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Must-See Science: Videos From Science Friday
Want To Cut Grass Out Of Your Life? Try Moss
July 10, 2009 Summertime doesn't have to mean hours behind the lawn mower, at least for shade-dwellers. Forty years ago, David Benner, horticulturist and moss enthusiast, killed all the grass on his property and cultivated moss in its place. Benner has 25 different moss species growing in his garden near New Hope, Pa.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
'Wicked Plants' Creep Through Brooklyn Gardens
June 19, 2009 Wicked Plants is a new book documenting the sometimes deadly plant kingdom. Author Amy Stewart writes about illegal, dangerous and toxic species, including oleander and poison sumac. This summer, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden features some of these "evil" plants skulking among its lily ponds and greenhouses.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
The Heritage Rosarium: A Once-A-Year Experience
May 24, 2009 It takes an obsession to create a rose garden as glorious as the one Nick Weber has grown at his home in Ashton, Md. He calls it the "Heritage Rosarium," and it's filled with nearly 700 heirloom varieties of ramblers and climbers. Nick and his wife, Roseanne, open the garden to the public only once a year on Memorial Day weekend.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Talking Tomatoes Into Growing Bigger
April 4, 2009 The Royal Horticultural Society held open auditions to try to come up with the 10 best voices to encourage their tomatoes in a month-long experiment.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Diversions
'Good Blooming Year' For California Wildflowers
March 5, 2009 Peak season for desert wildflowers is just around the corner. Gail Sevrens, state park district services manager for the Colorado Desert District, which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California, says this is a good year to catch some more elusive species in Anza-Borrego.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Darwin: The "Reluctant Revolutionary"
'Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes'
February 22, 2009 This Orchids. These brilliant, flashy, sensual, and sometimes graphic flowers fascinated Charles Darwin. This year the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has made Darwin's interest in the flowers the theme of their annual orchid exhibition.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, October 10, 2008
Preparing For A Fall Harvest
October 10, 2008 Science Friday examines the process of fall gardening — the crops that can be planted in autumn and the ways to prepare for next year. We also discuss the benefits of composting.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Friday, August 08, 2008
Books
Heirloom Tomato Farmer Finds Beauty In The Ugly
August 8, 2008 Tim Stark was a management consultant when he stumbled into heirloom tomato farming, as he describes in Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Farmer. (Tip: The ugliest tend to be tastiest.) Now his tomatoes are served in the finest New York restaurants.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Online Plea Spurs Gardeners To Aid Texas Woman
July 24, 2008 In East Texas, a divorced mother can't pay the higher rent her landlord wants, so she's moving out. Scores of gardeners from across the state are helping her move her lush garden of shrubs, trees and beloved day lilies to her new home, one plant at a time.
