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If you have an email ending in @hotmail.com, @live.com or @outlook.com (or any other Microsoft-related domain), please consider changing it to another email provider; Microsoft decided to instantly block the server's IP, so emails can't be sent to these addresses.
If you use an @yahoo.com email or any related Yahoo services, they have blocked us also due to "user complaints"
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If you use an @yahoo.com email or any related Yahoo services, they have blocked us also due to "user complaints"
-UE
Alternative lawnmowing method
During the sugar cane's production cycle, the plant can reach heights of 2.5m to 3m, with approximately 1m between rows. Once a year, usually in May, the cane is burned and new plants sprout from the roots (not unlike mowing one's lawn, without the fire, of course).
(DeClerck, F.A.J., and Martínez Salinas, A., "Measuring Biodiversity". Ch. 3 in Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payment, 2011, Earthscan.)