"It's an active shape, like a plant growing out of the ground, " said Chris Pardo, an architect with Pb Elemental Architecture, which designed the house.
The products are often applied directly to seeds, which causes the chemical to be contained within the growing plant and protects it from the predation of insect pests.
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Prestwich says French tarragon, which is the type largely imported to and grown in the UK, is a slow-growing plant, which can only be grown from cuttings, not seeds.
But look out: Demand for SUVs, while still very strong, is flattening (see chart, below), while overall light-truck plant capacity is still growing fast.
In theory biofuels produce low net emissions of carbon dioxide, since burning them merely recycles atmospheric carbon absorbed by the plant as it was growing.
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The court heard Booth was growing cannabis in her home and was using pH Up brand plant food, commonly used in hydroponic growing.
In another sign of the government's growing confidence over the plant's safety, officials said they would allow journalists on to the site on 12 November.
The amazing spectacle is one of the largest in a growing number of "plant walls" or " vertical gardens" that are taking root across the world, as architects search for environmentally friendly ways to create beautiful buildings.
They said there would be an increase in traffic and growing maize for power the plant would lead to a mono-culture in the local environment.
Investment in plant, equipment and other capital assets is growing at rates not seen since the runaway years of 1993-94.
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Hunch will continue to be based in New York, adding eBay to the growing number of tech heavyweights to plant engineers in the city.
The family lives a life of rural self-sufficiency that makes the River Cottage look like a microprocessor plant, raising pigs, keeping bees and growing tomatoes, corn, figs, beans, apples, medlars and pears.
They compare the problem to horticulture: Scotland is very good at growing tech companies from seedling to pot plant for early sale.
Concerns are growing about radiation leaks at a nuclear plant in Japan that has been hit by a third explosion in four days following last week's earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Reports in Japan that half the Livingston workforce could go have not been confirmed by the company but there was growing concern on Tuesday that the fate of the plant could soon be sealed.
Desert areas are expanding by 3, 000 square miles each year and farmers are being paid to plant trees to halt this advance, thus further reducing the grain-growing area.
If a crop or plant is having a bad season and needs pesticide, the community will stop growing it and go without.
Every single growing element was an evergreen not necessarily my favorite category of plant but it sure looked great in all four seasons.
So at a time of global turmoil and growing White House pressure to gut defense, the Pentagon gets a potted plant.
Johnson Controls is expanding the manufacturing capacity of its plant at Guangzhou, China, by 30% in an attempt to target the growing building market in China.
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The former soldiers were shown how to plant endemic bamboo, which is an excellent anchor for soil and so fast-growing that it can colonize a hillside within months.
With less snow cover and a longer growing season, these non-migratory reindeer have taken advantage of the increased plant abundance, with the result that reindeer populations and their ability to reproduce are up, while mortality is down.
Meanwhile, NBC news adds the state of New York to the growing list of states in which low levels of radiation that likely originated at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have been detected.
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