Use your IPod for good

Dive into these.

http://www.open.ac.uk/itunes/ Open University provides a lot of interesting offerings. They are all free

http://oyc.yale.edu/ Open Yale University – Checkout the PHYS200. There is no ITunes subscription but you can download individual mp3s.

Orchids Online

Note to myself…

I have registered on the site http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/ to find some certain orchids to grow at the backyard.

Make your own Mossy Rock

I found this on the internet a while back. Note to myself…

 

Question: Is there a trick for growing moss on rocks to achieve a weathering effect?

Answer: When rock is brought in from outside the property to construct a rock garden from scratch, it can look out of place. Its "newness" can stick out like a sore thumb, especially if there are no signs of weathering. Growing moss would solve this weathering problem, and, believe it or not, there’s a trick for weathering rocks artificially with rock moss. It’s a job that involves strange bedfellows: namely, moss and your kitchen blender! Bring in some moss that you find growing somewhere — this will be one of the ingredients of the "recipe." Besides moss, the other ingredients will be about 2 cups of yogurt, and about 4 ounces of potter’s clay to make the moss mixture stick better to the rocks. Puree the moss, yogurt and clay until you achieve a creamy consistency. Pour the moss mixture on your rocks. As the rock moss takes hold in your rock garden, mist it to keep it moist. And voila: you have instant weathering. Nothing gives rocks that "I’ve been here an eternity" look quite like rock moss. So make growing moss a priority in your rock garden start-up activities.