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thinking of various possible futures and the way that things seem to be heading. we're not all that far from being able to grow about any chemical compounds we like and in about any forms too. it will be likely possible to grow little cups of coffee or chocolate without all the intervening...

i'm laying in my comfy perch. :) hahaha, spring comes soon enough...

the sooner you can quit the better. i'm so glad i got out of the habit. i started smoking when i was 8yrs old and then when i started smoking pot at 13 i told myself i could do one or the other but not both and quit smoking cold turkey. since then i'd smoked a few cigars (but got so sick the...

hang in there! :) :hugs

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Thank you! :) Looks like it has been changed somewhat already. :)

There are dark green colors with dark text or various other clashes which make it tough on these older eyes. So far noticed in the Direct Messages dropdown list as you move among items and also in the Alerts - there are probably some other places too I've not found yet. Ok, What's New dropdown...

i don't even want to imagine what it would have been like before...

ok, i hadda, (smak me if you want i can take it :) )... https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/fungi/biggest-oldest-organism-fungi

plants can change the number of stomata they have through time if the CO2 levels are not sufficient for their photosynthesis. they have fossil records of various plants which show this during various periods of the earth's history when the CO2 levels were different.

@heirloomgal and @Decoy1 thank you for the replies, details and pictures. yes, i have some Purple Dove outcrosses that look exactly like what i see there. :) those white eyes without the yellowish ring around them that get discolored with age is very nice and something i'm happy to have also...

however, underneath it all are the bacteria, viruses, phages, fungi, etc. which have been around for much longer, but because they live in a different way and aren't very big they're not considered as important - without them we'd not be here nor would the plants or other animals.

they are not native to north america but can spread or escape from gardens or be moved around by animals, wind, water, soil... as a two year plant they don't seem to persist in many areas unless there is some kind of soil disturbance and the native plants are not apex forest trees. that said...

just to make things clearer to me, this was the 2nd year you grew Purple Dove that you saw the seeds come out differently?

i see a range of browns there some of the lighter ones are toned towards what i would call olive and then the ones in the middle are darker.