PLANTS

If you want to find out how old someone is, but don't want to sound rude, just ask them, "If you were a tree, how many rings would you have?"

Uses for trees and other plants are as varied as they are diverse. The cultivation of plants is part of agriculture, which serves as the basis of our civilization. Plants are used for most food stuffs, especially rice, wheat, and corn. Other food staples are potatoes, fruits, and nuts. Drinks produced from plants include coffee and tea.

But the nonfood products produced by plants are equally as important. Where would our world be without wood or cotton? Or how would our world be affected if we didn't have renewable fuels such as firewood, peat, pellets, and bio fuels? Coal and petroleum are fossil fuels derived from plants. Aspirin is a medicine derived from plants. Pesticides, drugs, poisons, soap, paints, waxes, shampoos, plastic, perfumes, chewing gum, and almost anything else you can imagine is derived from plants.

Our world would not exist today if it were not for trees and other plants with which we co-exist on this planet.

Bloggers speaking about plants can be found at sites like growingwithplants and memphiszoo.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “PLANTS”

• Sunday Rejects 12/20

  
  PostRejects — Authority: 111
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• Garden Plants

  
  gothinking.net — Authority: 151
  Herb plants become in annuals, perennials, and biennials same another types of plants. There are many kinds of tracheophyte and apiece digit has its unequalled properties. By researching the portion identify of tracheophyte you are fascinated in, you module see how to tending for it and ingest it correctly. In this ...
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• Scientists successfully germinate 4,000-year-old lentil seed

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Ankara (Turkey), December 20 (ANI): Scientists have successfully sprouted a 4,000-year-old lentil seed that was unearthed in an archeological excavation, which might lead to invaluable data for comparisons between the organic and genetically engineered plants of today.According to a report in Hurriyet Daily News and ...
  7 hours ago

• Tree Hunting & X-mas Shopping

  
  The Woo Woo Teacup Journal — Authority: 123
  Busy day today. The Christmas season has snuck up on us and here we are, less than a week away, and we’ve finally gotten around to picking out a tree and doing our gift shopping. And we chose to do it all the same day. Hubby picked Eldest Son up from college yesterday. He’s officially on break. We wanted him to ...
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• Japanese Zelkova

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 136
  Botanical Name: Abelicea hirta – (Thunb.) Family: Ulmaceae Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Species: Z. serrata Genus: Zelkova Synonyms: Abelicea hirta – (Thunb.)Schneid.,Corchorus hirtus – non L.,Zelkova acuminata – (Lindl.)Planch.,Zelkova ...
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• Seeds of MSA diet breadth

  
  john hawks weblog — Authority: 470
  Julio Mercader reports in a short Science paper that the MSA stone artifacts from Ngalue cave, Mozambique, preserve thousands of grains of sorghum starch, along with a few other grasses and palm pith. The role of starchy plants in early hominin diets and when the culinary processing of starches began have been ...
  10 hours ago

• Ancho-Seared Duck Breast with Mole Rojo and Crunchy Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa

  
  Edible Aria — Authority: 129
  Duck breast pan-seared in ancho and garlic-infused rendered duck fat and served with crispy duck skin, classic mole rojo and crunchy tomatillo-avocado salsa..For the Ancho-Infused Duck Fat1/3 cup rendered duck fat1 large ancho chile, stemmed, seeded and torn1 clove garlic, mashed1 teaspoon organic annatto seeds1/2 ...
  12 hours ago

• Que Son Las Plantas? / What is a Plant? (La Ciencia De Los Seres Vivos/Science of Living Things (Spanish))

  
  FlowersPlantsTrees.com — Authority: 149
  Que Son Las Plantas? / What is a Plant? (La Ciencia De Los Seres Vivos/Science of Living Things (Spanish)) Spread the Word! del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Help
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• 213 Wetland Plants

  
  FlowersPlantsTrees.com — Authority: 149
  A Wildlife Habitat site should provide some of the basic elements wildlife need to survive: food, water, cover or places for wildlife to raise their young. You will not always be able to do all three of these things at your site. Yet dont feel bad. It may not be necessary. You may not be able to provide enough feed ...
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• can compost have ‘pests’?

  
  DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Projects : DIY Network — Authority: 157
  My mom has a compost bin that she has used for years. She adds more than she uses and the worms are plentiful. So are roly-poly bugs, cockroaches & beetles, among other pests, I’m sure!Before using the compost in a flowerbed or veggie garden, do these pests need to be removed or will they move [...]
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• REPORT: Swedish government to meet with GM officials - could Saab still be saved?

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 738
  Filed under: Performance , Government/Legal , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Plants/Manufacturing , GM , Saab , Earnings/Financials , Rumormill , Luxury Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery Less than a day after General Motors officially announced Saabs euthanization , it looks ...
  16 hours ago

• Ornament Hanging in Huntington

  
  Meals I Have Eaten — Authority: 128
  So, since my visit to New York was last minute, Fat T. and L. already had plans for the evening. Fat T.s mother was involved in a concert of some kind and, afterwards, the family was hosting a concert/holiday party. L. and I drove out to Long Island (thats where T.s parents live) to help Fat T. and his father prepare ...
  17 hours ago

• Fossil koala species

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 147
  Koala From the University of New South Wales in Australia: Loud and lazy but didn’t chew gum: Ancient koalas Skull fragments of prehistoric koalas from the Riversleigh rainforests of millions of year ago suggest they shared the modern koala’s “lazy” lifestyle and ability to produce loud ...
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• Very Alternative: 5 Unusual Alternative Energy Sources

  
  Life within me — Authority: 138
  See more under News & Politics or in the Energy & Fuel category Solar and wind energy seem to get most of the attention from alternative-energy supporters, but there are plenty of other alternative fuel sources being explored. Some of them are entirely possible, some of them are dangerous or ...
  19 hours ago

• Ginger Pancakes with Honey Lemon Butter and Caramelized Bananas

  
  Edible Aria — Authority: 129
  Sprouted wheat flour, fresh ginger and kefir with bananas, Meyer lemon, cultured butter and wildflower honey..For the Honey Lemon Butter1/2 Meyer lemon, peeled and seeded3 tablespoons cultured butter, room temperature1 tablespoon wildflower honeyPulse all ingredients together in food processor until smooth. ...
  20 hours ago

• guerrilla gardening just went spy tech

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 450
  Guerrilla gardening is a form of activism where a gardener plants seeds or crop in abandoned land they do not own, or even public property (which I’m gonna guess is illegal). Most of these actions are done in the cover of night so they’re not caught in action. Designer Vanessa Harden has invented a few ...
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• Hemitomes congestum

  
  Botany Photo of the Day — Authority: 420
  To conclude the series of Oregon wildflowers, a photograph of a gnome plant . The conifer cone and needles gives a sense of scale, I hope. These small plants are easily overlooked, and perhaps this is why this past August was only the third time Ive encountered this species (the first being in July of 2002 in West ...
  23 hours ago

• Haryana institute claims to develop Bt chickpea

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Chandigarh, Dec 19 (IANS) Scientists at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar Saturday claimed to have developed Bt chickenpea (gram) on the lines of Bt cotton.“This transgenic chickpea is resistant to an insect called pod borer (helicoverpa armigera) which is known to cause heavy ...
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• Understanding Eau de Parfum Perfume

  
  Cologne Perfume Fragrance — Authority: 122
  Understanding what Eau de Parfum Perfume is, and how it differentiates from eau de Toilette perfume is an important part of making sure that you choose the right fragrances for the right purpose. The truth is, there are some very large differences between Eau de Parfum Perfume and Eau de Toilette, to the point where ...
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• Christmas Favorite: Holly Berry

  
  Mother Earth\'s Garden — Authority: 125
  Holly is a traditional Christmas plant. It adds it’s beauty to outdoor gardens, and indoor decorations this time of year. I’ts one of my favorite plants this time of year. I love holly’s waxy leaves and beautiful berries. Legend has it that holly helps to ward of bad spirits, that’s where the tradition to ...
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