Risk-taking nursery a breath of fresh air
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| In an age when children appear to be anchored to TV and computer screens and kept indoors against a harsh and threatening world, the youngsters of Farley nursery are being set free. Most of their day is spent outside, even when the rain is falling. The 20 pupils come inside only for breaks and the rest of the time are allowed to roam, to make dens, mud pies and explore. Sue Palmer, the head, believes "outdoor learning" is a better way of teaching very young children than enclosing them in classrooms. She is preparing to enrol babies in the New... |
Scientists To Stake Out World's Hurricane Nursery
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| Scientists to stake out world's hurricane nursery 14:26 27 July 2006 NewScientist.com news service Jeff Hecht A map of 2004 hurricane paths shows the point where each storm was recognised as a tropical depression. Almost all major hurricanes begin as low pressure wavefronts coming off the African coast (Image: US National Hurricane Center) Scientists will spend the peak of the North Atlantic hurricane season focusing a fleet of satellites, a dedicated research aircraft, and ground-based radars on belts of thunderstorms and low pressure moving westwards from the tropical African coast. The aim is to find out why and how about... |
Dry and Desperate (Rain Please... and a Noose for Gorelick)
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| I'm sorry folks....... I had to vent............ a silly vanity.I have a small nursery in PA..........which is only watered by a fine and deep well with hoses all over the acres....... and, the grace of God ......... RAIN.Well............ we are having a serious draught here in Southwestern, PA.I'm going nuts watering by hand 20 hours a day, mosquitoes, flies, and yellow jackets dealing with my attention.While I'm out watering under the lights tonight, here's wishing all FReepers fine days and good health........ and may the truth of 'Able Danger' and Jamie Gorelick/Clinton/Berger finally be told.I'm a little daffy having been... |
CA: USDA Acts to End Fight Over Plant Disease ( View from California on national problem )
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| California growers hope new rules will help them sell to states that tried to block all shipments from the Golden State. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a set of rules to control a plant disease known as sudden oak death, and growers say the regulations will make it easier for California's $2.35-billion nursery industry to ship plants to other states. |
Millions of Plants Caught in Dragnet for Oak Killer
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| JUST in time to complicate spring planting, the federal government is preparing to issue what agriculture officials call the most sweeping restrictions on the shipment of nursery plants ever undertaken in the United States, to try to prevent the spread of a virulent disease that has killed tens of thousands of oaks and other species along the West Coast. The restrictions, expected to be issued in early January, will affect millions of plants grown in California, Oregon and Washington, about one-third of the country's nursery plant supply. They will require inspection, sampling and possibly testing of all plants that could... |
Mexico envies U.S. poinsettia industry
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| CUERNAVACA, Mexico - In the greenhouses of Mexico, people tell the story of the poinsettia plant with a touch of regret. Back in the early 1800s, the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, took home a Mexican plant that turned a brilliant red in the winter. Mexicans called it nochebuena, or Christmas Eve plant. Americans named it after Poinsett. Now, the United States produces more poinsettias than any other country, patenting new varieties and reaping about $260 million a year in sales. Mexico, on the other hand, can't sell the plants in the United States because of restrictions on... |
Thieves Targeting Gardens With Rare Plant
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| COSTA MESA, Calif. - The thieves struck at night and knew just what they were after. In minutes, they ripped two plants from the lavish landscaping at a home in this Los Angeles suburb, then fled when the homeowner woke up and turned on a porch light. Total haul: $3,500. The thieves were after cycads, palmlike plants so prized that a rare specimen can fetch $20,000 or more on the international black market. Some species have been around since the time of the dinosaurs but are now close to extinction. The plants have been targeted in a wave of thefts... |
Astronomy Picture of the Day 2-25-03
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 February 25 M42: Wisps of the Orion Nebula Credit & Copyright: John P. Gleason (Celestial Images) Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot young stars at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1500 light-years away. In the above deep image, faint wisps and sheets of dust... |
Astronomy Picture of the Day 10-14-02
Tuesday 9th of March 2010 04:16:23 PM
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| Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 October 14 IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula Credit & Copyright: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT), Hawaiian Starlight, CFHT Explanation: How did this nebula get created? The Cocoon Nebula, cataloged as IC 5146, is a strikingly beautiful nebula located about 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of Cygnus. Inside the Cocoon is a newly developing open cluster of stars. Like other stellar nurseries, the Cocoon Nebula is, at the... |
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