ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Al Baydha Project is amazing! The video and story are narrated very well by Neal Spackman, who co-founded and directed some of the project . If you are into learning about conservation ecology, agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, permaculture, rural poverty and climate change, then check out the Al Baydha project in Saudi Arabia. This project …
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Well I have not heard about the "City of Roses" until now. Apparently according to this article in abouther.com, Taif, KSA is this city! Here is an excerpt from the article, "Take In The Sights And Scents Of Saudi Arabia's City of Roses", in abouther.com. The link to full article is below. "Thanks to its …
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There is some pretty cool technology being applied and used in agriculture today. This new technological approach is called "precision agriculture". You can read a lot about the new approaches in the news, and in science and agricultural articles. One new way that date farmers in Saudi can combat the attack of the red palm …
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What is Moringa, and why is it important? You may have heard of the plant Moringa, as a new "superfood" and its importance for malnutrition, because of high vitamin, mineral and protein content. Well, you can add the benefits of this fantastic plant food to your diet, by purchasing Moringa powder. Add it to smoothies, …
As I have not posted in a while, let's start off with some fun images from the garden. We have a sunny west facing garden so we miss getting the eastern morning sun. The garden benefits from getting watered in the am before the sun really gets hot and drying. In the summer I have …
When you enter malls or stores in mall settings, you will probably inhale a smoky perfume incense very popular in Saudi known as Oud. What is Oud you ask and why do people burn it? I found some information online that describes it best. It sells for a few hundred SAR to 5,000 SAR or …
Cornell University is conducting research with a project that began in 2017, by Donald Rakow and Gregory Eells. It is called Nature Rx@ Cornell. The premise is that people feel better when they are in nature. Eastern medicine has understood this relationship much better than Western medicine. Japanese and Chinese medical doctors and health practitioners …
This looks fabulous! Unaizah Season for Dates happens in city of Unaizah, which is just north of Riyadh. The farmers come to show and sell the dates in an outdoor market. Here are some other agricultural products that the region is known for. "Agriculture" "Unaizah is an agricultural area and produces wheat and barley of various strains. The region …
An area of new research is focusing on humans and mental and behavioral disorders and the positive effect of green spaces and forests. Humans can see (detect) more wavelengths of the color green than any other color in the visible light spectrum. We are made for green! We all know that being outside in nature …
Date Palms & Camels 