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    Posted on May 11th, 2008

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    Violet, you’re turning violet, Violet!

    Biology at the beginning of the third millennium, the 21st century, the year 2006, is much like Physics was in the 1950s. We’ve recently uncovered the tools and built up the requisite knowledge to make huge strides in our ability to understand what happens with life, as well as our ability to control it. With [...]

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    Garden of ‘06

    As spring approached, I felt it was necessary to turn my deck into a garden. Why? Well, partially because fresh fruit and herbs are super-tasty, and partially because my yard is far too filled with evil, herbivorous critters that want nothing better than to eat all my tasty fruits. My

    Rosemary. The tastiest evergreen shrub [...]

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    Soup == Good food.

    I made a vegetable soup yesterday, and it’s tasty, so I’ll share. No, not as a recipe, at least not yet. A vegetable soup is a pretty simple thing, as long as you follow some basic principles.
    There are two major parts to the soup: the liquids and the solids. Liquids should be about 75% vegetable [...]

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    Inverted Indoor Gardening

    Here’s a nice how-to on making a inverted indoor hanging pot for tomatoes and other vine vegetables. Looks cool, though not what I need for my stuff. I would like to get a nice inverted tomato pot (or five) for the outdoors, ’cause fresh tomatoes are so worth the effort. Well, the effort I put [...]