Sentences with phrase «growing near plants»

«Seedlings growing near plants of the same species are more likely to die and we now know why.

Not exact matches

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

By 2000 Pacific Farms scaled back their commercial production (which they hope to restart in the near future), but they still grow plants for customers who want to grow wasabi as a hobby (six live plants for $ 22.95 plus shipping).

Based in Bundaberg, Queensland, their farm is located near the Tropic of Capricorn, and grows most varieties year round, planting every two weeks.

The oat grain is naturally gluten - free, but oat plants are commonly grown near wheat fields and / or packaged and processed in plants that also process wheat products.

One way to deal with this is to grow it in a location that stays cooler / gets some shade; I put my seeds in near my tomato plants, so by the time it is summer and it's hot and sunny, the tomatoes shade the cilantro and it does just fine.

If pepper plants grow near where the goats graze, they are called Goat Peppers.

They used a 20 x 20 - foot raft with mussel growing lines hanging below as their field location in an industrial area near Hunt's Point in the South Bronx, not far from a sewage treatment plant.

The seaweed grows on ropes tethered near the surface to ensure enough sunlight reaches the plants below.

The MODIS sensors capture growing conditions by measuring the reflectance of near - infrared light from plants.

Hence, Wright surmises, they had to exploit foods such as cereals that grew abundantly near their settlements but needed more processing than other plants.

Now, researchers say they've discovered changes in the proteins of soybeans grown near Chernobyl that could explain how plants survive despite chronic radiation exposure.

Sedimentaryrocks near the earth's surface contain interconnected spaces for water toinfiltrate and bacteria to grow and move, plus the remains of dead plants andalgae once at the surface — the apparent food of many organisms.

«The rain is the same everywhere, but because termites allow water to penetrate the soil better, the plants grow on or near the mounds as if there were more rain,» Tarnita said.

Now, a new experiment here on Earth has shown potato plants can actually grow in «near - martian» conditions.

Simultaneously, the team realized that the nearby rabbitbrush, a dominant plant in the area, was growing better and reproducing more near damaged nests.

«It is the oldest plant still in operation and has had a myriad of problems from collapsing cooling towers to losing a spent fuel rod,» says Oona Adams, a union organizer who grew up in Guilford, Vt., near the plant.

Farmers are also trying to thwart resistance by growing plants that lack the Bt toxins near their fields, cultivating populations of normal insects that could swamp the resistance genes, says Randy Deaton, a Bt researcher at Monsanto, which developed some Bt crops.

So corn geneticist Virginia Walbot of Stanford University examined the effects of short wavelength UV irradiation on corn plants growing on an experimental plot near Stanford.

Three years later, the Japanese sent more than 2,000 young trees to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of the growing friendship between the two nations.

It is also naïve in the extreme to believe that modern day fruits and vegetables have anywhere NEAR the nutritional profile of wild grown plants tens of thousands of years ago (even organically grown ones), or that modern farm cows have the mineral content in their meat that wild game did back in our ancestor's time (This point is relevant because it illustrates the limitations of attempting to duplicate historical diets).

You can't find a farmers market near you and have no room to grow your own veggies, so rather than buy conventional produce from the supermarket, you avoid plants altogether.

PLANT FOODS: Any food grown near the sea is likely to contain iodine, but especially rich sources include asparagus, garlic, lima beans, mushrooms, strawberries, spinach, pineapple and leafy greens.

I've learned how certain plants can actually help others thrive just by growing near one another.

- Always place your aloe vera plant near a window because this plant requires some sunlight to grow.

The planting of trees and bushes near schools to cut air pollution — so - called «barrier bushes» — has been the subject of a growing debate in recent years.

However, because these plants tend to grow aggressively, you may prefer planting them in pots and strategically placing them around sitting areas, on windowsills, and near entryways, rather than planting in the ground.

Redwood Creek Nursery (near Muir Woods) California or Pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus, pictured above left): This plant will be grown for the coastal climate and stream bank at the Muir Beach Redwood Creek restoration project.

Our grounds include beautiful plants and trees such as the red bud tree growing near the Museum entrance, an exquisite Cup of Gold vine in the courtyard, and Matilija poppies near Chad the Blue Whale.

In Leaping Lizards, a patch of Piranha Plants, which Morton, Luigi and Toad navigate their way through on the way to Water Land, is growing near the Mushroom Palace.

Born in 1929, Yayoi Kusama grew up near her family's plant nursery in Matsumoto, Japan.

Born in 1929, Kusama grew up near her family's plant nursery in Matsumoto, Japan.

Like in Texas, or growing up near a nuclear power plant, or growing up near some weapons station.

She grew up in homes near rivers and tending the plot that her father carved out for her in a garden filled with fruit trees, edible plants, flowers, and an assortment of animals.

Marijuana plants grow at a farm near Medellin.

The contradictory nature of the drug war came home to Pine Ridge August 24 as federal agents cut down and seized the one - acre field of hemp plants growing at Alex White Plume's home near Manderson, South Dakota.

They see small - scale cellulosic refineries located near switchgrass grown on empty fields, beside pulp paper mill plants, or linked to municipal landfills, producing ethanol and using leftover biomass for co-generation of heat.

Growing up near a coal plant, she experienced firsthand the pollution and dust from coal operations and witnessed many people in her community develop cancer.

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Chives: Growing chives near peppers can help to deter aphids and other insects, and is said to improve the flavor and yields of plants nearby.

I don't know what this plant near the front porch is, but it grows like a weed.