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What would a garden be without flowers? From a carefully choreographed summer border to the controlled chaos of a cottage garden, flowers offer beautiful rewards for the hours put into nurturing them. But beneath all the colour and finery, flowers have a very serious purpose, and theres maybe a bit more going on than many people realise. The Main Parts of a Flower There are four main parts to a typical flower. The most immediately striking features are, of course, the petals. These play a sign

Check out Growlinks new Meet The Team video series! This is the first in the series and features Stephen Ely, Growlinks current Chief Technology Officer. Stephen has been with the company since its inception.   Ely, originally from California, went to school at UC Irvine in their prestigious Computer Science program. He originally started as the companys first software engineer and has been a critical player in Growlinks expansion and success, earning him the title o

Strawberries: beloved by farmer, beloved by consumer. Against the odds of nature, strawberries have persisted through the centuries; this is largely due to human interference. We have bred strawberries from their tiny ancestors into the meaty red fruit that they are today. And why not? Strawberries are one of the most beloved crops of humankind, integrated into our lives and menus in hundreds of ways. Last week I chopp

Introduction Chiles have been known to humans since prehistoric times in Peru. Their origin is believed to be in tropical America. The remains of the pre-historic Peru indicate that chillies originated in the Latin American regions of the New Mexico and Guatemala around 7500BC, as a wild crop. Chillies come in many varieties, and each variety is grown in a different place and has a different flavor. Chillies are chopped or ground as a paste or dried chillies are powdered and