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Uguisu no fun (鶯の糞, literally meaning "nightingale faeces" in Japanese), also called the "Geisha Facial", [1] refers to the excrement (fun) produced by a particular nightingale, the Japanese bush warbler (uguisu). [1] The droppings have been used in facials throughout Japanese history. [1] Recently, the product has appeared in the Western ...
Japanese knotweed flowers are valued by some beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year when little else is flowering. Japanese knotweed yields a monofloral honey, usually called bamboo honey by northeastern U.S. beekeepers, like a mild-flavored version of buckwheat honey (a related plant also in the Polygonaceae).
In the UK, the plant was first introduced in 1839, at the same time as giant hogweed and Japanese knotweed. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] These plants were all promoted at the time as having the virtues of "herculean proportions" and "splendid invasiveness" which meant that ordinary people could buy them for the cost of a packet of seeds to rival the expensive ...
Reynoutria sachalinensis, the giant knotweed or Sakhalin knotweed, (syns. Polygonum sachalinense , Fallopia sachalinensis ) is a species of Fallopia native to northeastern Asia in northern Japan ( Hokkaidō , Honshū ) and the far east of Russia ( Sakhalin and the southern Kurile Islands ).
Reynoutria multiflora is a herbaceous perennial vine growing to 2–4 m (6 ft 7 in – 13 ft 1 in) tall from a woody tuber.The leaves are 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) broad, broad arrowhead-shaped, with an entire margin.
Aphalara itadori, the Japanese knotweed psyllid, is a species of psyllid from Japan which feeds on Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica).. The UK Government licensed the use of this species as a biological control to counter the spread of Japanese knotweed in England; this was the first time that biological control of a weed was sanctioned in the European Union.
Different breeds of goats are adapted to different livestock systems - from small herds of 3-5 heads on meager grazing to large intensive livestock farms, from year-round grazing to fully stable housing, with many intermediate variations between them. Goats are a source of several types of products, of which the main ones are milk, meat and ...
The eating of camels is strictly prohibited by the Torah in Deuteronomy 14:7 and Leviticus 11:4. The Torah considers the camel unclean, even though it chews the cud, or regurgitates, the way bovines, sheep, goats, deer, antelope, and giraffes (all of which are kosher) do, because it does not meet the cloven hoof criterion.