by driveroll | Nov 14, 2013 | Bioconstruction
Breeding new potato varieties is easy. You can hand-pollinate potato flowers in far less time than it’ll take you to read this article, but I’m going to attempt a reasonably thorough explanation, so I hope you find it helpful. Potato breeding is done...
by driveroll | Nov 13, 2013 | Permaculture
One baby carrot…growing up fast! This is Sprint, a new Amsterdam forcing variety (good for growing in challenging conditions) that matures long and slender in a listed 42 days. That’s fast, over two weeks ahead of the quickest regular carrot we grow (the fabulous...
by driveroll | Nov 13, 2013 | Gardening
How will we ever tuck it all in for the offseason, battening down the botanical hatches “in time”? Particularly in the Northern zones, November can turn on us. Let’s take the pressure off by working in priority order, making sure we get the important things done...
by driveroll | Nov 12, 2013 | Ecology
Considerable research has examined the influence of herbivores on the maintenance of plant diversity, but fewer studies have examined the reciprocal effect of plant diversity on the animals that use the plant community for food and shelter, particularly in marine...
