Maybe Prince Charles was right after all: British scientists reveal plants really do talk http://bit.ly/Lr30hj
Finally, A Map Of All The Microbes On Your Body http://n.pr/M2V5FQ
Groundcovers for gaps: http://ow.ly/1NEm0w
Unique Shaving & Grooming Rituals from History and Around the World | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2012/06/07/shaving-rituals/
Handlebar Bicycle Hanger Suspends Your Ride from the Wall | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/handlebar-bicycle-hanger-suspends-your-ride-from-the-wall/
Hacking a vintage phone into an old VW minibus to use as a kids/driver intercom: http://boingboing.net/2012/06/09/hacking-a-vintage-phone-into-a.html
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I just knew my plants liked me to talk to them! However, I have a pink dogwood that is deaf. It is still three feet tall, ten years later, while it’s sister is over twenty feet tall. Yet, when I told it to grow or I would cut it down with loppers, it started growing a new trunk within the week. I have not given up on it even though it is growing weird. Maybe I should have another talk with it. The sister plant was talked to several hours each day. Now, I need to go have a talk with my asparagus.
I have always believed plants had consciousness and sense of self.