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TRANSPLANTING SPIDER PLANTS DURING THE WAR WITH IRAQ
2008-07-08 08:00:00 by Susan Roney-O’BrienPot-bound, the plant wants dividing.I dump it out, try to pull snarled roots apart.At first, people I’d never met were dying, mouthspacked with sand. Osama had resurfaced.If, finally we cut him down, I thought,cells will divide, regroup, swell againlike those within my co-worker’s bodythat rounded out her belly like a childsplit, then balled to kill her.I cut the root ball into sections,seat each cutting, tuck them in with earth.Yesterday the boy next door came home in a box.His flag-draped coffin filled the undertaker’s hall.I place the repotted spiders on the windowsilland hope they will survive.Susan Roney-O’Brien teaches, reads for The Worcester Review and writes. Her work has appeared in Yankee, Prairie Schooner, Diner, Concrete Wolf, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Margin, Rock and Sling and other magazines. She has won the Worcester County Poetry Association Contest, the William and Kingman Page Poetry Book Award for her ...
Book Review: Little Big Bend: Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend
2008-07-06 20:53:00 Devoted to the plants of Big Bend National Park this book also captures the stark beauty of the park. After brief sections on the preface, acknowledgement and design of the book, the book opens by explaining the environment in the short chapter headed, “Big Bend, The Land of Extremes.” Along with rainfall rate, temperature extremes, ...
Book Review: Rare Plants of Texas by Poole, Carr, Price and Singhurst
2008-07-06 17:41:00 Recently released by Texas A&M University Press this reference guide is a comprehensive and detailed look at the rare plants of Texas. While useful for the layman, the book is primarily of interest for botanists and others deeply immersed in the subject matter. As such, the book is highly technical in nature and written in ...
Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules -
2008-07-02 03:00:00 [From Yahoo! News] By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Operators of nuclear power plants have yet to comply with some of the government’s fire safety rules three decades after they were issued, a congressional report said Monday. The Government Accountability Office said there were 125 fires reported at 54 power plants since 1995, an average ...
By: News for Greens
Why Drip irrigation Is The Best Way Of Watering Your Garden Plants
2008-06-08 12:13:00 While automatic sprinkler systems are the most effective way of watering a lawn, drip irrigation, some drawbacks notwithstanding, is the preferred method for the rest of the garden plants. The essential difference between the two is that sprinklers throw water indiscriminately over the area they cover, as opposed to drippers that emit water in designated spots. Judging by the fact that sprinklers are still widely used for watering flowerbeds, trees and shrubs, it seems that the advantages of drip irrigation are not sufficiently clear to many gardeners. Before dealing with these, let’s outline first the disadvantages involved with drippers. *Installing a drip irrigation system is more expensive than a sprinkler system in terms of materials and labor. Furthermore, the life span of the dripper lines is limited to about 10 - 15 years - sometimes a lot less if periodic flushing is not carried out. While it’s necessary to replace the actual sprinkler heads now and again, the undergrou...
Plants For Landscaping - Three Important Considerations For A Great Design
2008-06-08 04:54:00 Where does one begin when selecting plants for landscaping? There are a few main factors that should be considered to not only attain a beautiful planting design, but also one that has plant material that will flourish over time. Here are some important things to consider: Sun and Shade Conditions I list this first, because a plant must be located in an area where it receives the required amount of sun or shade. If not, at the least it won't perform well and at the worst, it won't survive at all. We have all seen plants that look dried out and even burnt as well as those that are spindly looking and weak. When a plant's requirement states that it needs sun, typically that means four hours or more. If a plant is a shade lover, then it should get no more than four hours of shade. The amount of hours of sun or shade does not have to be continuous; it can be filtered throughout the day. Plant Sizes Understand and know how tall and wide a landscape plant will get. That lovely plant th...
Learning To Read Plants: Redefining ?Eating Locally?
2008-06-06 21:45:00 There’s several mulberry trees growing nearby my tent, where I am camping for three months in an effort to approach 100% environmental sustainability for myself. I was wonderfully relieved to...
By: Green Options
Bindi Plants A Tree For Late Father Steve Irwin As Part Of Green Initiative
2008-06-06 21:16:00 Yesterday, on World Environment Day, rising star Bindi Irwin planted the 1.5 millionth tree as part of the State Government’s Three Million Trees program. The goal of the program is to stop climate change and promote biodiversity. In honor of her late father, Bindi named the tree “Steve The Tree”. From the article, “Mrs Irwin said Bindi and Bob ...
By: Ecorazzi
Growing Indoors: How to Help House Plants Thrive
2008-06-06 03:49:00 If you decide to take care of plants inside the comforts of your own home, you have to be very particular about its needs. Houseplants require more attention than regular plants, as these plants are not exposed to the direct sunlight and may not be getting the necessary nutrition from its environment. Here are the things you have to always check if and when you decide to put plants inside your home: 1. Plants need light. In the absence of 12 hours worth of sunlight, adequate lighting should be somewhat sufficient. Plants that are always in a dark environment are not likely to grow as lavishly as you hoped it would be. The stronger the light is, the healthier their leaves will seem be. You have to put your plants outside, in the balcony or the patio, whenever you can. And in times that they have to be kept inside the house, make sure that the room it is in is well lit and ventilated. 2. Temperature Generally speaking, plants thrive in hot environments. During the day, plants need a t...
Bromeliad Plants Basics
2008-06-06 03:48:00 The Bromeliad plant has a cycle of life that provides beautiful foliage, a dramatic bloom, and efficient reproduction. Bromeliads are native to American Tropics. The well-known pineapple is the fruit of a plant in the Bromeliad family. This plant is adaptable to indoor and outdoor environments and is related to Spanish moss. When Bromeliads are in their native environment they get their nutrients from the air and rain. These Bromeliad plants develop a special root structure so that it can attach itself to tree trunks, branches, and even rocks. These Bromeliads are known as saxicolous. Many types of Bromeliads are terrestrial and grow in the ground like most plants do. Surprisingly each type of Bromeliad can switch places and adapt to its new environment! Bromeliads can provide beautiful blooms. Mostly they are cultivated for indoors but grow well out doors in warm and humid environments. The plant only blooms once in its lifetime, but with the variation in leaves, the Bromeliad is s...
GM closes four SUV and truck plants. Hummer next?
2008-06-05 13:59:00 GMs massive Hummer SUV has drawn much of its popularity from its percieved relationship to the US Army's HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), developed and manufactured by AM General. The Humvee is clearly a very competent off-road vehicle and weapons platform, but it's hardly suited for everyday civilian use. The same can be said of the Hummer, too, even though it hardly has a single bolt in common with the HMMWV. The Hummer is based on GMs large SUV and truck chassis who now may have passed their expiration date. In any case GM apparently has felt the icy winds when they make public that they are shutting down no less that four(!) SUV and truck factories. The rising price of gas seems to have caught up with them at long last. There's no word on the Hummer, though, but GM finally seems to have seen the writing on the wall.
By: Smart Stuff
Flexible Organic Thin-Film Solar Cell Leaves!
2008-06-05 01:55:00 These are actually solar cells that you are looking at, flexible organic thin-film solar cell leaves that is. A Japanese institute and firms prototyped a foliage plant-like solar cell module by using organic thin-film solar cells. A leaf-like module featuring bright green solar cells was developed by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mitsubishi ...
General Motors To Close 4 Plants
2008-06-04 03:12:00 General Motors announced plans to close 4 plants affecting nearly 8,350 workers, as part of its refocusing effort. The company is now changing its business model to focus on new smaller cars as opposed to its core products, pickup trucks and SUVs. All 4 of the plants closing manufactured pickup trucks and SUVs. General Motors also stated that its Hummer would either be sold off or get a remake. The company is taking drastic measures after poor sells brought on by gas now nearly at $4 a gallon.
Review : Quality Silk Plants
2008-05-31 19:02:00 Review : Quality Silk PlantsAre you familiar with silk flowers or silk plants ? They are quite famous since they are look like a real plant.Most are made of a silk screened polyester and some of your higher quality silk plants and trees are even hand painted to give them the detail only found in nature.If you are looking for a place to buy silk flowers r silk trees, then I suggest you to visit Qualitysilkplants.com.They got different types of silk plants and trees.The most famous one is Silk Wedding Flowers and Silk Bonsai Trees.Their artificial plants look so unique your friends will want to touch them to see if they're real.You'll get FREE shipping on orders over $75. Visit Qualitysilkplants.com for more info..
Mauritius: Inventory of native plants
2008-05-31 09:02:00 Source: APA Mauritius launches inventory of native plants(2008-05-31 00:10:00) APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) The Mauritius minister of Agro-Industry and Fisheries, Dr Arvin Boolell has on Friday launched the first ever inventory of native plants at the Vallée D?Osterlog Endemic Garden (VDEG), 20 km from the Mauritian capital Port Louis. Full story ...
Pet Plant Pot Wants to Make us Understand How Plants Feel
2008-05-30 10:54:00 Earlier this month I’ve presented the Vitamin I.V. Plant Pot an interesting and good looking self watering plant pot. Today I’ve discovered something more extreme, a very geeky and sophisticated plant pot named Pet Plant and designed by Junyi Heo. This plant pot is for those of you who are so busy that they might ...
21st Century Pot Goes Digital - Plants Get Emotive
2008-05-29 14:32:00 This rather fab/spooky design idea from Junyi Heo lets you know how your house-plants are feeling. The pot is packed with sensors measuring temperature, soil moisture and the like and then displays the results as emoticons and symbols. If you do happen to overwater your chlorophyll based buddies the pot is clever enough to drain itself. It charges via USB and will  also send data to your PC for your perusal. Yanko Design via Gizmodo
Pet Plant lets plants express themselves
2008-05-29 06:23:00 We humans keep many other living things around us, like pets and plants. But the problem is that we can’t understand or communicate with these other beings. It would make life easier for the plant owner if the plant could just express itself. The Pet Plant by Junyi Heo allows your plants to do just ...
By: SlipperyBrick
New Nuclear Plants for Britain!
2008-05-29 05:27:00 The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has said that is it time to become more ambitious with the plans for nuclear power for Britain. Three cheers for the British PM! As we see it the United Kingdom government have adopted a softly, softly approach to nuclear power by first of all introducing the idea of replacing ...
By: Uranium Stocks
Basil: The Genus Ocimum (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants A Industrial Profile
2008-05-28 14:59:00 Basil: The Genus Ocimum (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants A Industrial Profiles) Publisher: CRCNumber Of Pages: 167Publication Date: 1999-06-23Sales Rank: 2232418ISBN / ASIN: 9057024322EAN: 9789057024320Binding: HardcoverManufacturer: CRCStudio: CRCOcimum is an important medicinal plant with uses in food, perfume and therapeutics. This comprehensive book covers all aspects of the botany, phytochemistry, food uses, medicinal uses, pharmacology, cultivation and quality assurance, as well as the economic issues related to this medicinal plant Ocimum and similar genera.In spite of numerous reports on pharmacological activities the main use of Ocimum plants is as aromatic plants and when used in foodstuffs it may have some antioxidative effect. It will be of interest to everybody involved in medicinal and aromatic plant research or related fields.http://mihd.net/3snclrht-tp://rapidshare.com/files/45238-864/Basil-The.Genus.Ocimum.0905-7024322.zip
Silk Plants
2008-05-26 16:09:00 I had been wanting to decorate our own house but I dont know what to put the right ornaments or decors. Im not that interior designer thing and in Phil it was my home who always...
Silk Plants
2008-05-26 16:09:00 I had been wanting to decorate our own house but I dont know what to put the right ornaments or decors. Im not that interior designer thing and in Phil it was my home who always...
Plants and birds and rocks and things
2008-05-26 02:18:00 Driving yesterday went much longer than I thought it would. The map is deceptively small. Most of the drive was near the Victoria river and the Victoria River Gorge in Gregory National Park. The scenery was quite stunning and unexpected. It reminded me a lot of West Texas and New Mexico, except with more trees. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Plants and birds and rocks and things", url: "http://everything-everywhere.c-om/2008/05/25/plants-and-birds--and-rocks-and-things" });
Plant more plants and tree in your yard!!!
2008-05-23 20:21:00 Go out to the local nursery and get yourself some shrubbery and trees to plant. It is a great way to make sure that you are breathing in clean and healthier air. And keep some in your home as well. And if you do live in an area that is high ... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
Top Ten Tips - Cheap Gardening
2008-05-22 06:00:00 Gardening is a fun, relaxing hobby for many, and the end result yields plenty of food, flowers and foliage. But it does not have to be expensive. Here are ways to save while gardening: Swap Plants With Neighbors - If you and your neighbors have plants that can easily be split and germinated again or extra ...
By: Tip Diva
Human Interaction with Nature: Endangered Plants ? Echinacea
2008-05-21 19:35:00 Editor’s note: Part 3 of the “Human Interaction with Nature” series focuses on an endangered plant species: echinacea. This post, and the accompanying podcast, were created by Bobby...
By: Green Options
BO out plants Mrs. Clinton
2008-05-21 00:23:00 There is no tactic to which Mrs. Clinton will not stoop.  Her use of plants is legendary.  Yet BO has surpassed even Mrs. Clinton. Rather than planting a few ringers in the crowd, the BO campaigan planted the entire crowd.   � Copyright © 2008 BitsBlog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact feedback@florack.us so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana Technorati Tags: BO, campaigan, crowd, Mrs. Clinton BitsBlog Tags: Barrack Obama, WHAT biased press?, crowd, Mrs. Clinton, Democrats Related posts Will the Clintons now start trashing Daniel Patrick Moynihan (0) Where’s the courage Mrs. Clinton? (0) What experience Mrs. Clinton? (0) What change BO? (1) What about Fred? (0) already president, is she eligible to run again? (Thursday, November 8, 2007)">Wait…. if Hillary w...
By: BitsBlog
Top Ten Tips - Reduce Your Water Usage
2008-05-19 06:00:00 Whether you live in an area with a water shortage or drought, or just want to be a little more green, here are ways you can reduce your water usage: Retrofit Your Toilet - There are flaps, floats and other gizmos you can attach to your toilet to reduce the amount of water used in a ...
By: Tip Diva
Russia accused of annexing the Arctic for oil reserves by Canada
2008-05-18 16:06:00 The battle for “ownership” of the polar oil reserves has accelerated with the disclosure that Russia has sent a fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers into the Arctic. It has reinforced fears that Moscow intends to annex “unlawfully” a vast portion of the ice-covered Arctic, beneath which scientists believe up to 10 billion tons of gas and ...
By: 1913 Intel
Her Love Affair with Industrial Shelving
2008-05-17 15:16:00 Myscha from Wisebread sold me on her love affair with industrial shelving. I've been thinking about getting a table or stand for my plants and herbs. Right now they are lined up along the edge of the door wall on the floor. I had this image of exactly what I wanted - the shelves would be open on both sides so that I could water and maintain from inside and they could get plenty of sun from the other side. I thought that a little extra shelving on the bottom would be nice so that I could keep the watering pot, plant food, and soil handy. I cruised a couple of second hand stores, but I haven't found what I'm looking for. I was considering designing my own, but alas I think this shelf from lowes will work perfectly. Its simple, cheap, and multi-functional. If I find a better plant stand or decide to make my own later on, this baby can go just about anywhere. If I wait until my Discover Card is switch to the Get More program - after June 17th - then I can get an additional 5...
By: Me vs Debt
Plants and Trees That Yield Natural Dyes
2008-05-17 02:47:00 Natural dyes are very important articles of commerce. With the coming of synthetic products, dyes have become cheaper and more available. Despite this, the production of natural dyes should not be neglected. In the Philippines, there are a large number of plants which yield dyes. These plant species are found growing throughout the country. Some of ...
Paintings on trucks, cranes, concrete pipe plants....
2008-05-13 06:11:00 Never cease to surprise people who can draw positive that neither of the most boring things on there. Here for example, truck or a crane, or even boring - "box" and the concrete pipe plant. Is it thought that they could laugh and enjoy?
By: Attuworld
Best of the Brooklyn Flea: Keep It Moving Knit Plants
2008-05-13 01:02:00 A small booth headed up by a woman as nice as her creations are clever, Keep It Moving Design sells knit plants. Each hand-knit specimen comes in a pot with its own name. Most are flexible due to wire armature and some even have moss. She has some great vintage-like jewelry pieces and some embroidered men's ties too. All depends on what she's been up to that week. If you can't make it to the Flea Market you can find some of her work on her her Etsy site.
By: Fashion Newsweek
Ever thought your iPhone could be used to water plants???
2008-05-07 17:59:00 Someone created a robotic system that when controlled by your iPhone’s Safari web browser waters your plants! When Safari’s screen state goes from horizontal to vertical, it sends a status update to a web server via JavaScript that sets the watering can up or down. Take a look at the video… It won’t be long before, we can ...
By: GadgetLite Blog
Sierra Club to Sue Over Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants
2008-05-07 16:57:00 Six states are trying to get ahead in the energy game by constructing eight different power plants. They are coal-fired plants because environmentalists have made it so hard to construct a nuclear plant. Now those same environmentalists are on the attack again.
How to Profit from Algae: Power Plants of the Future
2008-05-07 00:00:00 Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generated, according to a Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley study. The World desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future, but producing ethanol or biodiesel from plant biomass is the wrong way to do it, because you use more energy to produce them than you get out from the combustion of these product.
By: LivePaths
[Asinine] This week?s ?Man calls police to report theft of marijuana plants
2008-05-05 15:37:00 (Some Stoner)
Planted Aquarium - by Kevin and Dani
2008-05-05 06:49:00 A flash from the past… Here is one of the nicest planted aquariums I have ever seen! Kevin and Dani’s Planted Aquarium Dani and Kevin’s aquarium: "This is our 75 gallon planted community tank. The tank contains Curviceps, Bolivian Ram, Yo-Yo loaches, Siamese Algae Eaters, Queen Arabesque Pleco, Algae grazing goby, rummy nose tetras, red & blue ...
Top Ten Tips - Getting Ready For Summer
2008-05-05 06:00:00 Temperatures have finally started creeping up and flowers are blooming everywhere. They can only mean one thing - summer is coming! Make sure you’re prepared before the season comes: Buy Necessary Summer Items Early - Whether clothes, pool toys, fireworks (of course, if legal), or other seasonal items, make sure you buy early. Once you hit ...
By: Tip Diva
Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII
2008-05-05 04:23:00 5 x 7 I’m happy to announce that "Hummingbird with Phlox" has been juried into "Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII" at the Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont. The wildlife exhibition opens on June 14 and will run through July 27th. My sister has also been juried into the exhibition. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII ", url: "http://www.lathamstudios.com/b-onniesblog/blog/2008/05/04/art--of-the-animal-kingdom-xiii/" });
Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII
2008-05-05 04:23:00 5 x 7 I’m happy to announce that "Hummingbird with Phlox" has been juried into "Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII" at the Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont. The wildlife exhibition opens on June 14 and will run through July 27th. My sister has also been juried into the exhibition. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Art of the Animal Kingdom XIII ", url: "http://www.lathamstudios.com/b-onniesblog/blog/2008/05/04/art--of-the-animal-kingdom-xiii/" });
bikes...and tomato plants..
2008-05-05 02:22:00 this is "my" bike. used to belong to my uncles dad. it's got a great seat on it. N rides this one. it's a bit bigger so i can't quite balance on it but that's fine. here's a shot of N's tomato plants. it's amazing how well he can grow things without trying. just gets some good soil and they grow. he started them about 3-15-08. i like the reflection of the back reflector on my bike. we went up
Woody And Aquatic Plants Pose Greatest Invasive Threat To China
2008-05-01 18:58:00 This article provides an excellent example of how things that never occurred to you could derail China’s charge on the world scene today. China will not overtake the United States for many reasons: demography, corruption, enviromental damage and more. Now we can add in invasive plants, and China’s inability to cope. The relatively recent expansion of China’s ...
By: 1913 Intel
The Right Plants for Your Garden
2008-05-01 04:25:00 Which are the right plants for the conditions in your garden? We often buy plants on impulse only to discover when we get them home that there is nowhere in the garden that really suits them. Before buying plants, carefully look at your garden to determine how much sun and shade it gets, whether the soil is well drained or waterlogged, and whether your planting area is sheltered or receives gusts of wind. You'll then be equipped to buy the best plants for your situation; shade-loving plants for the sheltered areas, sun-lovers for the warm spots, drought-resistant plants for the dry areas (which may be either sunny or shaded), and swamp plants for the poorly-drained parts. It is also important to test your soil first to check the pH level of your soil and what kind of nutrients you will need to add, if any. Is the soil acid or alkaline? Most plants prefer soil that is slightly acidic, but there are plants that must have alkaline soil to grow. You can alter the soil's pH level, but...
Plastic from plants
2008-04-30 15:55:00 A new biodegradable plastic has been developed from an unlikely source - wheat. The wheat starch plastic has similar properties to conventional plastic, but it will break down in the compost heap in 40 to 50 days. As well as being made from a low cost, renewable resource, another advantage of the plastic is that it won't contaminate any food it holds.Watch the video on how this company CSIRO is doing it here.
By: Curious? Read
Peonies and Rhubarb
2008-04-30 02:44:00 We added a couple of other plants to the flower gardens last weekend. My wife loves peonies so we bought a couple of peony roots to plant. We actually had a few of these plants at our last home in Massachusetts so it was only natural to try to grow some more. Peonies like a well drained soil with a pH of around 6.5 to 7.0 (we'll need to use some extra lime to sweeten the soil as our soil is quite acidic) and a sunny location. The flowers on these plants are quite heavy when they bloom so it's a good idea to use some dowels or stakes to prop up the plants to keep them from falling over due to the weight of the flower.The other thing we planted last weekend was rhubarb. I grew up with several rhubarb plants in our yard and I used to love having strawberry rhubarb pies during the summer. Rhubarb is a perennial that produces a fleshy stalk that is used in pies or eaten with sugar. One note of caution, the leaves of rhubarb are toxic. Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid, a corrosive and...
Telepathy In People, Plants And Animals
2008-04-29 18:53:00 Telepathy is the ability of communicate directly from one mind to another, without the collaboration of spoken, written, or corporal language, no matter the distance between those minds.The word telepathy comes from the Greek "telepatheia". "Tele" means distant, and "patheia" is "feeling", "affection".The belief in telepathy is not accepted by the majority of the scientists. But there were done many researches to find proofs of telepathy in all the Universities all over the world. But a great part of the scientific community explain the results of these investigations as simple coincidences.The first scientific that studied telepathy was Frederick William Henry Myers, in 1882. WH Myers founded the Society For Psychical Research. He and his team worked with cases of people that stated that they were telepaths.Their investigations were published in numerous articles, that were strongly criticized by the scientifics of their times.In 1917, the psychologist John E. Cooner, from the Univ...
DESALINATION PLANTS
2008-04-29 12:22:00 WHAT IS THE RATIO OF CHLORINE DOZING TO FEEDWATER FLOW TO A DESALINATION PLANT
Vinaconex to sell stakes in cement plants to foreign investors
2008-04-29 06:48:00 Viet Nam Construction and Import-Export Corp., a state-owned construction company, plans to sell an additional 20% stake in two cement plants to overseas investors to help fund expansion. The company will sell the stake ?to foreign strategic partners who commit to retaining the stake for at least three years and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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