new hope for garden procrastinators

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

Kew Gardens researchers have managed to germinate seeds captured at sea during the Napoleonic wars 200⁺ years ago. 

image gacked from news.bbc.co.uk

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[peach-salsa.livejournal.com]

I could've saved 'em a lot of time by simply referring them to Keith Richards.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

Keith Richards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards) at 63, with the cumulative consequences of many years of degenerate lifestyle, is one thing.  the thought of what he would be like after 203 years of storage in uncontrolled conditions is even more frightening to contemplate. 

so much has happened since the capture of the sailing ship on which that traveling merchant had taken passage in 1803.  one wonders what happened to him.  yet a few seeds from his journal are now growing in Kew Gardens.  how very remarkable.