tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post7921388093568700074..comments2024-03-17T20:03:11.733+00:00Comments on Radix: Up Come the OcasRhizowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-49987012334908217992010-04-17T07:34:22.351+01:002010-04-17T07:34:22.351+01:00Hi Rebsie
I think Donald Rumsfeld, with his known...Hi Rebsie<br /><br />I think Donald Rumsfeld, with his known unknowns and unknown unknowns, summed it up very neatly, although in a different, non-plant breeding context. <br /><br />If I don't cull some of these blasted oca seedlings, within a few generations the whole surface of the planet will be covered to the depth of several kilometres. Life and death, elimination and survival - that's the pas de deux they call evolution.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-8991485701175093842010-04-14T10:10:16.661+01:002010-04-14T10:10:16.661+01:00How well you sum it up ... plant breeding is just ...How well you sum it up ... plant breeding is just eugenics where the weakest get eaten. Or composted.<br /><br />One of the things I love about it is the interrelation of order and randomness. You make all your little calculations and projections, but a lot of it is still down to the whims of the cosmos. It requires a willingness to learn and be surprised at the same time.<br /><br />That little chap is very pretty. I can almost hear him calling "please don't compost me! ..."Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-6239450723565992252010-04-12T22:41:57.164+01:002010-04-12T22:41:57.164+01:00Hi Madeline
Your farm might make an excellent loc...Hi Madeline<br /><br />Your farm might make an excellent location for the good doctor to take on the Gortahorks, a race of half men, half cabbages who are ultimately defeated by local Germans wielding cabbage shredders, salt and large crocks. <br /><br />Hope the seed crop turns out well.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-48774099043367092942010-04-12T22:05:42.328+01:002010-04-12T22:05:42.328+01:00If only you had a Tardis to see the results of you...If only you had a Tardis to see the results of your work. And, yes many of the cabbage stalks are alive under the slime.Madeline McKeeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134381548508413567noreply@blogger.com