TikTok has a new design theory on the rise: anyone whose couch doesn’t touch their walls is living in luxury. Having your couch in the middle of the room, according to many TikTok users, is the mark of an expensive home.
08.01.2024 - 14:21 / theunconventionalgardener.com / Emma Doughty
Header image: An illustration of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station for docking. Image credit: NASA
Later this month, we’ll see the launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), a private space mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Ax-3 is the first all-European commercial astronaut mission (NASA calls it a Private Astronaut Mission, or PAM) to the ISS, and the launch is currently scheduled for 17:11 EST (22:00 GMT) on 17 January.
Swedish ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt will be onboard for his Muninn mission, and Alper Gezeravcı will become the first Turkish astronaut to go to space. He’ll be taking along a Turkish research portfolio that includes several astrobotany experiments:
Extreme Salt Stress and CRISPR Gene Editing Efficiency in Plants Under Microgravity (Extremophyte CRISPR (Ax-3)) has two research aims. The first experiment, CRISPR GEM, will examine how microgravity affects the CRISPR gene editing method, using three different target plant genes.
The second experiment, Extremophyte, will test the salt stress tolerance of two species of plants (Arabidopsis thaliana and Schrenkiella parvula). Schrenkiella parvula, an extreme halophyte (salt-tolerant) plant originating from the Salt Lake area of Turkey, is a close relative of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The plant is also tolerant to elements such as lithium and boron, and could be used in future experiments to investigate tolerance to heavy metals and other environmental stresses in space.
The results could lead to the use of these plants and CRISPR to enhance stress resistance in plants intended for use in life support and other systems during future long-duration space missions. Schrenkiella parvula could potentially be
TikTok has a new design theory on the rise: anyone whose couch doesn’t touch their walls is living in luxury. Having your couch in the middle of the room, according to many TikTok users, is the mark of an expensive home.
If there’s one thing celebrity recipes are guaranteed to do, it’s spark a (lightly-controversial) conversation in the comments of their social media. Reese Witherspoon did just that after she shared a new creation with the world on TikTok January 18: a mug of snow mixed with cold brew topped with salted caramel and chocolate drizzle.
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In 2024, design is taking a turn away from pastels and towards the boldness of jewel tones.
This year, when gardeners look at plant and seed catalogs, I think they will be inclined to go for the safe and familiar. After all, even optimists need a sense of security. It will probably be a banner year for roses of all kinds, with reds selling well. The ongoing vogue for cottage flowers will probably continue to be strong. In fact, the wildest thing many people will invest in come spring will be a few of the more bizarre coleus cultivars.
Many attractive plants are suitable for cultivation in suspended baskets. For this purpose plants of a drooping habit of growth are preferable, as their pendulous stems, falling over the sides of the baskets, display the flowers or foliage to the best advantage. Hanging baskets are made of various materials; those of galvanized wire are the most popular, as they are light and last for many years. Teakwood or cypress wood baskets are used for orchids of drooping growth.
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The All About Plants category debuted in the Great Pavilion at RHS Chelsea 2022. This year, six gardens supported by Project Giving Back and designed in collaboration with a UK charity, will be on display. A grief garden, a skate park with a focus on edible planting, and a vibrant design that champions good gut health are just a snapshot of the gardens putting plants at the forefront of the design and keeping hard landscape at a minimum.
This is that time of year when we take cuttings of our beloved plants. These are the indoor plants that grew too big over the summer months, the perennials we would like to increase in numbers rather than dividing, or from bringing in an entire annual plant from outside.
The gardener must at times give plants protection against too intense light and against excessively high temperatures.
Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt must be doing something right—they are one of the few success stories from The Bachelor franchise, now happily married and living together in New York City.