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Plant of the week |
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Shrub growing as high as 4.5m and spreading to 4.5m.
Honey-fragranced flowers are borne through most of the year with the main times being winter and |
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| The Mighty Aphid |
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Also called plant lice they are the bane of any plant enthusiast.
Aphids are found throughout our green planet, but are most common in temperate zones. They can migrate great distances, mainly passively through wind dispersal. Aphids have also been spread by human transportation by freighting contaminated foods.
The Anatomy of the little terror's are that they come in a variety of colours black, brown, pink and commonly green. |
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| Try these hikes in the WESTERN CAPE... |
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Between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay |
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2 days |
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Boyes Drive |
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3.5 hrs |
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Table mountain, Camps Bay |
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3 - 5 hrs |
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Sedgefield |
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3.5 hrs |
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Hike of the week |
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Riviersonderend Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve |
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Province: WESTERN CAPE |
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Duration: 8.5 hrs |
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Distance: 15km |
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Photograph by: klair |
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Mushroom of the week |
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Photo submitted: klair (6 July 2010) |
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| Pycnoporus sanguineus |
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| Size: 20 - 70 mm |
| Habitat: Grows on wood |
Spore bearing:  Pores |
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Fans 20mm-70mm wide, often grow in groups sometimes in overlapping tiers. Bright orange-red although margin may be paler. |
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Some other inedible mushrooms... |
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ARTICLES |
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| Shedding Light on the Moser Lamp |
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21-09-2014 16:48
In the midst of yet another electricity blackout in the Brazilian countryside in 2002, Alfredo Moser, a mechanic from Southern Brazil’s Uberaba, and his friends discussed ways to beckon rescuers during an emergency. |
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NEWS |
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| Happy Feet tag not transmitting. |
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12-09-2011 05:49
Happy Feet, the penguin who was given a second lease on life and was given a lift part of the way back to his antarctic home has disappeared from the radar. |
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| Plant to process disposable nappies into roof tiles? |
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12-09-2011 05:41
A new plant is due to open today in in West Bromwich in the UK, designed to recycle disposable nappies and other similar items recovering the components which can then be used to manufacture a range of building products including roof tiles. |
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| Follow Happy Feet's Journey Home |
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05-09-2011 15:49
Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin who lost his way and found himself stuck on a beach in New Zealand back in June and eating sand instead of snow has been released back into the wild. |
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| Welcome to the world's 7 Billionth person. |
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02-09-2011 16:04
Well the experts don't think that they have arrived yet but it is predicted that during October somewhere in the world, probably India or China, the most populous nations on the planet, a birth will bring the total number of humans living on this fragile globe to 7 billion. |
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