Comments for My Green Space http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Hornbill Happenings: Surprises From Nature by Lisan http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Lisan Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:35:30 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3293#comment-82 Hi Gintonic, five days is too short a time to say whether the hornbills have left for good. One possibility is that the female has now begun nesting (the season is normally December or January through to April), whereby the male would then stay fairly close to the nest site. Another possibility is that they might have moved to a different area. Please bear in mind that hornbills can fly long distances, and may move to a new area where fruit trees happen to be bearing fruit. Hi Gintonic, five days is too short a time to say whether the hornbills have left for good. One possibility is that the female has now begun nesting (the season is normally December or January through to April), whereby the male would then stay fairly close to the nest site. Another possibility is that they might have moved to a different area. Please bear in mind that hornbills can fly long distances, and may move to a new area where fruit trees happen to be bearing fruit.

]]> Comment on Hornbill Happenings: Surprises From Nature by gintonic http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/comment-page-1/#comment-81 gintonic Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:25:19 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3293#comment-81 Hi need your expert advice: I live in bukit timah in a high rise condo and everyday over the past 6-7 months, a pair of gorgeous hornbills hv been visiting me and my Neighbour for food. We are awfully distressed that they hv not appeared for the past 5 days!!! What could have possibly happened? It appears they hv their genealogy mapped but do they return to previous nest boxes if they wanted to breed? Please throw some light on this for me! Hi need your expert advice: I live in bukit timah in a high rise condo and everyday over the past 6-7 months, a pair of gorgeous hornbills hv been visiting me and my Neighbour for food. We are awfully distressed that they hv not appeared for the past 5 days!!! What could have possibly happened? It appears they hv their genealogy mapped but do they return to previous nest boxes if they wanted to breed? Please throw some light on this for me!

]]> Comment on Hornbill Happenings: Surprises From Nature by Lisan http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Lisan Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:48:10 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3293#comment-80 Thank you, Chao Rui, for your suggestion. We will look into how we can share the video with our readers. Thank you, Chao Rui, for your suggestion. We will look into how we can share the video with our readers.

]]> Comment on Hornbill Happenings: Surprises From Nature by Lee Chao Rui http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/hornbill-happenings/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Lee Chao Rui Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:06:09 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3293#comment-79 Will be helpful if NParks could host the video of the hornbill at the NParks website. Will be helpful if NParks could host the video of the hornbill at the NParks website.

]]> Comment on Vineyard at HortPark: Great Food In A Garden by Lisan http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/vineyard-at-hortpark-great-food-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Lisan Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:00:20 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3715#comment-77 Dear Joanna, I believe you may be looking for the restaurant located at Capella in Sentosa. You may reach them at http://www.capellahotels.com/singapore/contact-en.html. For your information, this is the newsletter for NParks. If you are keen on dining at any of the F and B outlets in our parks, I would be happy to direct you to them. If you are looking for the Vineyard, their contact details are available at at http://www.vineyardhortpark.com.sg/, or call 6479 7977. Dear Joanna,

I believe you may be looking for the restaurant located at Capella in Sentosa.
You may reach them at http://www.capellahotels.com/singapore/contact-en.html.

For your information, this is the newsletter for NParks. If you are keen on dining at any of the F and B outlets in our parks, I would be happy to direct you to them.

If you are looking for the Vineyard, their contact details are available at at http://www.vineyardhortpark.com.sg/, or call 6479 7977.

]]> Comment on CIB Ambassador: Mr Yeap Khek Teong by Lisan http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/cib-ambassador-mr-yeap-khek-teong/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Lisan Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:37:53 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3645#comment-75 Hi Jane, We will check with Mr Yeap if he is willing to speak to the parent volunteers. Hi Jane, We will check with Mr Yeap if he is willing to speak to the parent volunteers.

]]> Comment on Herbs in High-rise Habitats by Lisan http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/herbs-in-high-rise-habitats/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Lisan Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:36:45 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3699#comment-74 Hi Vince, Yes, herbs can be grown successfully in gardens, but it will depend on what herbs and where you intend to grow them. Hi Vince, Yes, herbs can be grown successfully in gardens, but it will depend on what herbs and where you intend to grow them.

]]> Comment on Getting Festive with Fittonias by Fittonia albivenis (F. verschaffeltii) in a marvelous mosaic display | John&Jacq~s Garden http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/getting-festive-with-fittonias/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Fittonia albivenis (F. verschaffeltii) in a marvelous mosaic display | John&Jacq~s Garden Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:33:21 +0000 http://www.nparks.gov.sg/mygreenspace/test/?p=268#comment-73 [...] The newer range of neat and compact-growing cultivars with their explosive foliar colour variegation on undulated and crenate leaves, never seen before, will surely surprise and delight many as it did me, when I chanced upon their loveliness at My Green Space, NParks. [...] [...] The newer range of neat and compact-growing cultivars with their explosive foliar colour variegation on undulated and crenate leaves, never seen before, will surely surprise and delight many as it did me, when I chanced upon their loveliness at My Green Space, NParks. [...]

]]> Comment on Do Your Own Composting by datura3 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/case-studies-in-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-72 datura3 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:16:50 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3648#comment-72 Based on the information on doing your own compost, it seems that aeration is necessary. I am trying to make my own compost (vegatable scraps, grass cuttings, egg shell, orange peel, etc) but the fruit scraps seems to be giving out moisture. My bin does not have aeration holes although it does have a lid so I know the moisture is not from rain water. Do I need to remove the moisture? Thanks. Based on the information on doing your own compost, it seems that aeration is necessary. I am trying to make my own compost (vegatable scraps, grass cuttings, egg shell, orange peel, etc) but the fruit scraps seems to be giving out moisture. My bin does not have aeration holes although it does have a lid so I know the moisture is not from rain water. Do I need to remove the moisture? Thanks.

]]> Comment on Herbs in High-rise Habitats by vincetlwong http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/herbs-in-high-rise-habitats/comment-page-1/#comment-71 vincetlwong Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:17:25 +0000 http://mygreenspace.nparks.gov.sg/?p=3699#comment-71 Can herbs be successfully grown in gardens? Can herbs be successfully grown in gardens?

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