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0	Grow an Indoor Garden on Your Wall With a Sleek, Magnetic Planter System [Desired] From its humble beginnings as an—ahem—Kickstarter project, Urbio has parlayed a successful fundraising drive into actual indoor gardening products that actual people can buy. More &raqu... 0 Published 2 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
9	this and that The weather is still really cool especially during the early morning and evenings. The weather is also really weird, raining (even hailing in some areas)...eep! We still have our winter futon (comforters) out because of the weird weather, and May is half... 0 Published 4 days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
0	Scientists Invent Grow-in-the-Dark Plants [Science] The Sun's rays power virtually all vegetative growth on the face of the Earth, or at least they used to. A new discovery by a team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany will coerce plants int... 0 Published 7 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Upside-Down Planters Let You Grow Flowers In Tiny Spaces [Daily Desired] Plants are wonderful. They brighten up a your sleepy apartment and purify the stale air inside your hermetically sealed compound. But if you have small place, they're just about the last thing you want bec... 0 Published 10 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Magnifying Glass Vase Greatly Exaggerates Your Gardening Skills [Plants] Even if the garden you planted in the spring ends up looking like a devastated warzone by the summer, you can still impress your friends with what appear to be giant healthy blooms thanks to this magnifyin... 0 Published 13 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Better Know a Grow Light [Lighting] Whether you're propagating tabletop lettuce or a batch of the sticky ickies, window sills just won't cut it. You need yourself a proper lighting rig to get the most of your indoor garden. Here's what you n... 0 Published 35 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Grow Your Own Furniture—and Save [Art] It may have been created as part of an installation, but artist Werner Aisslinger is onto something here with his Chair Farm kit that lets you simply grow your own furniture. More » ... 0 Published 43 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	North America's Biggest Collection of Carnivorous Plants Is a Rather Large Shop of Horrors [Video] Pitcher plants are so large that they can digest entire rats without thinking twice—that is, if they had brains or a nervous system. And at California Carnivores outside of Sebastopol, California, t... 0 Published 47 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Genetic Clue to van Gogh’s Mutant Sunflowers Discovered Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh obsessed himself with sunflowers until his death in 1890, later earning avid collectors tens of millions of dollars for single paintings. These days, researchers have developed their own sunflower obsession: Solving t... 0 Published 55 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
1	Antarctica Threatened by Alien Seed Invasion By Sid Perkins, ScienceNOW Because of its hostile climate and remote location, Antarctica is one of the most pristine environments on Earth. But the icy continent is playing host to ever-increasing numbers of scientists and tourists, and a new study find... 0 Published 79 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	W-fi Sensor Gives Your Dying Plants a Voice To Plead For Help [Plants] If you've been using Koubachi's iOS app to remember when it's time to water your plants, the company's new wireless sensor will give your greenery an even better fighting chance of survival if you're lacki... 0 Published 82 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
6	Fashionable plants At Resurrection Furniture and Found Objects Gallery (see yesterday's post), reused and recycled objects are not only found in the pieces that they sell. Everything at No. 10 Alabama Street is old, refurbished, recycled or repurposed. I couldn't help but n... 0 Published 97 days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
0	Who Needs Oil When Scientists Can Make Plastic From Plants? [Science] When our oil supplies run out, it won't just be fuel for our cars that dries up. Everything you own that's made of plastic has been made using the black gold and, until now, there's been no other way to cr... 0 Published 97 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Plants Use Body Clocks to Prepare for Battle By Olivia Solon, Wired UK Biologists at Rice University have discovered that while plants might look fairly inactive in the day, they are surreptitiously preparing for battle with hungry insects. “When you walk past plants, they don’t look l... 0 Published 100 days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
3	Dressed to the nines The second floor landing of our office building got all dolled up with a lovely faux indoor garden for its blessing yesterday. This is my fifth location in the twelve years that I have worked in the same office at the Ateneo de Manila University. I just h... 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
7	Thumbelina's bouquets Since I'm absolutely awful with plant names, it's kind of useless asking me what these flowers are called. Each flower looks like a tiny bouquet of even smaller flowers. When I was much younger, I remember seeing only all-yellow or all-white ones. I like ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
0	Grass Flip Flops Make Every Day a Walk In the Park [Shoes] Krispy Kreme (of all companies) created a similar kind of sandal as part of a promotion a few years ago, but Kusa's grass flip flops have two distinct differences. They're made with artificial turf, and yo... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
3	Spotlight …on my favorite flower: white lilies. 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
3	Simple blessings Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) grows in our garden all year round with absolutely no effort on our part. White is more common but we get pink ones like this every now and then. Wishing you all a beautiful and peaceful 2012. 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
2	RULE 34 RULE 34 no exceptions Submitted by: Escapedslave99 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
2	A most welcoming host I like how some people grow plants on the branches of trees. The trees don't seem to suffer for the presence of their guests and the variety of leaf shapes make everything even more interesting. Just don't ask me what tree or plants they are, okay? :)... 0 Published 100+ days ago in My Manila: Profile, Details
5	More Evidence Found for Quantum Physics in Photosynthesis Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fueling photosynthesis. Multiple experiments in recent years have suggested as much, but it’s been hard to be sure. Quantum effects were clearly present in the light-harvesting ant... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	This Gorgeous Mini Hydroponic Farm Turns Your Home into Pot and Produce Heaven [Hydroponics] Living in an apartment or any small home has its limitations—you can't blast your music, and you can't grow your own delicious things. But Windowfarms is a beautiful, simple fix—the magic of h... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
2	Just in Case Submitted by: NestorMunoz 0 Published 100+ days ago in Picture Is Unrelated - WTF Pictures and...: Profile, Details
13	lanai Thought I only had one goya this year, but found this one hidden...it was about 6 or 7 inches long. I made this into a "champuru" with the goya, lup cheong and egg.This one was really bitter but delicious. The champuru went nicely with a Bass Pa... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
29	ATTENTION VEGANS ATTENTION VEGANS Plants are alive too!!! Submitted by: Unknown 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
7	lanai At first, I thought they were the pesky weeds that pop up in the soil at about this time of year....I'm glad I didn't pull them out...because they turned out to be the Italian parsley I planted...woot!Can't wait for it to get bigger so I can start cooking... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
7	lanai About a week or two ago, I told you that a shoot of beets and one of swiss chard were coming up on the lanai.Well, there is more to tell/show...I think these are the beets...There were more coming up, but I thinned it out because I was actually supposed t... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
11	lanai I know the weather is getting cooler, but I recently planted some swiss chard and beets...looks like something is coming up in these two planters.I really like these two veggies and our markets almost never have them, so I decided to grow my own.I think t... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
7	new The weather is weird, one day cool, the next day hot.Still, it's a new month so how about some new plants?!I recently went to the DIY store and picked up these...spearmint, red bergamot & lavender mint.I actually wanted to buy more herbs but refrained... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
0	Miracle Berry’s Sour-Sweet Mystery Cracked By Mark Brown, Wired UK Popping a squishy red miracle berry into your mouth is almost like hacking your taste buds. For up to an hour, the juices coat your tongue and previously sour foods like lemon and vinegar magically taste deliciously sweet. ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Gardener With a Sense of Humor Is it just my dirty mind or do those bushes look a little funny? 0 Published 100+ days ago in UrlyBits - Distracting You With Shiny Things: Profile, Details
0	Radishes May Prove to Be Acne's Worst Nightmare [Science] Confession: I positively hate acne. While my face only bears the most subtle of scars, in my mind the red pimply warzone that covered it back in high school is still fresh, clear and just begging to be po... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Africa’s Past Landscapes Revealed in Historical Travel Accounts << Previous \| Next >> ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	World’s First ‘Blue’ Rose Soon Available in U.S. Long a symbol of the unattainable, blue roses will be for sale this fall in the United States and Canada. Named “Applause,” the rose is genetically-modified to synthesize delphinidin, a pigment found in most blue flowers. The rose was first r... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
9	whoa?! While I was away, I had these bottles with strings in it "feed" my plants. I think I've told you about these before.Satoshi doesn't really have a green thumb and usually kills the plants whenever I go to Hawaii, so I figured that if these feede... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
2	COME AT ME BRO COME AT ME BRO Submitted by: Unknown 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
0	Mother Nature as Engineer: 9 Design Tricks Borrowed From Biology << Previous \| Next >> ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
9	i spy So, we have some papaya growing, right?! There aren't any fruits to speak of after it blossomed but I'm still hopeful. Anyway, my farming technique is to throw seeds into the dirt and if something grows then goodie! I recently threw in some watermelon ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
9	blue ginger It isn't something you can eat but it is called Blue Ginger (Dichorisandra Thyrsiflora). I'm not sure if the flowers have a fragrance but the stalk looks almost like bamboo.There are taller versions of this in my parent's yard but their original plant was... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
1	PLANTING PLANTING Submitted by: Mondevu 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
0	Genetically Modified Grass Could Make Superweed Problem Worse A genetically engineered grass expected to hit U.S. markets without government review could speed the evolution of hard-to-control weeds, and perhaps require a return to toxic herbicides scrapped decades ago. On July 1 — a Friday afternoon, a time... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	Appropriately Named Mushroom Meet the Stinkhorn. The mushroom that looks so much like a schlong that even the scientists names named it “Shameless Penis” (Phallus impudicus).Via. 0 Published 100+ days ago in UrlyBits - Distracting You With Shiny Things: Profile, Details
0	There Are Plants All Up In My Grill! [Cooking] Living in a city means you often don't have a lot of space. Put a grill on your deck, and suddenly there's no room for plants. So this combination planter and grill from Erbe is pretty clever, if way odd.... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
13	on a walk (or two) Sharing some shots from a couple of walks...A tiny ladybug...spotted on a mint leaf. Don't see many ladybugs around here, so was excited to see one. Huge bullfrog, this guy was croaking really loudly.When he spotted us on the bridge from down below he st... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Our Adventures in Japan: Profile, Details
0	GREEN MACHINE GREEN MACHINE proof of concept Submitted by: fareonPicture by: Unknown 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
0	How to Use a Glass Coke Bottle to Quench Your Plants' Thirst [Video] The narration is husky and the instructions sound: why toss that glass Coke bottle into the trash (or recycling bin!), when you're a few modifications away from a retro-tastic plant waterer? Beats an Aqu... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
7	Plant Origami Shows How Dead Things Can Move By determining how a desert plant’s seed pods unfurl when they get wet, biologists discovered new principles for designing materials that respond to their environments. Eventually, the insights may help engineers improve satellites or develop artificial ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Wired Science - News for Your Neurons: Profile, Details
0	before & after: reupholstered chair + painted plant stand I’m a huge admirer of the quilts of Gee’s Bend, and I think part of the reason I love this reupholstered chair from Amy is that the seat has the same kind of modern looking, graphic-collage quality as the Gee’s Bend quilt designs. It pr... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Design*Sponge: Profile, Details
0	diy project: vintage food mill planter When April showers come to an end and May flowers start blooming, I know estate & garage sale season will be in full force soon. The combination of beautiful weather and lots of people wanting to get rid of their “junk” just makes me gidd... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Design*Sponge: Profile, Details

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