Stereoid & paint (skin) fungi
However, the polypores have pores on the underside but the stereoid fungi have smooth, rather than pored, undersides. Remember that the pores in some of the polypores are very small (10 or more per millimetre). So to tell if you have a polypore ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Alcohol
Alcohol is mainly comprised of ethanol, plus a very small amount of methanol. When you consume an alcoholic drink, your body breaks down the ethanol first, and relatively harmless by-products are produced. Next the methanol breaks down and ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Habitat Fragmentation, its Effect on Biodiversity
When native vegetation is cleared for agriculture, habitats which were once continuous become divided into separate fragments. After intensive clearing, the separate fragments tend to be very small islands isolated from each other by crop land ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
David Rosen
Jason Strider is a twentysomething young man in the city, with an English degree from an Ivy League university, a very small apartment in the West Village, a vapid job as a receptionist at a casting agency-and no particular idea what to do with ... [... more]
Random House |
Anita Jeram
I LOVE GUINEA PIGS is an affectionate guide to the most charming of very small animals. Did you know, for instance, that guinea... How Bunny loves his mommy! And Mommy adores her little one. "Bunny, my Honey," she says, showing him how to do ... [... more]
Random House |
William Bee
Sweet old Mrs. Collywobbles lives on the edge of a big, dark, scary wood, so it's a good thing that she has a pet frog to protect her. Too bad for the... Billy can be very difficult to please. Show him something very tall or very small, and he'll ... [... more]
Random House |
Yum-Yum Dolmas
People who claim to not like dolmas can't keep their hands off these. My food-xenophobic brother-in-law ate nearly half of them at the last party we had. Unroll one bunch of leaves, and give them a quick rince in a colander. Pick out very small ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Israeli Salad
The hallmark of an Israeli salad is that its vegetables are diced very small, resulting in a nice blending of flavors. Let your tomatoes ripen in paper bags in a cool, dark place for 2 to 3 days to develop more flavor. Use enough olive oil to ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Stinking Roger (Tagetes minuta)
An erect annual herb, 1-2m high, which is usually single stemmed or lightly branched. Leaves are finely divided into long narrow lobes. Flowers are very small, enclosed within a green sheath, in dense terminal clusters. Seeds are black, linear ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica)
A dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub 1 to 3m high, with a very upright growth habit. Leaves are very small (4-7mm), narrow and tightly rolled, arranged in whorls of 3 or 4 around the stem. Flowers are tiny white bells (may be pink in bud), ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
HortNews - GMO Moratorium Extension Would Have Small Impact
An extension of the moratorium on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) release would affect only a very small part of New Zealand's biological research effort, the Sustainability Council says. WELLINGTON 22/7/2002 - An extension of the moratorium ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Glass Top Table
It's the weekend and you've invited a crowd of people over for dinner, but you only have a small dining room and a very small dining table. What to do? In our segment Tara Dennis came up with some quick and simple design solutions. A sheet of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
