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EZ Seed Tape makes planting straight rows possible for even the drunkest gardener

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2008-07-17 18:02:20 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Seed Tape" is simple enough: a strip of biodegradable paper on to which seeds can be adhered. Planting the whole thing in a row not only gets you perfectly spaced rows of plants but does so with a minimum of seed waste The man made out of terra cotta plants probably doesn't have anything to do with the product. I just thought it was cute Each...
 
 
 
 
 
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Scoffs at Nuclear Winter [Architecture]

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2008-03-02 17:10:37 by Mark Wilson in Gizmodo
...seeds here on Giz, but the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway is a remarkably daunting structure that looks looks like the lair lovechild of Batman's cave and Superman's snow cave fortress of solitude Designed to protect 100 million of the world's seeds through fortified concrete and the surrounding mountainous landmass, the Global Seed...
 
 
 
 
 
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How to Make Photo Seed Packet Wedding Favors With Your Printer

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2008-05-09 13:10:04 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...seed packets with you and your fiancé's face on them! With my DIY skills below, adapted from Kodak's website , you'll be able to make seed packets for other stuff too invitations, announcements, greeting cards . . . there's no end to creativity when you have an inkjet printer and a little brainpower To see how to make the packets, just read...
 
 
 
 
 
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Gatling Gun was inspired by seed-spreading machine and used mainly for domestic intimidation

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2008-07-03 18:49:52 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...seed-sprayer. One of his agricultural inventions, a seed planter, was the inspiration, Keller believes, for the gun: "Fed by a gravity-driven hopper, the seeds dropped, one by one, into the furrow. Gatling couldn't get that process out of his mind: its rotating simplicity, its smooth mechanical perfection The most effective use of Gatling...
 
 
 
 
 
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Seed bombs: Make the world greener while forcing your philosophy on others

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2008-07-03 20:05:13 by John Biggs in CrunchGear
...seed bombs . These tiny little bomblets contain clay and seeds and you basically drop them on the ground and they germinate, spread flowers and good cheer all over the abandoned brownfields near the river Heres the recipe 5 parts dry red clay 3 parts dry organic compost 1 part seed 1 - 2 parts water We used a 16oz. plastic cup as a measure,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Gatling Gun was inspired by seed-spreading machine and used mainly for domestic intimidation

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2008-07-03 18:49:52 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...seed-sprayer. One of his agricultural inventions, a seed planter, was the inspiration, Keller believes, for the gun: "Fed by a gravity-driven hopper, the seeds dropped, one by one, into the furrow. Gatling couldn't get that process out of his mind: its rotating simplicity, its smooth mechanical perfection The most effective use of Gatling...
 
 
 
 
 
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BlackBerry Bold Seed Stock Makes Its Way Into AT&T Stores

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2008-07-28 12:23:26 by Robb Dunewood in RIMarkable
...Seed Stock, a few devices given to carriers and carrier reps to replace their own older models and train employees on the new gear, start to show up at stores According to BlackBerry News, BlackBerry Bold seed stock has started to float around. The Bold hasnt appeared in the AT&T system which is one of the reasons we believe that the the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Doomsday Seed Bank to open

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2008-02-26 08:02:32 by HASH0x8b04b28 in Fareastgizmos.com
...seeds from man-made and natural disasters. The doomsday vault has the capacity to hold up to 4.5 million batches of seeds from all known varieties of the planet's main food crops, making it possible to re-establish plants if they disappear from their natural environment or are obliterated by major disasters. The seeds of wheat, maize, oats...
 
 
 
 
 
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A Peek Inside the Doomsday Seed Vault [Clips]

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2008-06-11 12:10:00 by Mark Wilson in Gizmodo
...Seed Vault we told you about? It protects the Earth's plants for when aliens blow up our civilization so that they too can enjoy the natural decadence of fried plantains (that are generously fertilized by our decaying corpses). 60 Minutes got a peek inside the vault, and it's pretty neat stuff. Here's a 3-minute clip exploring the ice...