Our Environment

DESIGNING a garden landscape is an art; and it’s not hard to master it. You don’t have to have a big lawn, or the skills of a master gardener, or expensive tools, or abundance of plants. You just have to select the right type of plants for the right location and climate.

ENVIRONMENTAL issues are prevalent in our world today, and we should make it our business to know about them, but it is equally important to be aware of environmental issues in our most immediate environment: Our home.

MIXED farming is one in which crop production is combined with the rearing of livestock.The concept of a mixed farm or mixed farming can drive agro-tourism in rural areas of Guyana.

KNOWN AS the ‘Land of Many Waters’, it is an undisputed fact that Guyana has many rivers. However, while we are blessed with such an abundance of this resource, we must be careful not to take it for granted.

MANY would recall the old-fashioned gardens of our grandparents or other relatives and neighbours. Those were usually a hodge-podge affair of flower and foliage plants that created the impression that, rather than being planned, gardens more or less “happened”, or more likely evolved.

A SUBSTRATE is the material in which the root system of the plant will develop. It can be solid (in which case it serves to anchor the plant) or liquid, in which case it maintains an appropriate balance of air and the nutrient solution.

YOU may be worried that because you have a small yard or even just a front porch, growing your own food is out of reach. That, however, is not the case. Plenty of options exist for growing food.

THE following article is the second of two on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in gardening and cash-crop production.

The following article is the first of two on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in gardening and cash crop production. The articles in this series are based on a presentation made by Ms. Elizabeth R.B. Church, a pest control adviser from California, USA, who holds an MSC in Agriculture, with emphasis on Plant Protection Science, and