As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed that has never been available to them before: a tomato the color of a concord grape with plum-colored flesh. It looks otherworldly, maybe Photoshopped. But it's not.
This nightshade is purple because its creators at Norfolk Plant Sciences worked for about 20 years to hack color genes from a snapdragon flower into the plant. The genes not only provide pigment, but high levels of anthocyanin, a health-promoting compound.
This dusky fruit, named the Purple Tomato, is the first genetically modified food crop to be directly marketed to home gardeners – the seeds went on sale Saturday. Last year, a handful of small farmers started growing and selling the tomatoes, but until now, genetically modified foods were generally only available to commercial producers in the U.S.
While Valentine’s Day has come and gone for folks in the Northeast, its safe to say romance, and in this case, gland secretions, still linger in the March air for many of the region’s wildlife populations.
Being in the wildlife control industry, mid-February tends to signal a spike in my phone usage and “windshield time” with calls of pungent odors in the crisp night air and depredation issues on livestock with Tasmanian-devil-like pandemonium. It spells an important milestone time of year for two prominent members of the mammalian super-family Musteloidea - specifically the striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) and the American mink (Neovison vison). Why the sudden spike in activity during this time of year? Breeding season of course!
On this day, January 29, 1983 there was one baby boy and girl born to parents residing in Albany County. One of 123 babies born state wide on that day, and 2,583 nation wide. I guess that means today is my birthday 🎂
In case you are wondering, January birthdays are actually relatively uncommon. The most common birthdays are in late September as many people request babies 🎄for Christmas and with the supply chain disruptions aren't available for about 266 days or 9 months later. 🤱
Technology like this will help keep us safe from the terrorist.
Well were back out on the line and are still picking up the coyotes! Come along and watch how I skin my coyotes
Nice video of him skinning his 'yote. He had a pretty good season. Of course, don't watch video #11, where he gets kind of skunked potentially for the rest of the season by the ice storm that not only hit New York but also the other side of the lake in Ontario.