At the beginning there was a garden with natural water fountains. Creating the garden. And life was good. All the plant originated. The food was pure and abundant. Predators and prey are in balance (which does not mean they are equal). 
Then people got involved and introduced concrete fountains and many other things. They brought with them their desire order and control, and a robust curiosity fed by experimentation. Soon the land was plowed into furrows and crops planted in rows. The best specimens were selected for breeding.
Yet even after farmers began growing food for entire communities, and pharmacists have the responsibility of medicine to mass produce, people continued to tend gardens. For sustenance, yes, but also to create beauty, to maintain a connection with nature and enjoy the simple pleasure of digging into the earth. Cast stone fountains were a means of transporting water to the gardens. For clearer picture of what an artificial stone fountain looks like visit target = “_blank”> Http://www.garden-fountains.com/Detail.bok?no=61.
For nearly … well … forever, gardeners and farmers rose plants using common sense, careful observation, and the resources of the expected nature. Today we call this approach “organic.” But this term has become necessary to distinguish the proven tactics of myopia chemical practices foisted on the public in the name of progress in the last century. Garden has been and will always link to our land. The garden can be the true fountain of youth.
7,000 BC barley millet and lentils are cultivated in Thessaly, one of the Greek islands.
5,000 BC The staples of Native American cuisine, corn (maize) and beans are grown in the Western Hemisphere.
4.0000 BC Hello, variety: People Valley of the Indus (What is now Pakistan and Afghanistan) are growing wheat, barley, peas, sesame seeds, the mangoes, and dates on irrigated fields, as well as bananas, citrus and grapes for wine in small plots.
3,000 Potatoes in British Columbia are grown and harvested in the Andes.
2,700 BC The Egyptians already know and grow 500 medicinal plants.
2,700 BC The olive trees are raised in Crete.
2,000 BC Watermelon is grown in Africa, figs were cultivated in Arabia, tea and bananas in India, and apples in the Indus Valley.
1,900 BC Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III commissions more than 500 public gardens.
600 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world were built by King Nebuchadnezzar II (with help, no doubt, thousands of slaves). The gardens are arranged on a brick terrace about 400 feet square and 75 feet above the ground. Irrigation screws are designed to draw water from the Euphrates to the gardens.
A 16th-century hand-colored engraving of the "Hanging Garden of Babylon" by Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck, with the Tower of Babel in the background
301 BC In the history of plants and Theoretical Botany, Theophrastus (considered the father of botany) describes plant diseases such as rust and mold, and explains how the hand-pollination of fig trees to maximize productivity.
149 BC Cato the Elder, in De l’Agriculture, invites farmers to grapes and olive plants (because they draw moisture and the elements nutrients from the subsoil) Instead of planting grain in drought-sensitive.
900 AD Tofu is a staple food in China.
1,305 Opus Commodorum Ruralium by Bolognese farmer Petrus Crescentiis, is the first book on farming to appear in Europe since the second century.
1,354 Alhambra, built by the Moors in Spain, is over. The Islamic-style garden features enclosed courts surrounded arcades, planted with trees and shrubs and upgraded with tile, fountains and pools.
Sunflowers 1,510 the Americas were introduced to Europe by the Spaniards. In many countries, they become a major oilseed crops. In others, they are food for birds.
1,528 Sweet potatoes and white, cocoa and vanilla beans are introduced into Spain by Hernando Cortes, who presents some beans to Pope Clement VII. Until then, the beans were beans knows Europeans.
1,540, a potato of America South reached Pope Paul III via Spain. The pope gives the tuber to the French, who introduced in France as an ornamental. Stay tuned French fries.
Gardening continued to evolve with the addition of water wall fountains, new vegetables, fruits, flowers and bulbs of various parts world. To visit a water wall fountain idea distinctive target = “_blank”> http://www.garden-fountains.com/Detail.bok?no=66. Machinery and chemicals also evolved as the demand for food worldwide has increased. Today we are facing overexploitation Synthesis of nitrogen by farmers that causes soil at the age of the equivalent of 5,000 years. The good news is that composting can replenish poor soils in a single season.
About the Author
Elizabeth Jean is an outdoor gardening writer and frequent contributor to Garden-Fountains.com
|
|
Presto 04820 PopLite hot air popper $29.99 Plug in Presto’s PopLite and the party begins. In less than 2-1/2 minutes you’ll have up to 18 cups–two large bowlfuls–of fluffy popcorn with virtually no unpopped kernels. And because the machine uses hot air instead of oil, the resulting snack is healthier and lower in calories. That’s not to say you can’t add butter; in fact, the 1/2-cup measuring cup on top of the popper doubles as a butter … |
|
|
Keurig B60 Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System … |
|
|
Lodge Logic Pre-Seasoned Skillet $22.99 Made by the cast iron experts at Lodge, this revolutionary pan is preseasoned, so it’s ready to cook right out of the box. It’s perfect for making virtually anything from bacon and eggs to grilled sandwiches, pan-fried fish, and fabulous cornbread. Each has dual pour spouts and a helper handle. Lodge Logic’s new preseasoning process penetrates the metal’s pores thoroughly and uniformly, so it look… |
|
|
Ten $4.31 No Description AvailableTrack: 10: Deep,Track: 11: Release,Track: 1: Once,Track: 2: Evenflow,Track: 3: Alive,Track: 4: Why Go,Track: 5: Black,Track: 6: Jeremy,Track: 7: Oceans,Track: 8: Porch,Track: 9: GardenMedia Type: CDArtist: PEARL JAMTitle: TENStreet Release Date: 08/27/1991… |
|
|
Singable Songs For The Very Young: Great With A Peanut-Butter Sandwich $8.35 Raffi’s first and still best-selling album. A blend of old favorites and classic originals, with lots of humor, rhyming fun, counting songs and more!… |
|
|
Temple of the Dog $6.90 This 1991 Seattle supergroup brought together Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden with the surviving members of Mother Love Bone (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard) and Eddie Vedder, later of Pearl Jam. The experiment worked. Cornell shines, seeming more comfortable here on this tribute to his former roommate and deceased MLB lead singer Andrew Wood than with his own band. “Hunger Strike” and “S… |
|
|
Black & Decker AF-100-3ZP 30-Feet 0.065-Inch Line String Trimmer Replacement Spool, 3-Pack $11.50 Black & Decker String Trimmer Auto Feed System Replacement SpoolThe Black & Decker string trimmer Auto Feed System replacement spool provides a 30-foot replacement line for use in your auto feed string trimmer. This factory wound spool offers maximum reliability and eliminates the hassle of having to wind the spool yourself. The exclusive Black & Decker Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) system automatica… |
|
|
Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler $59.99 The Contech Electronics Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler presents an innovative, humane way to keep pets and wildlife from disturbing your yard and garden without the use of complicated traps or potentially hazardous chemicals. The sprinkler combines a surprise spray of water with unexpected motion and noise to create a safe, effective deterrent to unwanted visitors, helping keep your garden l… |
|
|
Gilmour 01RW Rubber Hose Washers $0.01 These heavy-duty rubber Hose Washers fit all standard female garden hose fittings…. |
|
|
Kindergarten Cop $3.60 Arnold Schwarzenegger made a successful transition to comedy with this 1990 box-office hit directed by Ivan Reitman. Arnold plays an undercover cop whose attempt to locate a little boy and his mother leads him to a small-town kindergarten class, where he poses as a teacher while continuing his investigation. He’s also trying to catch a vicious drug dealer (Richard Tyson), whose ex-wife and son are… |