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Growing Flowers Caps Centre L A means of Earning a Living
underscore For many generations, fathers encouraged their sons to learn to cultivate the land as what was a sure way to earn
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purchased a decent living. Many familiesmade their homes, I bouth vehicles and sent their children to high school - often having to pay board and lodge - from the earnings from the sale of their produce. At one time the dominent arop was vanitar sugas, faces and for every long time bananas fin many of the windward Islands).
Effects of Trade (shemales The farmers traves steady prices for their crops because export markets were protected and the people in the islands ate a good portion of what was producedlocally.
In recent years, it has become
more difficult for small farmers to earn a decent living from their main
crop, bananas. V The WTO (World Trade Organization) ruling: Hos and the withdrawal bending of most or all of the protection removal
- dictate given to small banana grower sueans that action must be taken now to save our families. I New Trends (nagupke steatong
Governments of the small countries have been uzing far- ho mers to diversify! That is, to grow more than one crop on their farms. thanmaxcone crop it certe und Buffen in the event that the major crop faits - with the freeing of trade and the setting up of trade blocs,
small farmets have to compete with farmers who own large farms
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Growing Roses
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NP (One new and exciting option is growing flowers. Done type
of flower which can be profitably in both the local and sda Cape export markets is roses.
Growing Rose s (fara heading!
They come in a wide range of sizes and leaf forms and have varied growing habits. when selecting the variety pra Dosa to grow, one mýst consider how the plant will withstand rain and the tomber of diseases wh/ah ther can be exposesta Planting Roses (para leading)
Robe like the sun and will do well if they have a lot of sunshine. They like moisture but Watert is also well drainedy pred prefer slightly acid soils. They must be NP planted at least distances based on how big the trees are expected to grow; and they must be given fertilizers and oxuned in order for them to remain strong, healthy plants. ser
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Insert at A There are many times in the yer when both Cold young persons send flowers. A floral arrangement carries a lot of cheer on birthdays, funerals, suths - in fact, at any time.
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