Author Archives: Greg

About Greg

I enjoy chess, amateur radio, gardening, beekeeping, birding, and being outdoors.

Tree Planting Day in Lebanon – Friday March 8

Posted on 6 March 2013 by Greg

On March 8 and 9 Tennessee Environmental Council along with several member groups, partners and sponsors will plant 10,000 trees and we need YOUR help!  Planting a tree is a simple act with TREEmendous benefits.  Trees have a myriad of benefits … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Fooled: Flowers Mislead Traditional Taxonomy

Posted on 6 March 2013 by Greg

Mar. 4, 2013 — For hundreds of years, plant taxonomists have worked to understand how species are related. Until relatively recently, their only reliable source of information about these relationships was the plants’ morphology — traits that could be observed, … Continue reading →

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New Insights Into Plant Evolution

Posted on 2 March 2013 by Greg

Feb. 28, 2013 — New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool for engineering higher yielding crops. In a study published today in Science, researchers from Monash University and collaborators in Japan … Continue reading →

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A promising fruit: The tree tomato.

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Greg | Comments Off on A promising fruit: The tree tomato

53 Year Old Terrarium

Posted on 24 February 2013 by Greg

Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: Seedling sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years. David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it … Continue reading →

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