I don't know about you, but I have tons of scrap wood and this little project was a great way to use some of it up! We made rustic wood lanterns for our mantel.
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Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth… and beyond! In this episode, Emma talks to analog astronaut Elliot Roth, who recently spent two weeks in a simulated Moon mission. Find out why Elliot thinks we should pack algae when we leave Earth, and why we’d be better settling on Venus than Mars.
You can check out Elliot’s algae on the Spira Inc website, and if you’d like to get in touch with Elliot to discuss his projects, the email address is [email protected]
Elliot mentions algae causing the first mass extinction event, and you can read more about that in Poisoned Planet.
And the recent news from Venus is that scientists have found phospine gas in the atmosphere. On Earth, that’s associated with microbes, but that doesn’t mean we’ve found life on Venus! Read more: Scientists find gas linked to life in atmosphere of Venus.
And Elliot’s tomato/potato hybrid plants? They already exist! It’s possible to buy tomatoes/pomatoes to grow at home.
Gardeners of the Galaxy: Episode 8 script
Hello and welcome to episode eight of Gardeners of the Galaxy, a podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. I am Emma the Space Gardener, and I will be your host as we explore gardening on Earth… and beyond!
In this episode I’m talking to a man who spent two week on the Moon! Well, not quite. Elliot Roth is an analog astronaut, and when I spoke to him he’d just returned from a two-week mission in the Hi-Seas habitat in Hawaii.
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That’s it for this episode. If you’d like to hear more of my interview with Elliot, then sign up to support the show via patreon.com/gardenersofthegalaxy, and you’ll get access to the extended episode. And if you want to know more about Elliot’s
I don't know about you, but I have tons of scrap wood and this little project was a great way to use some of it up! We made rustic wood lanterns for our mantel.
In-ground compost bins are great for your garden since they help with pest and odor control, look aesthetically pleasing, and save a lot of space. Check out these In Ground Compost Bin Ideas to create natural fertilizer that will benefit your plants.
There are many creative ways to incorporate greenery into your house without purchasing living plants and trees. We asked interior designers to share their top tips for making a home feel more green and nature-filled, and they came up with some excellent suggestions that are great for small space dwellers and those in larger houses alike.
Perfect for small spaces, theseVertical Pegboard Garden Ideas to Grow More Plants combine creativity and functionality, allowing you to nurture a flourishing array of plants while adding a touch of artistic charm to your surroundings.
Try these DIY Hummingbird Feeder Ideas! You can make a hummingbird feeder on your own to draw these fantastic little flying creatures to your yard and home pretty easily. Here’s how!
Word by Matt de Neef, The Conversation
Header image: The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter. Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA
Over the weekend I got involved in a project that Sustainable Didcot (one of the local Community Action Groups) is putting together under the banner ‘Incredible Edible Didcot‘. The aim of the Incredible Edible movement is to encourage edible planting in public/communal areas, so that local people have access to food they can pick, but also so that people can come together with a sense of community. Sustainable Didcot have a community allotment, with a polytunnel, on the site where I used to have my allotment (our tenures didn’t coincide!), but this will be their first public planting.
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth… and beyond! In this episode, Emma recaps important spacecraft Arrivals and Departures and learns about growing nutrients and medicines in space. There’s a new plant experiment running on the International Space Station, and exciting news from ESA.
In the Hi-Seas habitat in Hawaii, analog astronauts take part in simulated space missions. Ben Greaves joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk about the isolation, the dehydrated diet, and his experiment growing microgreens in space-age hydrogel.
Can we grow food on the Moon or Mars? That was the question that started Dr Wieger Wamelink, ecologist and exobiologist at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, on a research quest in 2013.
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth… and beyond! Emma’s guest on the show this week is Dr Javier Medina, a Space Plant Biologist with the Spanish National Research Council. He talks about why it’s essential we grow plants in space, what we’ve learned from his experiments, and when there might be a greenhouse on the Moon!