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Drought Limits Tropical Plant Distributions, Scientists Report (Science Daily / Smithsonian Res. Inst.)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 week ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070502143743.htm   Drought … more →

Tags: Biodiversity, Conservation, Drought, Ecology & Environment, Forestry

Turning Desert into a Garden/Food Forest (ECO worldly / Facebook / Martin DEWHURST)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Tonight Martin DEWHURST posted an interesting message on Facebook.  It indicated the value of a publ … more →

Tags: food / food security, Agriculture, permaculture

Enabling rural people to reverse the process of desertification through sustainable land management (Gen News / LADA / FAO / UNEP)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Here is an interesting publication, mentioning some success stories in the combat of desertification … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Desertification, dryland farming, FAO, LADA, land / land degradation, Reforestation, UNEP, water conservation / harvesting

A way forward for agriculture in vast dry areas (Gen News)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Read at : Gen News http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem_print.aspx?name=63511105 First global scien … more →

Tags: Desertification, food / food security, Agriculture, climate / climate change, Drought, ICRISAT, CGIAR, ICARDA

Drought resistance explained (Google / Lab Spaces)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.labspaces.net/100532/Drought_resistance_explained … more →

Tags: Drought

Matilijas3 comments

rose ramirez wrote 3 weeks ago: One of our most beautiful flowers in the Californias is the glorious matilija. The matilija blooms f … more →

Tags: California Native Plants, California, matilija, Native Plants, rancho santa ana botanical gardens, white flowers, Wildflowers

Climate Change and Nitrogen Loss in Arid Desert Soils (Google / National Science Foundation)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115871 … more →

Tags: climate / climate change, desert/desert gardening

Strawberries into November!

Randa wrote 4 weeks ago: Last May I bing purchased a few Alpine strawberry plants and stuffed them amongst my evergreen, non- … more →

Tags: urban garden

Drought-tolerant crops can end Africa’s food insecurity (Google / New Vision)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/699460 Drought-tolerant cr … more →

Tags: Agriculture, dryland farming, food / food security, Sustainable Development

Pea Varieties Tolerant Of Drought (Science Daily)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080916143856.htm Developing Pea … more →

Tags: climate / climate change

Secrets Of Drought Resistance (Science Daily)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022141400.htm Scientists Rev … more →

Drought tolerant crops : Pigeon peas, the new maize?

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85579 KENYA: Pigeon peas, the new maize? … more →

World's First 'Self-Watering' Desert Plant: Desert Rhubarb (Science Daily)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701102904.htm World’s … more →

Tags: water, Desertification, Drought, desert/desert gardening

Turning the deserts into forests or gardens (T. VOWINKEL / W. VAN COTTHEM)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Message received : “I keep wondering about the possibility of watering the deserts. With  glob … more →

Tags: Ecology & Environment, Drought, afforestation

Apocynaceae, Thevetia peruviana, Camalonga, Lucky Nut, Be-still, Yellow Oleander

anthromes wrote 1 month ago: Thevetia peruviana is a large shrub or small tree, indigenous to the mountains valleys of the Andes … more →

Tags: Flora, Medicinal, Mind-Altering and Poisonous, Apocynaceae, Poisonous Plants, toxic plants, heart poison, Camalonga, Lucky Nut

Drought Tolerant Plants (Google / Bharat Abasha / DocStoc)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12420193/Growing-Drought-Tolerant … more →

Drought-Resistant Gardens Are an Economical Alternative (Google / MatterNetwork)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.matternetwork.com/2009/10/drought-resistant-garden … more →

Tags: Drought

Perfection and Peace5 comments

nadiaqh wrote 1 month ago: Blooming Aloe The aloes in my yard are in full bloom now. October always reminds me of the color ora … more →

Tags: Flowers, Photography, Aloe flowers, Flower Photography, hummingbird attractors

11 Pots of Water to Start the Flowers Growing

whereiskatima wrote 2 months ago: View 'out' from my porch View from porch furthest left View to right from porch Far right vi … more →

Tags: Around and About, Drought, Flowers, Native Plants, gardening in Kenya, water, Exercise, panga


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