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As noted in the New York Times, and in The Scotsman, the seed storage facility at Svalbard, in Norway, opened last week.
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DEEP inside a frozen Norwegian mountain, behind an entrance blown out of the rock and patrolled by polar bears, scientists have been stockpiling the world's insurance policy against a natural disaster. With climate change pushing global temperatures beyond previous limits, it is impossible to predict how crops will fare across the globe, so a contingency plan is required. For months, countries have been sending samples of their seeds to Norway, to be housed at -18C in a giant refrigerator referred to by the nation's media as the "Doomsday Vault". Should a day come when the fields burn in the face of a nuclear explosion or drought, the vault will be plundered to rejuvenate the world's food supplies. |
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| "This is an insurance policy for the world's most valuable natural resource," |
There's a fantastic new guide to Euphorbias over at Dave's Garden.
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Paghat also has a nice page specifically on the 'firestick' euphorbias.
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| Euphorbia canariensis- there are few more elegant columnar Euphorbias than this moderately tall (6'-10') 5-sided columnar, blue-green to bright green plant. This native from the Canaray Islands has many low branches, but the branches themselves rarely branch again, giving the effect of a plant with numerous solitary columns. However, the branches come off but a few suckering trunks in a graceful curve upward, often with the lowest point of the curve touching the ground. |
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PingMag shows that with a bit of creativity, you can garden anywhere. Even in a tokyo parking lot.
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You know what I've never really understood? Garden gnomes. I mean, I sort of think they're tacky on the one hand, but really cool on the other. I don't have any myself, but they certainly are part of the gardening zeitgeist.
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I'm thinking of starting a gardening gnome thread... Anyone have photos they could contribute?
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I'm thinking of starting a gardening gnome thread... Anyone have photos they could contribute?
Gayla has a post on some pretty Cape Sundew plants she bought. We all know carniverous plants are just cool, but I didn't ever really think of them as pretty.
I found this great pic of cape sundew on wikipedia:
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I found this great pic of cape sundew on wikipedia:
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