Aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) have always been my favorite, likely due to my proud Colorado childhood. Do you recall the questionnaires you used to give your friends to fill out during your elementary school days? What is your favorite color? (me: green or blue). What is your favorite car? (me: Lamborghini – because that is … Read more
It’s that time of year again. Our local botanical gardens has joined the ranks of other such sites across the US to introduce a titan arum (“corpse flower”) event, based on the bloom cycle of the plant. I have never seen one of these in bloom and am not sure I’ll get there in time … Read more
The House on Friday voted narrowly to repeal clean vehicle rules adopted in March to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions by 50% over 2026 levels by 2032. The House voted narrowly to repeal clean vehicle rules adopted in March to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions by 50% over 2026 levels by 2032. REUTERS President Biden would veto … Read more
Getty Images Once everywhere the magnetic keycard is being phased out As he slipped the key card into the reader on his hotel room door and tried the handle – to no avail – he realised what he had done. For years, Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University College London, had taken care not … Read more
Sam says his dad didn’t know he had been infected with HIV for many years. Gary unwittingly passed the virus on to his wife Lesley. She later gave birth to a daughter, Abbey, who was born HIV+ and died at just four months old. Lesley did become pregnant again and in 1992 Sam arrived, this … Read more
Jimmy Garoppolo has been on the other side, the one that feels a loud and warm embrace every time the San Francisco 49ers visit SoFi Stadium to play the Rams. During six seasons with the 49ers, the veteran quarterback was 8-0 against the Rams in regular-season games. Garoppolo’s only defeat came in the 2022 NFC … Read more
CNBC’s Pippa Stevens reports on the latest news regarding the provisioning of power. Source link
I’ve been reworking a planting scheme for a commercial project that I want to share with you. It is a huge area (as in multiple city blocks long). My team and I have been managing these beds for years, so we have a good idea of what will work and what won’t. Currently, we have … Read more
As anyone who has ever opened a small, home-grown retail nursery can tell you, the economic reality for such is straight out of the veteran horse gambler’s prayer: Lord, I hope I break even, I need the money. So it went as we opened our Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture Garden 19 years ago on … Read more
