling through the damp earth and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other and dependent upon each other in sole complex of manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.

Field projects we support include: The restoration of degraded forests in and around the Gunung Leuser National Park More than a million trees have already been planted to replace some of the forests that have been lost.

Grounds Crew The VLA grounds crew does a little bit of everything, from maintaining the walkways for the public, to planting trees, mowing, and many other «as needed» assignments, such as stabilizing the ground around a steel structure that houses the fiber optic connection from the arms of the array to the control building.

I'm sure some cities will try to cut down the forest around them, maybe even limit tree planting within city limits.

Use it for garden fertilizer (just pour around the base of your plants or trees).

To stimulate growth, 50 grams of a general purpose fertilizer can be applied to the soil around the pygeum tree a month after planting.

When you breathe in fresh outdoor air, you're consuming the oxygen created from the plants, trees and flowers around us.

About One Tree Planted The non profit organization based in Vermont works with reforestation organizations around the world who plant trees in North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.

For each one that is purchased, the American Forests» Global ReLeaf project will plant a tree around the world.

Only trees turning around here are the very young maples planted in the shopping center parking lots.

You run around and do jobs for other villagers, plant flowers and trees and make it your own little world.

When the Sarah Harding character (played by Julianne Moore) walks around with a blood - smeared jacket leaving trails of blood all over on plants, trees, etc. we in the audience know that it is a stupid thing to do.

Cameron stripped all extraneous material to give a higher bit - rate to the film, which ostensibly should provide the highest quality image, and a portion of the proceeds from the DVD and Blu - ray sales will go toward planting one million trees around the world by the end of 2010.

Plants merge into animals, trees twist around homes, and mysterious creatures lurk in the night.

There are also suggested activities like an assembly based around the book, The Man Who Planted Trees.

Leading on from this is a new meadow lawn area and ecological planting was established around the existing trees and a number of enclosed seating areas have been set into the natural planting to encourage quieter contemplation and conversation between small groups of children.

To plant different trees in the mountains all around the village to stop or at least limit erosion... 5.

Rows of tiny plants dot the fields, chickens strut around in a pasture, and, to the south, wind rushes through some hillside eucalyptus trees.

They can also work with community members for neighborhood beautification projects where they plant trees, hedge plants, and flowers around the community.

She handed out two passages, one about Eliza Scidmore, a writer and explorer whose idea it was to plant cherry blossom trees around the nation's capital, and another about George Washington Carver, an African - American botanist born into slavery who taught poor farmers how to grow alternative crops to cotton.

First, the brown, churning water - the circle of our river around us; inside that, the quilt squares of our fields, which were turned dirt, newly planted seeds, the bright green carpet of a field just beginning to come to life, fences mended or falling down into the soft new grass, humped haystacks, our cattle herd, our sheep herd, our goats, bare birch trees pointing straight into the heavens; and in the center, in the heart, our cobbled and dirt streets, our red - tiled and gray - shingled roofs radiating out from the town square with its statue of a long - dead war hero in the middle.

Today, the Green Belt Movement joined First Lady H.E Margaret Kenyatta, Ministry of Environment & Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku and the community around Kibiku forest in Ngong for a tree planting event organized by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

Her tireless commitment to humanity was evident in everything she did — from planting trees and listening to women in refugee camps to amplifying the voices of the disempowered to leaders and decision makers around the globe.

Even though Finley's fight ended after battling the incurable disease that was diagnosed in December 2013, people around the world continue contributing to «Finley's Forest» and find inspiration through her to make changes to the way they use and reuse resources in their homes and offices, as well as planting trees.

When pollens are at their best spring airborne inhalants like tree and plant pollens can also have the same effect be observant have a look around your dogs environment see what is in flower.

Planting around 20,000 trees and plants this fall and winter to continue to enhance the area and bring back native habitat