OT: Science of Gardening

When you are not out getting dirt under your fingernails, you might want to
spend a few minutes at this site:

Exploratorium: Science of Gardening [Macromedia Flash Player, Quick Time]
http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/index.html

"Like all great endeavors gardening is both a science and an art", and this
new feature from the Exploratorium uses video clips, interactives, photos,
and articles to make this point in way that will appeal to visitors of all
ages. For example, the interactive Garden Variety presents basic facts
(vitals), information on seeds, and lore,  for vegetables and fruits such as
peas and carrots, corn, strawberries, and pumpkins. Visitors can also
virtually tour a hydroponic greenhouse located in the arctic, where fancy
lettuces and herbs are growing despite sub-zero temperatures, read a photo
essay about a pumpkin-growing competition in California, and learn how
grafting, hybridizing, and genetic engineering are used to develop new
plants.

>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

\\Steve//
"There is still no cure for the common birthday" 
-- John Glenn

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