Fall to-do list has future benefits (The Post and Courier)
For new readers of the Horticulture Hotline, my to-do lists are designed to help target a few activities in the yard and in the home to benefit you. These lists are not designed to interfere with football games, shrimping, hunting, golfing, eating chicken wings at a local sports bar, oyste......more...Biofuel: The little shrub that could - maybe (Nature)
India, like many countries, has high hopes for jatropha as a biofuel source, but little is known about how to make it a successful crop. Daemon Fairless digs for the roots of a new enthusiasm....more... Poultry Pets (Boise Weekly)
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Hyped-up hopes for hairy roots as biofactoriesScientists are reporting an advance towards tapping the immense potential of 'hairy roots' as natural factories to produce medicines, food flavorings and other commercial products. Their study is scheduled for the November/December issue of ACS' Biotechnology Progress, a bi-monthly journal. [click link for full article]...more... Mama?s garden (The Advocate)
A lucky few know what they want to do ? really know what they want to do ? when they grow up. ?When I was 5 years old, they lined us up at St. Paul?s Methodist Church in Monroe,? says garden writer Nellie Neal, ?and asked us what we wanted to be. I said, ?I want to be a writer.??...more... RAE Systems to Exhibit at National Safety Council's 95th Annual Congress & Exposition (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
National Safety Congress -- RAE Systems Inc. (AMEX: RAE), a leading global provider of rapidly deployable sensor networks that enable customers to identify safety and security threats in real time, will exhibit at the National Safety Council's 95th National Safety Congress & Exposition to be held at McCormick Place South, in Chicago, on October 15-17, 2007, at booth #2056....more... SW Ranches, other cities want to turn manure into energy (Orlando Sentinel)
Rural towns in South Florida and across the country have long been challenged with how to get rid of piles of horse manure that accumulate around stables and barns. It's not just about odor and aesthetics, it's about keeping harmful phosphorus from seeping into the ground water. ...more... Wellington sees chance to turn manure into money (Sun-Sentinel)
One hundred tons of horse manure. Enough to fill 150 dump trucks. Enough to cover a football field 2 feet deep. ...more... Palm Beach County towns see compost and energy in manure problem (Sun-Sentinel)
Profits envisioned from heaping problem produced by horses One hundred tons of horse manure. Enough to fill 150 dump trucks. Enough to cover a football field 2 feet deep. ...more... |