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My introduction to programming was due to a desire to learn how the hardware that I interact with on a daily basis is controlled. I’m also interested in programming and networking IOT devices to perform physical tasks. So far I’ve learned a bit about Java and Python. Looking forward to delving deeper into C.

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I recently put together some germination chambers to accelerate seed growth. These images show basil and pumpkin seed growth after 5 days. I’ll post more images/info about the setup later.

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Honestly I’m not too familiar with the indigenous mushrooms where I live. I do love most edible varieties. Most of my interest is centered around the challenges and techniques involved in controlled cultivation of edible varieties, indoors and outdoors.

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I’m looking to diversify my cryptocurrency portfolio. Does anyone have any recommendations? My preference is currency that completes contracts, or has a generally marketable use. Currently looking at Cardano, Enjin. My preference is to find up and coming coins that are < 0.50 USD

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Ethereum took a deep dive right after I purchased it a few years ago. So much so that I felt it wasn’t even worth selling and I’d hold onto it for fun, just to see what happened. Look at cryptocurrency now……

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This is also a great resource. If you have questions, someone has probably already asked it here: https://stackoverflow.com/

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Complex / accurate way of describing how plants return nitrogen to the soil:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_fixation#Legume_family

The complicated / accurate way to describe how plants take carbon out of the atmosphere:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4_carbon_fixation

Fundamentals :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis

And, plants in space…. :

https://www.nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space

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also looking forward to building a robot using an OpenMV cam:

https://diyrobocars.com/2017/10/01/a-minimum-viable-racer-for-openmv/

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Here is some more useful information about fungiculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungiculture

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I like oyster mushrooms a lot. They are pretty easy to cultivate as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus

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What we see as mushrooms usually only represents a very small part of the organism. Fungi are made up of mycelium. I think the easiest way to think about it is from a lifecycle perspective. Spores come out of a mushroom (they are like seeds) each spore grows into hyphae (a cell) that duplicates (white stuff you see in the ground) different spores carry different parts of the fungi’s genes (kind of like sperm and egg). When complimentary hyphae fuse together they duplicate with all of the necessary genes required to generate a mushroom and create more spores. The hyphae make up the myelium (white ropy stuff). This explains it pretty well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basidiomycota

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Fun fact – the mushroom is the reproductive structure of the organism….

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@Kimberly – I had not heard of geocaching (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching) until now. I think my kids would love that.

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That sounds great. Who was in charge of identifying?