Tuberose in India
Posted by Trygve Sahar Harris on 2nd Jan 2022
Tuberose in India
One summer, about 2006, I had the pleasure of visiting a Tuberose farm near Pune. Indian farm plots are quite small--this one was about an acre I think. Marigolds were planted along the edges, and interspersed with the tuberose.Like asparagus, tuberose grows as a single long stalk; not on a bush or tree. There is no relation to Rose--the Latin binomial is Polianthus tuberosa whereas roses all belong to the Rosa ssp.In India, tuberose flowers are primarily used in temples. In fact, about 8 …Welcome 2022--Let's try something new
Posted by Trygve Sahar Harris on 31st Dec 2021
Welcome 2022--Let's try something new
The last two years have been device-intense, and that's a mixed bag. On the one hand, aren't you glad we had it? But enough already. Enough with the constant scrolling. Not only does it take our attention away from our actual lives, but it allows us to be manipulated and spied on, to become an actual product for those giant companies like facebook to sell our data to other giant companies.I'm not saying we should all stop all of this, because we quite obviously can't. But we sure as hell c …2021 Winds Down
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