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The giant arum is another example of beetle pollinated flowers. It smells of manure so attracts manure-loving beetles. With more traditional pollinators, I've always found that a f…

If it becomes a problem I would imagine that most victim plants will evolve certain defence mechanisms. For example, some insects will simply chew through flowers to reach the nect…

Whilst I think that criticism of such heavy-handed decision making is valid, I can't help but feel this blog post is littered with unhelpful and snide culture war remarks, and a sm…

I'm starting to get a bit of fatigue for these projects that boil down to just "I asked Claude to re-write this code into a new language that's in vogue right now!" I really don't …

I think literature, music and programming are all crafts, but I can't quite go so far as to call programming 'art'.

When I was younger, bonsai always seemed to have a notoriety of being difficult to care for. I've got a ficus which I've owned for about 4 years now, and it's doing well because my…

I thought that was always the case. Dig as required to get your soil to the correct type for what you want to grow, then let it be and don't dig. Digging to turn the soil seems lik…