MetaFilter posts tagged with growing

Time-lapse plants

mudpuppie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:40:37 -0800

So bored you could watch plants grow? Okay, start with Corn [0:35] and Radishes [0:46]. Round it out with: Beans [0:59] Bittercress [0:50] Burr oak [0:59] Cress [1:40] Fast plant [1:38] Fungi (footage from the National Archives) [4:22] Mushrooms (the magic kind) [0:43] Mushrooms (the oyster kind) [1:03] Peas [1:17] Peppers [1:29] Pitcher plant [2:30] Potatoes [1:40] Giant pumpkin (with dynamite!) [1:28] Stone pine [0:37] Sunflowers (warning, unhappy ending) [3:51] Toadstool [1:01] Watercress [0:45] Wheatgrass [1:15] And a bonus for people of a certain age: Sesame Street explains how plants grow [0:29]. Previously.

You can't spell "terrarium" without "terrar"

fiercecupcake — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:43:45 -0800

When it's been gray for days and it seems like spring will never come, making a terrarium (sometimes known as a Wardian case) is a good way to keep from going mad. Your own little ecosystem can be set up easily and cheaply in almost any clear-walled, enclosed container -- even a Mason jar or a two-liter Coke bottle. (Inspired by this.)

Extended extension post

Upton O'Good — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:20:40 -0800

The Cooperative Extension Service, founded in 1914 in the US by the Smith-Lever Act, was established in concert with the land-grant universities to develop practical applications of agricultural research, and spread them to farmers and others throughout the country. As part of this education program, the extension programs have produced and collected an extraordinary amount of practical advice, easily accessible to the layman... As it supports the farming community, much of this information concerns things important mostly to farmers: crop and livestock information, pest control, diseases. A lot of the publications also concern issues in people's personal lives: dealing with money, proper nutrition, food safety, overcoming hardship. There are plenty of articles useful for gardeners and cooks, and plenty of unusual topics to interest the curious. Below are some of the more interesting/useful ones I've found. (Warning: many PDF files below.) Raising alligators Raising all sorts of fish, including tropical ones Raising chickens at home for eggs Raising bees Raising pheasants Growing shiitake mushrooms Growing Christmas trees Growing rhubarb Growing coffee (hint: live in Hawaii) Growing citrus trees (you should start here) Growing pretty much every other kind of fruit Growing chile peppers Growing hydroponic tomatoes Growing herbs Making maple syrup (especially this one) Pressing your own apple cider Drying corn for Plains Indian dishes Cleaning and preparing a deer Practicing the art of sausage-making (with recipes!) Organizing a Southern barbecue (also with recipes) Curing a Virginia ham Making pickles and sauerkraut Making your own wine Canning fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, salsas, etc. Drying fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and seeds Smoking poultry and fish Deep-fat-frying your Thanksgiving turkey Making your own jams and jellies (with or without cooking them) Cooking ferns and other wild greens Making fruit syrup Making homemade cheese Making homemade yogurt Starting a worm farm Composting correctly Making hay Controlling your beavers Building a root cellar Building a greenhouse (with a few additional considerations) Building bird and bat houses Harvesting wood (and how to use a chainsaw) Refinishing wood furniture Making clothes and Creaing bonsai You can find links to nearby extensions here; Wikipedia also has a list.

Growing

hama7 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:31:52 -0800

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Kirk Cameron is GAY

thefreek — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:13:17 -0800

Growing Pains... In my PANTS! Kirk and Ray go to San Francisco and West Hollywood to witness to homosexuals, showing how to share the way of salvation without causing undue offense.

Marijuana growers use National Parks and Forest

letitrain — Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:49:09 -0800

Large-scale marijuana cultivation in National Parks and forests. "[Growers] are killing wildlife, diverting streams, introducing nonnative plants, creating fire and pollution hazards, and bringing the specter of violence. For the moment, we are failing both parts of our mission, and that is tragic." This is not a new problem. "The reasons are obvious: the land is fertile, remote and free. There's no risk of forfeiture, plantations are difficult to trace, and growers have land agents outmanned, outspent and outgunned."