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It's my scary Halloween special!
Heavy Petal Plant Pick brought to you by Skinner Nurseries, Marietta www.skinnernurseries.com:
Debra Davis,
a self taught Mycologist (mushroom expert), joined us to decribe what exactly a 'toad- stool' is. Toadstools are the spore-producing structures of some kinds of mushrooms.
Debra told us not to worry about the mushrooms that pop up in our lawns, called 'Fairy Rings'. They are harmless, but if they bother you, simply run a lawn more over them and
mabe aerate your lawn. Then Debra went into detail about edible mushrooms and why it's best left to the experts to identify them.
Creature Feature: Season Platt, Director of Education at Callaway was here to
dispell any myths you might have about Bats. We had so much fun with Season.
She told us that almost all the bat species in Georgia are endangered. And that only
about 1% might carry rabies. A single little brown bat (myotis) can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour! Then being Halloween we talked about the Vampire
Bat. They come from South America and are not found here. And Vampire Bats
may prove to be benificial! I read and article in the January 10, 2003 issue of the 'Journal
of the American Heart', that a genetically engineered drug, called 'desmoteplase' based
on the saliva of VB's, was shown to improve stroke patients. Hmmm. Do you think if
Bramms Stoker knew about this when he was writing Dracula that he would have
changed his name to Bramms 'Stroker'? For more information about bats Google Bat Conservation International.
Tool of the Week: Death's favourite prop, the Sickle. Ya know, in this gas powered
age we live in, you might think it odd that such an ancient tool would come in handy.
You would be wrong. Sickles and Scythes are graceful wonderful tools that can
be used where power machinery can't go. Like cutting brush on a steep slope or
working in boggy areas where heavy machinery might get stuck. Not to mention the
benifits of exercise you get from using them.
Special Organic Segment: Stephanie Van Parys, Director of the Oakhurst Community Garden told us all about growing gourds.
Recipe of the week: With culinary expert Virginia Willis - Pumpkin Soup
www.virginiawillis.com
My Special Guest: Pat Collins, also from Callaway told us of some very scary plants
with names like, The Devils Walking Stick, Bat Faced Cuphea and the Eyeball Plant!
Lock your Greenhouse doors for this one, it's my scary Halloween Special! |
Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 (Archive on Monday, January 01, 0001)
Posted by lisabartlett Contributed by lisabartlett
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