Life is the state that all living things have in common
Life is the state that all living things have in common and that distinguishes them from dead matter.
Nobody knows 100% how life once arose on Earth. If a genetic program, its functionality and its development are assumed to be essential for living beings, then the beginning of life is the point in time at which molecules as carriers of the program and other auxiliary molecules for the realization, reproduction and adaptation of this program come together for the first time in such a way that a system bearing the characteristic properties of life emerges.
Rhubarb - origin and history of cultivation
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The tour around the weekly market, which is still limited, shows, despite Corona, that there are also some imports possible every year despite many bottlenecks, including rhubarb, whose time is just beginning for us.
The Robinia or Black locust appears - slowly but ......
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I can well remember when, as part of a carpentry project, I suggested making a model window out of robinia. In its time there was a great contradiction and objections came from all sides: absolutely twisty, hard and hardly machinable, high wear of the tools, etc.
Thistles - not just wild plants - a feast for the eyes in the garden
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Many gardeners see thistles just as weeds, but there are very attractive species and varieties that even enhance gardens and plantings.
Turkey is the largest hazelnut exporter in the world
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Among all the hazelnut exporting countries in the world, Turkey took first place in the world with sales of 1.29 billion US dollars, the country supplied about 90 other countries with hazelnut products.
Apiaries and beehives - relics from the past?
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Insect and bee deaths due to environmental reasons, missing flowers as a source of food and urban sprawl, all issues that are far too little known to us to be able to guess the scope and the consequences of this.
Trip-advice - European Rosarium in Sangershausen
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Slowly our meeting of authors in Halle approaches to the end. We took advantage of the rainy, but already autumnal morning for last talks.
Poppy - almost extinguished now back on the field edges!
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The poppy has always been a distinctive cultural companion in our arable and cultural landscape due to its blood-red flowers, a splash of color in the otherwise predominantly monotonous gray monocultures.
Kloster Andechs – herbs and sculptures welcome guests
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After checking in at the camper pitch and aligning the caravan directly opposite the Monastery Andechs (by the way one of the "hopefully soon not more" few pitches, which also allows caravan as a user, because caravans are now self-sufficient in the water and sanitation, too), we go on a first reconnaissance.
Lily of the valley - something so beautiful be poisonous?
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The wonderful May air with blue sky, light wind and the smell of blooming greens invited us to take long walks. Especially if someone loves nature, the different scents in the air are worth every walk.
The red flowering of the quince - springtime appearing!
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This year, despite the pandemic with all its restrictions, April was a month that gave us unexpectedly much sunshine but unfortunately too little rain.
Rigid sedge - this swamp plant contributes to silting up
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Our hike along the Lossa creek not only gave us deep insights into the meadow landscape with its typical small plants on and in the water, along with the alder, birch and willow trees on the shore.
Wood anemone - white flowers in the green carpet
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In times when, due to the reduction of movement and meeting with others because of the risk of infection, when even while travelling the maximum number of people is two and you should avoid meeting with other people as completely as possible, it is getting difficult for many to even leave the house.
Cornflowers - some color in the dreary gray days in December
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Looking outside at this time of year, it is mostly gray and rainy in the west of the republic, so it is important for us to add a little color just before Christmas, why not with a small article about the cornflowers that always met with us during the summer, often accompanied along the way, whether during the hikes or the bike tours.
The real walnut - imposing giant trees in Eigeltingen
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Once more on the road in the area of Lake Constance, our goal this time was to attend the spectacle "Southside", the fair and exhibition for off-road fans and their sometimes very unusual vehicles.
Not just beautiful to look at - pomegranates in the garden
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Slowly they ripen, so their red color becomes stronger, the smell more intense until the first fruits fall - the pomegranates, which grow almost uncultivated along the paths and shine so much beautiful in the sun.
Oak moss and moose weed - strange plants of Jablanica
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A short stopover at a small chapel within the surrounding trees on the way up to the ridge of the Jablanica mountain range along the border between Albania and Macedonia had attracted our attention with regard to striking greens at the trees.
Mistletoe - Sandalwood plants & mythological backgrounds
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Who does not know them, the characters from the Asterix-Comix, especially the infamous Druid Miraculix and his magic drink. And if there should be someone not know:
Tinder sponge - tree fungus in the castle´spark of Falkenstein
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During our hike through the Falkenstein Castle Park, in addition to the really impressive stone formations and the almost natural-looking paths.
Kumquat - small orange - big taste
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The kumquats or cumquats are a family of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, in the genus Fortunella which is often included in the genus Citrus.
Juniper - bushes and fruits along the way
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The surroundings of the Campsite Rino in Struga also offers a real lure and challenge for hikes in the area, in addition, the autumnal leaves of the trees lured in unimaginable splendor of color, plus the still lovely sun.