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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Small Landscapes, small oxygen generators!
These are small garden landscapes isolated by the camera's frames. Even if they are small plants, they are truly producing oxygen for us, as much as they could. These are all in our property and taken during the rainy season. The ferns are just like on the area adjacent to our kitchen. These are our surroundings at the height of the rainy season, but now the rains just started to come int the afternoons. I hope you will like them.
It is reported that tropical atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration is 50 pounds per tree per year. It can be roughly calculated by measuring the tree's diameter, the weight of the tree above ground, the height of the tree.
Using some computation method and some given constants, it is reported that "a newly-planted Acacia angustissima, 2.5 years old, 15 feet tall with a trunk 3 inches in diameter gave 21.5 lbs. of CO2 sequestered per year". (Reference)
Beautiful ferns. They grow well in Oregon (where we spend summers) and here in Florida too (which really surprised me the first time we came here). Your pictures are lovely. And the information a good reminder.
Holy cow....I envy you something fierce....FERNS!!! We can't grow that variety here!! Too dry. Great shots and info. I just wanted to let you know that you may not hear from me in the next couple of days as I am spending some time with family. But I'll be checking blogger often and when I can....so if you don't hear from me, it's okay:) Hope you have a good start to your week. Kreesh
hahaha, take your time Kreesh! Thank you so much for your kind words about my posts, and the concern that i might be looking for you. Those ferns and small weeds are the vertical wall just adjacent to the kitchen wall, because our area is not flat. These only happens while we are at the height of our rainy season, this time it is just starting to grow.
Great set of pictures - ferns are such splendid plants.
Every time I tidy up in the garden I am struck by the fact that most of what I put into the compost bin used to be carbon dioxide - it is something everybody should be aware of.
hahaha, yes Stewart, that is very correct. Imagine that those we put in the compost bin are formerly the air we exhale! That is truly materialization through time, magic! Now you inspire me to write later in that way! I wish i am a good writer, unfortunately not!
Shantana, thank you so much. I hope you will come back more often. You might enjoy my older blogpost Andrea in this Lifetime. It has more variations in posts.
I love ferns. Having quite a bit of wet weather here at the moment means that my few ferns are flourishing but yours just look amazing. Thanks for the figures - always good to be reminded of the world around us and how we manage to destroy it so easily.
Andrea, talk of ferns and rain. So lush. I can almost smell your garden. It's a lovely post, and thank you for that info about the trees. Best regards, Karmi
Your visits and comments are the life of this site. I certainly appreciate them and I will make sure to return the favor. Energies are not destroyed, they are just transformed, so healthy energies be with us all, just like the breath of life!
But i am requesting that no other personal links should be put on your comments. I am sorry, but backlinks give me some problems, so i might not publish them.Thank you very much for understanding.
Thank you! I love your pictures too.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time.
Christine
Love the ferns :)
ReplyDeleteAndrea a most interesting post and I love ferns...I added many more this year...as long as they find the right spot they are a great foliage plant.
ReplyDeleteYou have an amazing variety of plants on your property Andrea. I love the ferns!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ferns. They grow well in Oregon (where we spend summers) and here in Florida too (which really surprised me the first time we came here). Your pictures are lovely. And the information a good reminder.
ReplyDeleteLove how you captured the ferns.... amazing photography!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow....I envy you something fierce....FERNS!!! We can't grow that variety here!! Too dry. Great shots and info. I just wanted to let you know that you may not hear from me in the next couple of days as I am spending some time with family. But I'll be checking blogger often and when I can....so if you don't hear from me, it's okay:) Hope you have a good start to your week. Kreesh
ReplyDeletehahaha, take your time Kreesh! Thank you so much for your kind words about my posts, and the concern that i might be looking for you. Those ferns and small weeds are the vertical wall just adjacent to the kitchen wall, because our area is not flat. These only happens while we are at the height of our rainy season, this time it is just starting to grow.
DeleteThe plants all have such a nice green !
ReplyDeleteCool pics.
ReplyDeleteYou caught so many shades of green! I love shots just after (or during) a rain!
ReplyDeleteGreat set of pictures - ferns are such splendid plants.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I tidy up in the garden I am struck by the fact that most of what I put into the compost bin used to be carbon dioxide - it is something everybody should be aware of.
Stewart M - Australia
hahaha, yes Stewart, that is very correct. Imagine that those we put in the compost bin are formerly the air we exhale! That is truly materialization through time, magic! Now you inspire me to write later in that way! I wish i am a good writer, unfortunately not!
DeleteGreat post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteRhapsody in Green! Love the ferns:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Emille, that is another lovely title of a post!
DeleteGreetings from Oman!!!! I was just passing by and had to stop and say that I really enjoyed your blog.Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteShantana
Shantana, thank you so much. I hope you will come back more often. You might enjoy my older blogpost Andrea in this Lifetime. It has more variations in posts.
DeleteI love ferns. Having quite a bit of wet weather here at the moment means that my few ferns are flourishing but yours just look amazing. Thanks for the figures - always good to be reminded of the world around us and how we manage to destroy it so easily.
ReplyDeleteIt is sight for sore eyes. Thanks to those natural green forests, we still have livable planet.
ReplyDeleteAndrea, talk of ferns and rain. So lush. I can almost smell your garden. It's a lovely post, and thank you for that info about the trees. Best regards, Karmi
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