PARQUE DONA INES ALBERTO ARECES MALLEA phd AND GABRIELA OCAMPO WHY/HOW THEY FAILED

After my return from New York, 2002, I had the chance to work and watch closely the two mentioned in the tittle. Ignorant foreigners, one wi...

THE ADVENTIST AND THE HACKER

THE last post in my previous blog endemismotrasnochado, still strong with 6,225 visitors from 112 countries, was written on 20 April 2010. ...

VIDEO CLIP UNIIVERSIDAD SAGRADO CORAZON NOISE POLLUTING HELL NEXT DOOR

WORDS UNIIVERSIDAD SAGRADO CORAZON NOISE POLLUTING HELL NEXT DOOR

YESTERDAY was a day of discoveries.  I made a phone call to the hell next door in the tittle to find out the email address of Mariano River...

EYE ON THE RAINFOREST A CULT AND/OR A HOAX?

AS a plant collector, creative horticultural critic for the last five years, certified in Commercial Horticulture Landscape Management, in t...

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING RESTORING ISSUE

YOU probably remember that old magazine from yesterday. I used to look at the pictures at the dentist/doctor office,  in those 'we love ...

EAST-SOUTH RESTORED ENCLOSURES REVIVAL

WHAT can  say/write?   I am very excited with this project.  Concrete is not a friendly material to the  body, sight or ears, spirit, humor ...

PORTO RICO EPILOGUE

  It was at one time believed that vegetables could not be successfully grown in Porto Rico, but now at the agricultural experiment station ...

Raoul Servais - To Speak or not To Speak (1970)

PORTO RICO IIII

Agriculture   Farms and crops.  In 1910, Porto Rico had 53,371 farms, embracing 2,085,162 acres, three fourths of this classed as  improved ...

PORTO RICO ll

Climate and rainfall.  The climate of Porto Rico is generally uniform and, although the humidity is rather high, is delightful throughout mo...

PORTO RICO

FARM  KNOWLEDGE  A Complete Manual of Successful Farming Written by Recognized Authorities in All Parts of the Country; Based on Sound Princ...

DESTROYING THE EARTH AND PROUD OF IT!

I STILL enjoy reading old magazines and newspapers, not from Puerto Rico, goes without saying. On March 28, TIME magazine publishes: Your Ne...

ANOTHER RAINY DAY

IT HAS been raining for the last thirty five days on a off. A pain in the arse, if you ask me. I do not understand the infatuation with rain...

POST VIDEO CLIPS SENSATIONS

I have found the botanical names for 4 plants in my collection in two days! This is rather unusual considering that Passiflora foetida and p...

APPALACHIAN STOCK IN PARADA 27 SANTURCE

ANTIGONUM CAJAN SQUASHES PATRICK BLANC OR VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL GARDENING ISSUES

THE FRENCH botanist Patrick Blanc 'invented' the concept of vertical gardening. Borne in 1953, is 2 years younger than this Caribbea...

GARDEN VIEWS AT RANDOM

IT HAS been a while since I brought the subject. Today I took some pictures from angles not depicted previously and others known. The commod...