Category Archives: In Other Gardens

Transparent Soil for Imaging the Rhizosphere

That’s right, transparent soil.  Scientists have developed a see-through soil for use in in situ 3D imaging of living plants and root-associated microorganisms.  The clear soil is already being used to study food-bourne human pathogens on fresh produce, and could … Continue reading

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Out of the garden: Leaf Art by Lorenzo Duran at naturayarte.es

How neat is this? And yet another product available from some of our gardens and lawns (but certainly not mine!) Lorenzo Durán is a self-taught artist who was born in 1969 in Cáceres, Spain.  One day he saw a caterpillar … Continue reading

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