Sentences with phrase «soil around the base»

Tell students to lay the mulch on top of the soil around the base of the plant.

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Well, on daily basis you will need around 2 wipes for wet, 5 wipes for soiled bums.

Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to clean around the base of the cord three times a day or when soiled with urine or stool.

Keep in mind that children may also be at risk for lead poisoning if they play in the soil around an older home that may become contaminated with exterior lead - based paint.

Soils are the largest land - based reservoir of organic carbon on the planet, storing around 1,500 billion metric tons of organic carbon — about twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Later, comparing samples of multiple species of rice grown in numerous regions around the world, he found arsenic levels almost universally elevated, including in the U.S. Notably, much of the U.S. rice crop is grown in regions of the South where the soil is contaminated by old arsenic - based pesticides, once used by farmers to protect cotton crops from boll weevils.

It can go on to produce useful mulch or compost, and hence soil, instead of sticking around for the next 500 years, like most petroleum - based fabrics will.

The researchers assessed land around the world based on its soil quality, slope, and regional climate.

Harvey, who has an impressive command of technical data, worries that toxic cadmium telluride used in the thin - film panels will escape into the environment, and he isn't soothed by Chevron's assurances that it will spray polymer - based binders on the disturbed soil to keep it from blowing around.

«In the fall, you're putting the garden to bed, so it's important to have large multipurpose tools to work the soil,» says Maree Gaetani, director of gardening relations at Vermont - based Gardener's Suppply Co. «In the growing season, you're using smaller hand tools around the growing plants.»