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Comment by Sentient Biped on October 17, 2012 at 1:49pm

Joan,

It would be interesting to find ways to put the geometry to work in the garden.  Maybe someone has done so.

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I like to use concepts of evolution and ecology.  I don't know how geometry would fit in.  Just interesting to think about.

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The cemetery irises were two types.  One was uniform blue (self).  The other was white standards and blue/purple fall.  That might be the variety Helen Collingwood, based on the appearance and web readings about heritage irises that proliferate and persist to the present time.   I bought the variety Helen Collingwood via a web site, we'll see if it blooms next Spring.  There are so many blue ones, I don't know.  Could be Iris Pallida, which originates in 1789.  Also ordered that one, from a site that deals only in heritage plants. Then again, may be a 20th century hybrid.  They ship ready-to-bloom plants in April.  Next Spring - I might have some in bloom.  

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:52am

great article on Hulda Klager. Your photo in front of her lilac is special.  Quite a story about the river floods and replacement tasks. Appropriate use of river front heritage; glad industry didn't go in.
Do you have any idea the iris color from the cemetery? Please keep me posted on its progress. 

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:27am

Sentient, thank you for the information and your report on your crop. I start the hunt to find prevention and remedy.

How did your crop turn out, taste-wise? 

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:23am

Fractals in nature: fibonacci number, and golden ratio. Science was the one created all these beauties around us.

 

The correct spelling is Fibonacci number

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:13am

Fractals in nature: Fabonacco Sequence and the Golden Ratio.

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:06am

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 17, 2012 at 10:03am

The Hypnotic Patterns of Sunflowers

Nature's mathematical marvel, the sunflower displays the Fabonacco Sequence and the Golden Ratio. These are not numbers that just happened, inquiring minds figured these out by observing and asking why and experimenting and trial and error. These were not a "rule" handed down by ancient beliefs, they were discovered, much as an explorer discovers new lands. The discovered patterns then became codified into the sciences and used for effective, efficient and beautiful  designs. 

Fibonacci sequence: or 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144 ... each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. In sunflowers, the spirals in the center are generated from this sequence -- "there are two series of curves winding in opposite directions, starting at the center and stretching out to the petals, with each seed sitting at a certain angle from the neighboring seeds to create the spiral."

Golden Ratio: or  2/3, 3/5, 5/8, 8/13, 13/21, etc. ..."choose the most irrational number there is, that is to say, the one the least well approximated by a fraction. This number is exactly the golden mean. The corresponding angle, the golden angle, is 137.5 degrees. (It is obtained by multiplying the non-whole part of the golden mean by 360 degrees and, since one obtains an angle greater than 180 degrees, by taking its complement). With this angle, one obtains the optimal filling, that is, the same spacing between all the seeds

 

Comment by Sentient Biped on October 17, 2012 at 9:32am

A reason to save your own seeds.  From seed saver's exchange, garlic crops reduced by bacterial infection.  Infection could spreads as garlic heads are shipped around the country.  Saving your own likely reduces the spread to others, and likely reduces your own risk of losing your crop.  (my take on this).   I did buy starts this year of another variety - my aquisitional little demon demanded it! - but they are in a separate raised bed, and were big cloves, so I hope unaffected.  My beds are far from any other gardens.  In addition, individual growers are more likely to have a reservoir of unaffected plants and can resupply if the large growers are affected.  

"Many garlic growers in the Midwest have reported yellowing leaves and premature browning resulting in both crop loss and smaller garlic heads at harvest. Some growers have had almost 100% crop loss while others have had little or none."

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 15, 2012 at 2:20am

Nerdless, a favorite flower of mine, sunflowers. Glad to learn stevia works out well for you.

Comment by Nerdlass on October 15, 2012 at 2:14am

This weekend I went to see the sunflower fields in the town over. A typhoon had come and knocked most of them down, but I was able to enjoy them, nonetheless. I was simply amazed at the size of the heads! Like dishes! Wow! LOL Anyway, I just want to thank you, Joan for all your advice with the stevia. So far, so good!

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