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Plants in Space: ISS Microgravity Gardening
Experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) achieve success when astronauts cultivate and eat lettuce in space. With...
Sylvia Rose
15 hours ago4 min read
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Gardening: Grow Beautiful Morning Glories
Morning glories are easy to grow and fairly low-maintenance. In balcony gardens they need a lot of water and at least a bucket-sized...
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19 hours ago4 min read
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Slime Mold: Brainless Wonder & Evolutionary Link
Slime molds dwell in dark, damp environments of decaying matter, like forest floors or compost heaps. They morph between fungi and...
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Mar 264 min read
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How to Grow Carrots
Carrots are root vegetables with bright pigments and sweet flavors. Their roots are storage vessels for starch and sugar and peek from...
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Mar 42 min read
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Agriculture: Calvin Cycle in Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis enables plants to convert sunlight into energy in the form of glucose molecules to support plants and life on Earth....
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Mar 44 min read
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Sweet Root Vegetables: Sugar & Starch
Root vegetables like carrots, beets or tuberous sweet potatoes are energy reservoirs. The plants store their power underground, packed...
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Mar 35 min read
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Vermicompost: Composting with Worms
Vermicomposting turns organic waste into nutrient rich compost using the natural inclinations of worms like nightcrawlers and red...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 274 min read
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Sustainable Gardening: Compost & Old Beer
Compost for the garden can benefit from the hidden nutrition of old or flat beer. Leftover brew contains vitamins and minerals to nourish...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 273 min read
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Compost: Teeming Metropolis of Life & Death
Compost is a complex network of life, such as insects and generations of unseen microorganisms. In this earthy metropolis they busily...
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Feb 263 min read
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Earthworms: Soil Health & Ecosystem Balance
Earthworms are movers and shakers of ecosystems. They're essential for the health and fertility of soil. They provide nutrients to plants...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 243 min read
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Irrigation in History: Greening of the Land
Irrigation creates rich agricultural lands from dry barren earth. For thousands of years, people invent and refine ways to move water to...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 245 min read
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Candida Species: the Good Yeasts
Candida yeasts are prevalent in nature, environment, food, fermentation and human health. Over 200 Candida species are identified, most...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 233 min read
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Salmonella Bacteria: Science & Health
Salmonella is an opportunistic bacterium. Known for its effects on health, it can cause serious foodborne illnesses. All Salmonella...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 234 min read
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Kimchi: Microbes, Acids & Fermentation
Kimchi, a Korean fermented delicacy, is popular throughout the world, made by activity of billions of microbes. Ingredients vary but...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 225 min read
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Compost Heat: Microbes & Decomposition
Compost is created by billions of microbes in a natural exothermic process of biological oxidation, generating heat to make rich soil...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 213 min read
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Compost: Heart of Sustainable Gardening
Compost is the heart of sustainable gardening. Composting turns scraps into nutritious soil, with help from microbes and other organisms....
Sylvia Rose
Feb 214 min read
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Fruit Breakdown: Decomposition of an Apple
Apples ripen and fall to undergo earthly decomposition. Transformation from a crisp fruit to disappearance in the soil ecosystem is a...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 196 min read
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Polyphenols: Plants & the Environment
Polyphenols in plants are protectors, beautifiers and communicators. With diverse structures and functions these phytochemical compounds...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 174 min read
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Phytochemicals: Natural Chemicals of Plants
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds created by plants. They can enhance a plant's color, flavor, and aroma and provide defense systems...
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Feb 175 min read
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Fructose (Fruit Sugar): Sweetest Saccharide
Fructose is a simple sugar, a member of the carbohydrate family. It's found especially in fruits and honey. Fructose is known for...
Sylvia Rose
Feb 164 min read
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