Planning your garden so that you’re planting in the right places is important for growing healthy plants, but even so, pests and diseases can scupper your good work. Catching problems early is key to keeping your garden bug-and disease-free. While you’re watering the plants, keep an eye out for brown, curled ... Read More »
The best way to think of succulents is as ‘fat plants’. Parts of them, usually their leaves, swell up with water and this stops them from drying out in arid conditions. Cacti are the most obvious examples but sedums and sempervivums are also common. They all share that fleshy, tender ... Read More »
Make gorgeous flower arrangements with a ready supply of beautiful blooms from your own flower garden. The key to a great cutting garden is to have plants flowering throughout the year, and that takes a bit of planning, especially when space is limited. The easiest way to do this is ... Read More »
Make gorgeous flower arrangements with a ready supply of beautiful blooms from your own flower garden. The key to a great cutting garden is to have plants flowering throughout the year, and that takes a bit of planning, especially when space is limited. The easiest way to do this is ... Read More »
State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) is axing almost 600 jobs in its UK retail bank, according to sources familiar with the situation, in the latest round of job cuts and branch closures at the lender. All the employees impacted work in the bank’s retail network in England and most ... Read More »
McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) is targeting private equity firms, including Bain Capital, MBK Partners, TPG Capital Management and Chinese state-backed conglomerate China Resources (Holdings) for its planned sale of 2,800 restaurants in North Asia, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S. fast food giant is adopting a new business ... Read More »
WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2016 — More than half of Americans with high rates of hospitalization either don’t have regular access to healthy food or are at risk of not having enough food at home, a small study suggests. The study highlights obstacles to getting enough food, including people’s dependence on ... Read More »
Make gorgeous flower arrangements with a ready supply of beautiful blooms from your own flower garden. The key to a great cutting garden is to have plants flowering throughout the year, and that takes a bit of planning, especially when space is limited. The easiest way to do this is ... Read More »
NEW YORK, April 12 — A strike deadline of Wednesday was announced by two unions representing about 40,000 Verizon employees seeking improved pensions and an end to outsourcing of jobs. The workers, largely in landline and Internet services on the East Coast, have beenwithout a contract since August 2015. They ... Read More »
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 — Women are a majority of the 4.4 million Americans over age 40 who are visually impaired or blind, Prevent Blindness says. The national organization has declared April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month, and has outlined several things women need to know about ... Read More »
MOSCOW, April 12 — Russia and Bolivia are holding negotiations over how Russian defense firms can help the South American nation revitalize its aging military arsenal over the next decade. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss current and ... Read More »
The ongoing all-India strike by jewellery associations against additional excise duty on gold, has turned into a political battleground. Senior political leaders from the Shiv Sena, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have come out in support of jewellers who have been on strike for 37 days – the longest ... Read More »
