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Cultivating Knowledge: Exploring the GardenWeb Forum

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An interesting discourse community is called GardenWeb forum. It is an online community concentrating on horticultural and agricultural practices, in order to provide a platform for gardeners and agricultural practitioners around the world to exchange and share knowledge. https://www.saveur.com/culture/no-dig-gardening/ GardenWeb is a vibrant forum founded in 1996 as one of the earliest gardening websites. People from different cultural backgrounds come together to share knowledge, cooperate with each other and participate in the community, which embodies positive values. Anyone interested in these topics can join the community, so different genders, races, ages, and occupations can feel the joy of gardening. Participation in the GardenWeb forum is driven by shared environmental management values and the idea of promoting sustainability in fruit tree horticulture . One of the members asks a question and a description, so it's like creating a separate group chat, and then people wh...

History and Reality of Fruit Tree Gardening

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Regarding my last blog post on the topic of fruit gardening and agriculture, I will explain in more detail where this topic came from. According to historical records, it can be traced back to ancient human civilization. With the development of human society, people realized that wild plants alone could not sustain the population community for a long time, so they began to cultivate and cultivate plants in order to ensure food supply. For example, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient China, ancient Egypt and other areas, these civilizations with thousands of years of history through the selection and planting of fruit trees to improve the food supply, are regarded as an important local culture. And it provides the basis for a trading economy. Over time, the technology has been developed and spread across the globe. The agricultural revolution gradually transformed humans from hunting methods to farming societies that produced food. In different climates and geographical environments...

Fruit Cultivation and the Interaction between Agriculture and Environment

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As a student in horticulture and forestry, my passion for life and nature is reflected in the vibrant world of agricultural plants. In this blog post, my goal is to delve into the fascinating field of global horticulture, with a special focus on the horticulture of fruit plants, and introduce readers to fruit plants from around the world. In addition, these topics are related to the environment, and I want to explore the impacts on plant yields and climate as well as the agri-food system. Join me on a journey to discover the various fruits grown around the world, their historical significance, unique characteristics, and the communities that surround them. Topics of interest: fruit tree horticulture and agriculture My blog will show many colorful fruit plants grown around the world. From the vast apple orchards of Washington State to the sunny grape vineyards of France, we will travel through fields and gardens to know and understand the story of fruit plant cultivation. In addition, I...

Introduce About Myself

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Hi, I’m Melissa. I am a second-year international student from China, majoring in plant science. Before entering UC Davis, my life was already filled with various interests and colorful experiences. Plants and Nature: Where the heart belongs My love for plants and nature is from my childhood experiences. I used to live in a small village with my grandparents. There are rolling mountains, streams and springs, and large fields. I really got in close contact with nature and felt the vitality of life and the beauty of nature . I learned to harmonize with nature and know how to get along with it. In the autumn fields , I can see rows of ripe corn, cotton and soybeans. These crops are able to grow well because of the cultivation of my grandparents. I could feel the whispers of the plants, as if they were speaking to me of their life. It was this childhood that made me realize the power of plants and nature. I believe that plants are the most wonderful gift of nature and my link to nature. C...