05.21.09
Weird “Discovery”
I subscribe to Discovery Magazine because I like to think I am intellectual enough to understand the articles. Occasionally there is an article in there that pertains to me. Here you go…two weird items in the June 2009 Discovery Magazine.
Item #1: Page 29. Easybloom Plant Sensor. Yes shoppers for the small fee of $60 you can purchase the EasyBloom. You jab it into your soil, leave it for a day and plug it into your computer. What does it do? “It will match your local soil and weather conditions to a database that can tell you which perennials and annuals will thrive in your garden and what your existing plants are missing.” No comment.
Item #2: Page 30. Money from Muck.
“Farmers have used manure in slurry form for years as an organic fertilizer. But animal feces can be a dangerous pollutant, and handling liquid waste is messy at best. EarthRenew, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, says it has a better way: converting manure into dry granules.”
I never thought of manure (animal waste) as a dangerous pollutant. Hmmm..
So there you go, I’m off to deal with a dangerous pollutant by shoveling said pollutant onto my marion berry plants. Let’s hope I make it back from the dangerous outdoors.