These images show that seeds deficient in HHT (right), an enzyme needed to synthesize an important component of plant cell walls, are more permeable to a red dye than normal plant seeds (left). Controlling the level of this enzyme may offer scientists a new way to alter plant growth for improved biofuel production. Source: BNL. Click to enlarge. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formati
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It’s harvest time. Bryan Zepp Jamieson, October 9, 2009 It’s harvest time here in Siskiyou County, and judging from some of the crops around town, it’s going to be a bumper crop. Mind you, we don’t have much of a growing season here, one kilometer up. Last frost is usually early May, and first frost is about now, and this year it’s already snowed once: last week. August is the only month where nobody has seen it snow, And August only gets a frost once every 20 years or so. So it’
by Matt Truman Due to the rapid growth of the human population, we need to continue expanding our supply of food. This can be difficult to do, as has been shown by food shortages around the world. With innovative methods, success can be achieved. Since we only have a limited amount of outdoor space, the most obvious way to get more space is to go indoors. Although indoor space is less than outdoors, you can still grow a lot of crops in controlled conditions. Through indoor gardening, anybo
Come October I began my preparations for next year’s garden. Gardening is a year round hobby, with only a lull during the November through February months. Below are a list of chores I performed at the end of the growing season. By starting now I can avoid some of the pitfalls I faced during my first year of gardening. Harvest all the remaining crops. The only plants still blooming were some tiny watermelons I knew hadn’t a chance to mature and my lima bean plant. The lima beans just re
The arrival of widespread frost marks the end of the harvest season for most local crops, and the close of cat-and-mouse season for North Country police and marijuana growers. Police made their biggest bust this fall in Jay, where from a helicopter they spotted about 800 plants scattered around the town and charged two men with growing about 300 of them.Adirondack Life has just posted its recent
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