Mulching tips and bromeliad guidance for winter care
This note collects gardening advice from the Lazy Gardener Online News letter and WaterSmart Newsletter. It covers mulching strategies to protect soil in winter, leaf mulch as a free resource, and best practices to avoid disease and runoff. It also discusses bromeliad wintering, noting frost sensitivity, shelter options, and temperature targets for indoor or garage placement. It mentions bulb timing and January planting ideas for indoors starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m
WaterSmart
Becky
Woodlands
Bromeliad Society
Houston
Rick
Carole Richtmyer
Richtmyers
Famous Lady Pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy
In the early 1500s to the 1700s pirates ravaged seas against merchant ships and rival powers. Though piracy was male dominated, a few remarkable women left their mark in this brutal, risky, and potentially profitable world.
Ching Shih Captured Seas With Vast Pirate Fleet
Ching Shih, also known as Capt. Cheng Sao, took over her husband’s pirate operation and made her adopted son Cheung Po Tsai captain. She reportedly commanded 300 ships and up to 40,000 pirates, with subordinates totaling 1,500 vessels and 180,000 men as they raided towns and ships along the South China Sea coast. She accepted amnesty when offered by the Chinese government and later is said to have bought a casino and brothel with her second husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheng Sao
Ching Shih
Cheung Po Tsai
Sao
South China Sea
Sayyida al Hurra and Jacquette Delahaye: Pirate Queens of the Caribbean and Mediterranean
Sayyida al Hurra, daughter of a Morrocan noble family, fled to Fez, ruled as a feared Mediterranean pirate queen, negotiated with Spain and Portugal for captives, and vanished after a 1542 overthrow. Jacquette Delahaye, French Haitian pirate, faked death, led a large gang, and seized a Caribbean island to form a freebooter republic before dying in a shootout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayyida al Hurra
Morocco
Sayyida
Fez
Ahmed al-Wattasi
Mediterranean
Jacquette Delahaye Delahaye
Caribbean
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Whipkey
David
Cherie Lee
A. Lynette Parsons
Gulf Coast
Lee College Center For Workforce and Community Development
Department of Labor
Texas Workforce Commission
Lee.edu
Seni
M.baytownsun.com
Newspaper In Education
Jacquette Delahaye
Oie Eee
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