This and that from around the web: Spring is STILL refusing to show up here in Michigan. Since I can't get out into the garden, I'...

I'm always going on about plant breeding. I love it. It is a blast. I'm writing a book about it. It is also sometimes incredibly eas...

This article in Wired caught my eye a while ago, and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. It talks about some studies w...

If you haven't heard it yet, you should go check out the new pod cast, RadioGarden from Horticulture magazine. I'm quite struck by ...

My blog is one year old today! Happy blogaversary! "But!" you ask, "What do you mean? Your archive clearly shows that the f...

This week, we're starting with some links about the beauties of are arthropod friends: Pam has some lovely shots of a just emerged ad...

By way of The Scientist Gardener , the NY Times had a great article on green washing -- by individuals. We're used to hearing corporati...

The Scientist gardener post about "Hybrid Heirloom" tomatoes -- tomato varieties bred to combine the vigor and disease resistance...

This is just weird, but: This product monitors soil moisture, light, and temperature in your garden and relays the information to your iphon...

Loree, of Danger Garden, is growing an agave. In her car . Yes, as in INSIDE her car. Proof, finally, that I am NOT the biggest plant nerd i...

Biofortified has an excellent review of a new book by Stewart Brand (of Whole Earth Catalog fame) in which he advocates a new, pragmatic, s...

A brief story about some University of Florida researchers and the potential to genetically engineer fragrance into flowers which I mostly ...

Make that Wednesday link. It was a busy week people -- all I've got is this one link, but it is a good one! From KeeWee -- planted box...

I'm giving this top billing this week, because I think it is pretty important (normally these links are simply on the order I find them ...

Linda Chalker-Scott at The Garden Professors rips to shreds the recently talked about (including, I'm a little embarrassed to admit, ri...

Another great post from Deborah Silver over at Dirt Simple -- about container gardening . The post includes a series of photographs of a diz...

One of my favorite bloggers, The Germinatrix, has stumbled on a revolting lair of (in her words) "unnecessarily pornographic" of s...

MAT Kinase posts about a rumor to certify the entire state of Maine as organic. In his words, "an absolutely terrible idea" and I...

After taking a week off for Christmas, Wednesday links is back! First, a post from Dirt Simple with a really cool idea: Giant votive candl...

Studio G's blog had a piece on an amazing looking topiary garden in South Carolina. Well worth checking out. Tired of the cold and sn...