Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The fruit is a small pome 4–8 millimetres (0.16–0.31 in) diameter, bright orange or red in most species, but pink, yellow or white in some Asian species. The fruit are soft and juicy, which makes them a very good food for birds , particularly waxwings and thrushes , which then distribute the rowan seeds in their droppings. [ 2 ]
The ashes of glasswort plants, and also of their Mediterranean counterpart saltwort plants, yield soda ash, which is an important ingredient for glassmaking and soapmaking. Soda ash is an alkali whose active ingredient is now known to be sodium carbonate .
The reindeer lichen is edible, but crunchy. It can be soaked with wood ashes to remove its bitterness, then added to milk or other dishes. [18] It is a source of vitamin D. [19] This lichen can be used in the making of aquavit, [20] and is sometimes used as decoration in glass windows.
Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan (/ ˈ r oʊ ən /, [3] also UK: / ˈ r aʊ ən /) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.. The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet.
The burning of wood results in about 6–10% ashes on average. [2] The residue ash of 0.43 and 1.82 percent of the original mass of burned wood (assuming dry basis, meaning that H 2 O is driven off) is produced for certain woods if it is pyrolized until all volatiles disappear and it is burned at 350 °C (662 °F) for 8 hours.
Q: I have dumped ashes from our fireplace in a container in the garage all winter and I’m wondering if they can be added to my vegetable-garden soil. I have heard conflicting recommendations.
Wood ash isn't a complete fertilizer like the products you can buy from the store. Commercial fertilizers have all the nutrients and agents your garden needs to produce strong and healthy plants ...
Lungwort - A plant of the genus Mertensia, the lungworts. Also, a boraginaceous plant of the genus Pulmonaria. Lustwort - Any plant of the genus Drosera; the sundew. Madderwort - Any plant of the madder family, Rubiaceae. Madwort - Alyssum saxitile. Gold-dust. Maidenhair spleenwort - Asplenium trichomanes Mallowwort - Any plant of the mallow ...