Saturday Tweets: Georgia O’Keefe, Rampaging Peacocks and Mango Mania

July 1, 2017

...rieties, Delhi, India https://t.co/YrRBbjASzv pic.twitter.com/6fqldqu3PZ — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) July 1, 2017 NYTimes: What to Blame for Your Stomach Bug? Not Always the Last Thing You Ate – https://t.co/sziOnI0cnq Most of us experience an “acute … — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) June 30, 2017 Beekeepers Feel the Sting of California’s Great Hive Heist https://t.co/lpDVolbK1N — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 29, 2017 Emojis are like mode...

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Saturday Tweets: Halloween Edition

Mr. Homegrown

October 28, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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...tps://t.co/x2OyWHVsL3 https://t.co/ARRNFwWnnJ pic.twitter.com/DUjI4uRAfd — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) October 28, 2017 Tech Support Gore https://t.co/Zmu5NwsJwZ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 23, 2017 My new column for @outsidemagazine is about my long journey to hating cars.https://t.co/eDMdyFRipk — Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) October 20, 2017 Glamor goat photos {via Whole Home News)https://t.co/8MTKEU1t0A pic.twitter.com/qBq6g5E76Z...

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Pl@ntNet: “Shazam” for Plants

Mr. Homegrown

March 1, 2016

Gardening

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...around the yard to see how it works. You take a closeup of a leaf, flower, fruit or bark and the app takes a guess on an identification. My first attempt was Nasturtium, which the app immediately identified despite my bad photo. It also correctly identified daffodils and got close to identifying Malva parviflora. It was not able to identify any of the California natives I tried, but I don’t think the program has a database of these plants yet. Pl@...

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We Grew a Cocktail Avocado!

Mr. Homegrown

December 15, 2017

Fruit Trees, Gardening

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...ening, and if other conditions are right, it will develop into a delicious fruit. People mistakenly think that avocados trees are either male or female. In fact, they are all both. The differences between trees are about when the timing of this alternate gendered flowering occurs. UC Davis goes on to explain, Nature has provided for avocado cross-pollination by creating varieties of two kinds. The “A” type is female in the morning of the first day...

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Saturday Tweets: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Mr. Homegrown

March 17, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...blela) March 16, 2018 Happy belated birthday to the "plant wizard" Luther Burbank. See my tribute to his life love of plants here: https://t.co/rnPMhrszzj — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) March 15, 2018 The Florida International Bridge Collapse Is About So Much More Than a Failed Structure https://t.co/6YiMCjEqjg via @StreetsblogUSA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 17, 2018 How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed? htt...

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