Ever wondered how you could store a beautiful dutch rose in its most beautiful form for as long as you can? Here’s a tip to do just that.

Take a candle (white and not colored one), and light it. Let the melting wax trickle on the flower covering it from all the angles possible. The wax settles on the flower petals. As the wax becomes solid around the shape of the rose, it will protect the rose.

There will be some initial color change due to heat of the wax, but as it cools down the you will notice that the rose will retain its shape and texture. Do this till you have completely covered the flower with wax. This way, the flower can be retained in the same form for many many weeks and months with the transparent coating of wax. Of course, if it falls the flower will break as the wax will make it solid and hard. This might get cumbersome with a bunch of roses, moreover a bunch lacks the magic that a single long-stemmed deep red dutch rose beholds. Put it in your favorite vase and let it bloom for a long long time.

You can do this and keep your roses close to your heart forever. Okay forever is stretching it a bit too far, anyways keep it as long as it lasts.

The state of Kerala, India is on its way to becoming a model state in organic farming. With a clear roadmap of converting 20% of total cultivable land to organic farms it plans to go 100% organic in 5 years.

The truly green ‘organic revolution’ is expected to be launched in the state with the implementation of the Kerala Organic Farming Policy (KOFP) on November 1.

With that, Kerala would be a model for other states. As reiterated by Air Commodore Radhakrishnan (Rtd) based on a policy expert’s statement, “the requirement of organic farming policy is not for the farmers or for the state but to prevent our children from consuming toxic food contaminated by pesticides”.

Currently, about 7000 farmers in the state are engaged in organic farming covering a land area of 5,750 hectares. 

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