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”

• Lady’s Bedstraw

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 136
  Botanical Name: Galium verum (LINN.) Family: N.O. Rubiaceae Synonyms: Our Lady’s Bedstraw . Yellow Bedstraw. Maid’s Hair. Petty Mugget. Cheese Renning. Cheese Rennet. Kingdom: Plantae Order: Gentianales Genus: Galium Species: G. verum Habitat: Native to Europe and Asia.(Most of Europe, ...
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• Last light

  
  Sahlah — Authority: 117
  setting sun catches the tree for a fleeting moment
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• What You Ought To Know About Aquaponics Systems

  
  Rec and Sports — Authority: 163
  Bringing together the fields of both hydroponics, and aquaculture, aquaponics systems are increasing in popularity at a rapid rate. Taking all the best elements from soil less farming and the cultivation of fish, it is hoped that any negatives can be stripped out. Aquaponics systems essentially work to cultivate ...
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• Fig wasps travel further than any other insect

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The tiny creatures can cover 100 miles in two days At just 1.5mm in size, the fig wasp is easily missed. But new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals it is a world champion among insects. The previous longest recorded distance for an insect transporting pollen was roughly ...
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• Delightful Aqueous Plants for Water Gardens

  
  Gardening Resources — Authority: 136
  Plants are critical to the ecosystem of a water garden . Plants take dangerous substances in the water, like nitrogen and carbon dioxide, and either eradicate them or convert them into something that ‘ll be an asset to your pool. When it comes time for you to plant your water garden , however , you can wonder ...
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• Rosemary and Garlic Roast Leg of Lamb with Minted English Peas

  
  Edible Aria — Authority: 129
  Local pastured leg of lamb is coated with fresh rosemary, garlic, coarse salt and cracked pepper then slow-roasted and served au jus with fresh peas, spearmint and fried shallots..Rinse leg of lamb and pat dry.  Remove the fell (a thin membrane covering the fat) if present, then coat with extra virgin olive oil and ...
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• One more reason to remove dead leaves from flower beds

  
  Sustainable Gardening Blog — Authority: 115
  Actually, pictured are SIX more reasons, and theyre just a few of the groundcovers that look just fine here in late November (photos taken 11/22).  My point is that all of them are all  much nicer to look at than dead leaves.  Isnt winter dreary enough without covering up our evergreen groundcovers?Now if you ...
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• Anton Mauve, painting and social background

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 446
  On 21 November, to Singer museum in Laren, the Netherlands. Last year, bronze sculpture in its garden, by Rodin and others, had been stolen. It has been replaced with recent sculpture, like the “ Braamboot ” (blackberry boat), by Maria Roosen . There are two exhibitions inside the museum with related ...
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• How Reality Checking Can Save Your Life and Your Dreams

  
  Your Zesty Self — Authority: 92
  Introduction: My personal discovery of the need for reality checking Weve all heard the saying that when we assume, we make an ASS of U and ME. And when we feel like an ass we may feel shame, embarrassment and lowered self esteem. Then again, if  when were thinking someone else is an ass we can feel resentment, ...
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• Indian PM Manmohan Singh lands in US

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington DC, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Indian PM Manmohan Singh is on a state visit to the US, at the invitation of the American President Barack Obama. It is a four-day official visit.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his team landed at the Andrews Air Force Base in nearby Maryland on Sunday afternoon, which [...]
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• Fresh As a Daisy

  
  Ugly House Photos — Authority: 143
  That’s what you’ll be feeling after using this delightful Columbus, Ohio bathroom.  So what gives with the toilet being so close to the wall?  There’s no elbow room for reading the newspaper.
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• Small amount of contamination found at Pa. nuclear plant

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA (BNO NEWS) — More than one-hundred employees working inside the shutdown Three Mile Island Unit 1 containment building were sent home on Saturday after a small amount of contamination was found inside, officials said on Sunday.About 150 employees were inside when the airborne ...
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• Nuthatch and fungi

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 446
  Today, to Schoonoord and Hilverbeek nature reserves. In Schoonoord, great tit, blue tit, chaffinch; and nuthatch sound. In Hilverbeek, Clitocybe nebularis fungi. Jay and nuthatch in high trees. Candlesnuff fungus. Pholiota squarrosa fungi. Bulgaria inquinans fungi on a dead tree. Fly agaric ...
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• Dead Graft

  
  In the toad's garden — Authority: 92
  Dead graft In the spring I grafted an exiting wild apple on my old apple tree. Unfortunately the grafting has died, although it seemed to grow callus and connect in early summer. Did I store the twigs for grafting under bad conditions? Did I do a technically lousy grafting? Did some happy little bird clean its beak ...
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• Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Trends — 1990, 2000, 2008

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Overall, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased 29% between 2000 and 2008 and 41% from 1990-2008, and the current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now at its highest in at least 2 million years, according to a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience . The new report published this week by an ...
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• Passion fruit leaf

  
  Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon - Santarm - Par - Brasil — Authority: 125
  One thing Ive learned about passion fruit plants is that they need a lot of sunlight. Ive planted the vines in places where I fantasized they would attract a lot of attention from visitors, but they never made it. They do like sun! The one in the image seems to have found what it likes the most. Its grown a lot ...
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• Mmm... Pumpkin Flowers! What? No?

  
  Tranquility... and Turmoil — Authority: 127
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• ass and man

  
  Aquarium Plants - Barr Report — Authority: 144
  A man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted to test him first. So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses. The new ass looked around, and immediatel?y went to choose a place next to the laziest ass in the stable. When the man saw this he put a ...
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• New discovery could make plants disease resistant and high-yielding

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, November 22 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have shown how a family of genes are responsible for production of ethylene gas, a discovery that could make plants disease resistant, able to survive and thrive in difficult terrain, increase yields, and other useful agronomical outcomes. This discovery of ...
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• India, US putting finishing touches to reprocessing pact

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 22(IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Tuesday summit with US President Barack Obama, Indian and US officials were busy putting finishing touches to a crucial agreement on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. The conclusion of the pact that would bring their landmark civil nuclear ...
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