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The variegated grape leaf hoppers came out really early, this year, but not on the grapes (which still had a while before they grew any leaves at the time: they're starting to grow leaves now, however). They're on most of the species of plants! They only ever seemed to feast on grape leaves in p...read more
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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-52459140/the-trees-that-survived-the-bombing-of-hiroshima
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by Radishrain
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List of parasites for this host:
* Anagrus erythroneurae
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'The Use of Povidone Iodine Nasal Spray and Mouthwash During the Current COVID-19 Pandemic May Reduce Cross Infection and Protect Healthcare Workers':
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3563092
Note that solutions of the kind of iodine mentioned in the article maybcontain ha...read more
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by Radishrain
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Remember those wonderberries that I scattered over several planting spits last year so that they would reseed? Well, they're doing it!
This spit has the most volunteers in it, I believe:
Yeah, there are bits of wood in there. We had a woodpile covering this part of the garden during the ...read more
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by Radishrain
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https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article242203141.html
I've been avoiding the news for a few days, but I found this in a targeted search (looking for what viruses might have combined to create COVID-19).
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by Radishrain
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http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/baking-soda-inflammation-autoimmune-diseases-05954.html
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I never thought of using chili powder is salsa before. One of the reviewers here mentioned it: https://nuts.com/cookingbaking/herbsspices/pepper/chili-powder/1lb.html
"February 1, 2018
Great flavor! I use it in the salsas that I sell at the Farmers Market.
Ronnell, Askov, MN"
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by Radishrain
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Stendesto is a cross between a Stanley plum (a European plum—not the usual Japanese plum species used in these interspecific crosses) and a Modesto apricot. It has the same number of chromosomes as an apricot.
https://bnr.bg/en/post/100167697/bulgarian-scientists-created-new-fruit
I'd be h...read more
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https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Morus+australis
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28987363
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by Radishrain
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Here's a link where you can get a member of this species:
https://onegreenworld.com/product/contorted-mulberry-2/
It sounds great for my area, as a dwarf mulberry. Hardy to zone 4. 6 to 8 feet tall (or 8 to 10 feet tall depending on which part of the page you look at). 3 to 5 pounds of fruit...read more
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by Radishrain
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https://onegreenworld.com/product/juliet-bush-cherry/
This one looks promising, as it's supposed to be very sweet, and have fruit as large as regular cherries. It's also very cold-hardy (to zone 3), and it's self-fertile. Said to produce 10-15lbs of fruit. It says it's Prunus fruticosa x Pru...read more
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by Radishrain
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https://onegreenworld.com/
Note that some of the hybrids involve cherries, and some involve nectarines (it's not just plum-apricot crosses with each other).
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by Radishrain
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https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/foot-sores-could-be-an-early-sign-of-coronavirus-experts-say/
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https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/scientists-suggest-coronavirus-could-spread-from-corpses/
Not surprising to me.
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by Radishrain
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https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3079932/coronavirus-outbreaks-may-continue-2022-harvard
The article also talks about how too much social distancing is just delaying the problem, rather than helping to solve it in and of itself. A balance, or a vaccine, or such, se...read more
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by Radishrain
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3080096/could-existing-vaccines-help-fight-covid-19-researchers-are-trying-find
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by Radishrain
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3078796/sound-coronavirus-according-scientists-its-not-spiky-you-might
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3078840/coronavirus-low-antibody-levels-raise-questions-about
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by Radishrain
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https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3079502/coronavirus-causes-covid-19-can-produce-more
This talks about how COVID-19 replicates faster than SARS, but that it is stealthier, and it seems to imply that it does far less lung damage.
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by Radishrain
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https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3077789/coronavirus-hamsters-may-show-path-toward
The article above talks a out how injecting hamsters with material from hamsters that recovered from COVID-19 increased their immunity a lot. They're thinking about testing the sam...read more
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079443/coronavirus-could-target-immune-system-targeting-protective
The article talks about how T cells that touch COVID-19 viruses are taken hostage by the virus (but that new viruses aren't produced from the T cells).
Comparisons to HIV are...read more
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3079678/coronavirus-mutation-threatens-race-develop-vaccine
The article above begins talking about an Indian strain of the virus with a mutation that changes the way it binds with cells or some such, and how this could thwart current efforts to ...read more
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3079831/coronavirus-can-survive-long-exposure-high-temperature-threat
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