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After 11 years, rare corpse flower ready to bloom in Costa Mesa

You have to be committed to it." As the 4- to 5-foot-tall specimen prepares to have its inaugural bloom, Harlow and his staff at the Costa Mesa campus have already had a whiff of what's to come."We smelled something for the first time," he said. "To me, it smelled like rotten eggs."A live-stream video focused on the flower — named Little John — showed the bloom starting to unfold Tuesday, indicating that the rare event is near.Although the horticulture department doesn't know exactly when the corpse flower will fully open, when it does, staffers will have only a 24- to 48-hour window to pollinate it. The college plans to freeze some of the pollen gathered from the fussy plant to use years down the road for future titan arum blooms. For those who want to sniff out nature's rendition of rotting flesh for themselves, the plant has been on display since Thursday, and will remain so until the bloom fully opens.jeremiah.dobruck2@latimes.comTwitter: @jeremiahdobruck ... http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-corpse-flower-20140625-story.html

Simple ways to start your winter garden for free; 3 plants to grow now

They also have free gardening workshops to help you grow a successful garden.The Mesa Main Library also has a seed lending program called the "Seed Library." Again, you can check out up to three seed packets per month, plant and donate seeds back to the library. As for what to plant, first on Mace's must-have list is wheat grass.He says ,”If you go to a juice bar, they might charge $3 for one shot of wheat grass. I can spend $3 and grow 20 or 30 shots.”And the best part is you don't need a garden to grow wheat grass. You can grow it in trays, both indoor or outdoor.Plant the seeds in a tray of soil and then cover the tray with a piece of cardboard or a paper bag to keep the seeds dark. Lift the paper bag or cardboard up at least once or twice a day and water the seeds (keep the soil moist). In about 2 weeks, the grass will grow and push that paper bag or cardboard up. When the grass is about a foot tall and dark green, it is ready to harvest, juice, and drink!Mace also says you can save on seeds by simply buying them in the bulk section of the grocery store. Just look for red winter wheat berries. They look similar to brown grains of rice.Next is bok choy. It’s full of nutrients that keep your immune system strong and it’s very easy to grow, which is perfect for a beginning gardener. You can plant it in your garden or even on a small patio or terrace. “It's really versatile for eating raw in salad, for juicing or cooking." Finally the moringa tree. Mace says ,”The moringa is the new kale, it's one of the healthiest foods on the planet.”And it’s a very resilient tree, easy to grow. You can grow moringa in a pot but it does best if planted in the ground! Moringa is a tree that has edible leaves and flowers.Mace has a tree that is already 15 feet tall and grew in less than nine months. The bottom line is that now is ... http://www.abc15.com/news/smart-shopper/simple-ways-to-start-your-winter-garden-for-free-6pm

The Real Meaning of Georgia O'Keeffe's Flowers

Strand. Georgia O'Keeffe's 'Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico/Out Back of Marie's II' (1930) Photo: 2016 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/DACS, London Tanya Barson, the show’s curator, traces the flower debate back to Alfred Stieglitz, the chatty New York gallerist and photographer who presided over a group of what the farm-raised O’Keeffe called “city men.” He was one of the first to exhibit her drawings and the first to read them in Freudian terms. He was also, after 1924, her husband. Stieglitz saw in her work “the essence of womanhood, whatever that might be,” says Ms. Barson. The Tate show, which runs through Oct. 30 before stops in Vienna and Ontario, finds other points of focus in works like the 1940 “Red and Yellow Cliffs” and the oversize, 1932 “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1”—which in 2014 fetched $44.4 million, the highest price at auction for an artwork by a woman. The exhibition examines O’Keeffe’s interest in synesthesia (in which an experience in one sense involuntarily triggers an impression in another sense), music, modernist photography and, above all, the American landscape. “She didn’t want to be framed in terms of gender,” says Ms. Barson. “That’s what we’re trying to strip away.” Georgia O’Keeffe's 'From the Faraway, Nearby' (1937) ... http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-meaning-of-georgia-okeeffes-flowers-1467394564