ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
When I was a kid we had a large garden in the back yard, big enough to grow most of what we needed to eat for the whole summer. My dad rototilled the grass under every spring and rototilled it throughout the summer, between the rows of plants, when the weeds became too much. Since …
Looking for some good news? We all need some and here are two articles that will help you feel more optimistic today. We are making progress in supporting human growth/population, as well as the earth's climate, through industry (public and private) and agriculture tech innovations. Two of the biggest environmental polluters, industry and agriculture, are …
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My kids were all excited this afternoon and told me to come fast. They had spotted a large caterpillar crawling in the yard. At first I thought, oh they probably just found a large black slug, common here at nighttime. However I was in for a surprise when I went out the front door and …
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It's becoming spring again very soon, which could mean a return of the locust swarms we saw last year in Saudi and across the Middle East, as well as Africa. You may be asking why this still happens, and what causes grasshoppers to form swarms and turn to locust behavior. Well for one, we as …
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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It's winter in Saudi and the perfect time to grow things! Not only will you have more success during fall/winter/spring, as the temperature here is milder, but you can eat tomatoes, carrots, etc. if put into the ground in fall and tended in winter. Let's begin gardening...starting with soil! When I was researching mulches and …
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The Xerxes Society is one of the best Invertebrate Conservation organizations in the US. They are involved in every aspect of insect, bee, butterfly, dragonfly, etc. life and provide a lot of information on how to promote invertebrates. They have some great publications. There is one from their website is called, "Insectary Cover Cropping in …
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This article was written awhile ago in 2015, however it is still relevant to studying desertification and water supply for agricultural use today. The following is taken from the introduction of the article. Read on in the link below."A decade ago, reports began emerging of a strange occurrence in the Saudi Arabian desert. Ancient desert …
I started this project by cutting out images I liked from calendars and magazines. I collected them for 2 days and then today I put them where they looked best. Viola! I had only outdoorsy kind of magazines, so there won't be a lot of fitness pictures, however this covers my desires for my life …
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Date Palms & Camels 