#seeds — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍫🌱 Chef Nick DiGiovanni tracks the #chocolate making process from harvesting cacao fruit pods in #Ecuador to manufacturing #Hershey's Kisses in #Pennsylvania.

The trip ends with a team attempting to build a #record-breaking massive chocolate bar across a warehouse floor.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/cacao-farm-hersheys-factory-worlds-largest-chocolate-bar

#dessert #factory #food #fruit #guinnessworldrecord #harvesting #plants #seeds #southamerica #trees #worldrecord #science #manufacturing #sweets #tksst #video

Queen Anne's Lace Appreciation.
Flower head, with the distinctive dark purple flower in the center.
Seed head, with fuzzy seed pods.

#QueenAnnesLace #WildCarrot #Summer #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #seedhead #seeds

Donated seeds to sort & package for our new, neighbourhood community sharing project - Seven Oaks Seed Library. Located on Whiteside St. at the crossroad with Kamloops Ave. We are still preparing it for public usage in about 2 weeks.

#Saanich #SeedLibrary #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySharing #Grassroots #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Seeds #GrowFromSeed #FoodSecurity

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🍫🌱 Chef Nick DiGiovanni tracks the #chocolate making process from harvesting cacao fruit pods in #Ecuador to manufacturing #Hershey's Kisses in #Pennsylvania.

The trip ends with a team attempting to build a #record-breaking massive chocolate bar across a warehouse floor.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/cacao-farm-hersheys-factory-worlds-largest-chocolate-bar

#dessert #factory #food #fruit #guinnessworldrecord #harvesting #plants #seeds #southamerica #trees #worldrecord #science #manufacturing #sweets #tksst #video

Our neighbourhood grassroots community seed library box is installed. We are launching it in about 2 weeks. There's some seed sorting/packing I'm doing over next week to start stocking it up. I'll post photos of it setup soon.

We are calling it the Seven Oaks Seed Library. It's named after our little neighbourhood in South Saanich 🌱💚

#SeedLibrary #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySharing #Placemaking #ShareSeeds #FreeSeeds #DonateSeeds #TakeSeeds #GrowFromSeed #SeedSavers #SeedsForCommunity #Saanich #CommunityInitiative #PeopleHelpingPeople #Grassroots #YYJ #VictoriaBC #gardening #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Seeds #VolunteerRun

@daniel @Linzington @kedara is #seeds will work? Or it hidden deeper?

Companion planting: The best and worst neighbours for tomatoes – Kem Ormond https://www.allforgardening.com/1909197/companion-planting-the-best-and-worst-neighbours-for-tomatoes-kem-ormond/ #and #august #best #Companion #for #garden #gardening #GardeningCanada #kem #labour #Neighbours #ormond #plant #planting #ready #seeds #the #They #Tomato #tomatoes #weekend #when #Will #Worst

Really excited to start growing these beautiful peas & share some of the seeds with Fedi-friend, @inherentlee too 💚👩‍🌾💚

My fave colour is purple. I love growing purple food plants & flowers 💜

#FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #SaltspringSeeds #peas #seeds

#GilroyCA - #SeedKits for Adults & Teens

Saturday, August 1, 2026 - Monday, August 31, 2026

#GilroyLibrary
350 W. Sixth Street
Gilroy CA 95020

"Stop by Gilroy Library's upstairs Information Desk and pick up a Seed Kit! Check back soon to learn what seeds we are offering this month.

Each kit contains:

- A packet of #seeds
- A brochure with information about the plant, instructions on how to grow it, recommended book pairings, and a recipe or craft.

One kit per person. Kits are for adults and teens ages 12+. Pick up your kit at the second-floor Information Desk. Only available at Gilroy Library, and only while supplies last! (Page will be updated when all kits are gone.)


¡Pása por el escritorio de información del segundo piso de la Biblioteca de Gilroy y llévate un kit de semillas!

Cada kit contiene:

- Un paquete de #semillas
- Un folleto con información sobre la #planta, instrucciones para #cultivarla, sugerencias de libros relacionados y una receta o manualidad.

Un kit por persona. Los kits son para adultos y adolescentes mayores de 12 años. Recoge tu kit en el escritorio de información del segundo piso. ¡Solo disponible en la Biblioteca de Gilroy y hasta que se agoten los kits! (Esta página sera editada cuando se agoten todos los kits)."

Suitable for:
- Adults
- Older Adults
- Teens

FMI:
https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a3f11ec7e16a03d00e85f83

#SolarPunkSunday #GrowYourOwn #LibrariesRule #CaliforniaEvents #CultivaLoTuyo #Gardening

Guava Fruit Seeds 30pcs red https://www.allforgardening.com/1907161/guava-fruit-seeds-30pcs-red/ #fruit #garden #gardening #GuavaFruitSeeds30pcsRed #plants #seeds #Seeds&Bulbs

Scientists race to collect the last #seeds from a critically #endangered #tree on Robinson Crusoe Island in #Chile before it goes #extinct
Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium #SeedBank, a botanic garden in West Sussex, England, where scientists are conducting germination trials and storing material for long-term conservation as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/scientists-race-to-collect-the-last-seeds-from-a-critically-endangered-tree-before-it-goes-extinct

Redwood National and State Parks flowering plants this week. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #sun #park #summer Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #landscapephotography #travel #plants #wildflowers #trail #tree #statepark #phenology #lily #tigerlily #clintonia #berries #seeds

BITS FROM TIMOTHY SWALLEHZ #21

●Choose Quality Seeds.

The quality of your harvest begins with the quality of your seeds. Always buy seeds from reputable companies to ensure good germination, vigorous growth, and true-to-type varieties.
#gardening #foods #environment #mastodon #solarpunk #nature #climatechange #seeds

Salsify Seeds for #MacroMonday

Seeds of Tragopogon dubius (Yellow Salsify, native to Eurasia and introduced elsewhere). Laguna Mountains, California; June 2017.

https://photos.alex-kunz.com/-/galleries/portfolio/flowers-plants-2010-2019/-/medias/019fa4b6-3f32-7a9b-bb52-afdeea5c988f

#NaturePhotography #CloseUp #Macro #Plants #Salsify #Seeds #Nature #Texture #Pattern #Florespondence #MacroPhotography

I grow my thumb nails long and the chickens get air conditioning

It’s hot, so very hot most plants in the Costa Blanca are turning light green, not because they need iron, but because they are suffering from heat stress. I am spending so much time wandering round the garden dealing with various disasters that I have barely had time to write blog posts.

This is a catch up post dealing with some of the jobs you should now be doing in your garden. Hopefully your gardening is more peaceful than mine, I have had to deal with chicken related demands and the Idiot Son has been here for his birthday. Anyway, this is some of what I have been up to:

27th July 2026. Things I have been doing lately.

• Dealing with Sunflowers
• Deadheading and debudding
• Trimming Dame de Noche
• Harvesting Chillis
• Repairing irrigation
• The chickens get air conditioning

Dealing with Sunflowers. At this time of year I run an annual Sunflower Challenge in my village to see who can grow the tallest sunflower. The competition helps raise funds for our Church annual Kids Club which is run during August.

As part of my ensuring nobody cheats I grow some test plants and this year they have been great fun. The sunflowers are enjoying the heat but they have grown so quickly I will probably have to bring the measuring date forward. The photos below show some of the fun of growing sunflowers, and it’s not too late to stick a few seeds in.

Deadheading and debudding. Away from the frippery of sunflowers, there is serious work to be done in your flowerbeds. Although we are not yet at peak deadheading, you should make sure to be deadheading Petunias and Rain Lilly’s on a daily basis. If you fail to deadhead the plant will just stop flowering. Removing spent flowers stimulates the plant into producing more flowers.

In addition to deadheading you need to begin a programme of debudding to stimulate profuse flower growth. Debudding involves pinching out the central flowers on some plants to encourage side growth. In the main I do this on Marigolds and Cosmos. The photos below show debudding in progress.

An essential aid to deadheading and debudding at this time of the year is to grow your thumbnails long. In this way you can stroll around the garden deadheading by pinching spent flowers between your thumbnail and forefinger without having to run to your shed to get your secateurs (not roses obviously). The photos below show below shows my human secateurs.

Finally, on the deadheading front. Watch out for fully green growth on your variegated leaf plants. Left alone fully green growth will eventually takeover and remove the variegation from your plants. I keep a keen eye out for any green growth on a nice variegated weeping ficus that I cloud prune each year. The photos below show a sneaky green growth on the back of the plant. You must take these off and the best way is to remove them by tugging then you remove the branch heel which will hinder regrowth.

Trimming Dame de Noche. This has been a terrible year for my Dame de Noche. This night scenting Jasmine would normally had its first flush of flowers by now and filled the evening air with its exotic scent. Unfortunately, it has looked pathetic, flowered meagrely and released absolutely no scent.

I have now cut it back by one third which normally ensures a late flowering and scent through September and October. I am not very hopeful, but no matter what your Dame de Noche looks like cut it back by a third now and you should be ok. The photos below show my poor plant before and after its trim. I may even give it some general purpose food, something that I have never done before.

Harvesting Chillis. Regular readers of this blog will remember that I completely cut back my Chilli plants, root pruned them and planted them in small pots to over winter. I then replanted them in larger pots with fresh compost, and lo and behold they have rewarded me with an abundance of Chillis.

Chillis are very easy to grow once you get the hang of it, and they reward you with abundant fruit. The key to harvesting chillis is twofold. Firstly make sure that the fruits are a deep uniform colour before harvesting. Secondly, when you harvest always leave a small portion of stem attached to the fruit to ensure nothing can enter the harvested chilli.

Repairing irrigation. This is one of those jobs that is essential in the current heat I have hundreds of drip irrigation nodes in my garden which you just assume will last for ever, but they don’t. The sun exacts a terrible toll on irrigation pipes and nodes here in the Costa Blanca. Although I tend to keep an eye out for bursts and leaks, sometimes I am just too busy.

It wasn’t until Cruella (my wife) remarked to me one day “why are all the plants dying” that I began to urgently address the problem. My main flower beds irrigation nodes were corroded and their were pipe bursts under gravelled areas. It is good practice to replace all your irrigation nodes every two to three years. Use a different colour node to the old one so that you can see which is the new and which the old. In addition keep a reasonable supply of pipe joints for all occasions.

The photos below show some of my efforts in repairing my irrigation; I lost about half a stone and dehydrated whilst doing this.

The chickens get air conditioning. The idiot son has been here for his annual holiday, or Chicken Fest as Cruella (my wife) calls it. In the main this consists of Cruella giving him Chickenese language classes and advanced chicken handling techniques including putting the chickens to bed at night. The photos below give you the idea.

All was going well as far was I was concerned as I blithely carried on gardening and left them to get on with it. I was in the middle of cutting back the Dame de Noche when there was a loud scream and Cruella (my wife) came hurtling across the garden carrying Elsa one of her girls who she claimed had passed out in the heat. I offered to hose her down (and the chicken) which she did not appreciate, but instead demanded air conditioning in the chicken coop. I refused.

Since then there have been daily chicken protests on the Naya with Elsa flopping around in performative faints whilst the others chant away in Chickenese. When I asked Cruella what they were chanting she said it’s “I can’t breathe” which she said is the slogan of her Chickens Lives Matter movement.

Eventually I rigged up a cost effective solution to not having air conditioning. I was quite pleased with this, but then again I am currently forced to sleep in the shed. The photos below show the protests and my solution.

Ancient #Seeds, Lost Beans: The Professor Saving North Macedonia's Vanishing Crops

https://balkaninsight.com/2026/07/20/ancient-seeds-lost-beans-the-professor-saving-north-macedonias-vanishing-crops/bi/ #seedsaving

தாவரத்தின் வாழ்க்கை – கிளிமேந்த் திமிர்யாஸெவ் (The Life Of Plants – Ten popular lectures In Tamil by Kliment Timiryasev)

நெருங்கிய பதிப்பு என்பது திமிரியாசேவின் தாவரத்தின் வாழ்க்கை என்னும் தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்ப்பாகும். இந்த மொழிபெயர்ப்பு தோத்தாத்திரு மூலம் செய்யப்பட்டு, 1912 ஆம் ஆண்டு லண்டனில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. பேராசிரியர் அ. என். பெகேதோவின் புத்தக விமர்சனம் மற்றும் இரண்டாம், மூன்றாம், நான்காம், ஐந்தாம், ஆறாம், ஏழாம், எட்டாம் மற்றும் ஒன்பதாம் ரஷிய பதிப்புகளுக்கான முன்னுரைகள் பூ. சோமசுந்தரம் மூலம் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு, திமிரியாசேவின் படைப்புகளின் (மாஸ்கோ, 1938) IV தொகுதியிலுள்ள ரஷிய மொழி உரையை சரிபார்த்து, அதனுடன் தொடர்புடைய மாற்றங்கள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளன.

எளிதாகப் புரியக்கூடிய பத்து விரிவுரைகள்

மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்: தோத்தாத்திரு

பதிப்பாசிரியர்: பூ. சோமசுந்தரம்

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