Todays 5RF reads - from a real O.A.P.
Richard Hardwick
2026_04_17
Here come todays 5RF reads
But first, my new card as a real O.A.P.
(Expiry Date Undetermined)
Richard H.
NVRS-HRI-gg
1. Notes On The Station And Its Work
Pdf, 12 Pages
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2. 29 April 2:00 – 5:00 Pm BST (UTC+1)
Biodiversity Heritage Library Symposium
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3. 12 May The International Day Of Plant Health
(Looks Pretty Quiet So Far)
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4. Weekend 15 – 18 May Agroforestry Open Weekend
(Lots Of UK Farms)
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5. 6 July – 1 August 2026 Botany Certificate Cantab.
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Course fee: £750; Accommodation: £1,000 (sold out)
6. Forests - A Medieval Experiment In Resource Management
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Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal. Ms-5116 réserve fol. 56r
7. Ymchwil Coedwigoedd Cymru
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In plain english Forest Research Wales
8. Potentilla Erecta (L.) Raeusch. Is Really Antibacterial
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In plain english — click here.
At the same address — Silphium.
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9. Quand Des Graines Centenaires Refont Surface Le Long De La Vesdre
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© F. Verloove, S. Gonggrijp et S. Valentini
Q. Wot 174 spp of Australian dicots doing in BE ?
A. They arrived on imported wool.
10. Plants Acquire Nutrients From Dust Via Their … … … Leaves
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In science-speak — click here.
11. Who Milks The Cows When Farmers Fall Sick?
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Testing a new handover tool for farmers and relief services in Haute-Vienne, France.
Photo: Service de Remplacement France viaFacebook
12. Chickens That Sing Taste Better
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13. A Good Piece On How GPS Works
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14. I'D Forgotten All This
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15. Reduce Oxidative Stress And Live Longer
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Ver in (well-written) science speak click here.
And the The Global Flourishing Study's dataset is now available for study
16. The Mysterious Genius Of Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Michael.Dodd
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0960168691901506
came to mind when seeing that item about dust via leaves and ‘There is nothing new except what has been forgotten’ or something like that. Think we also did experiments on foliar nutrition in the 1980s as students.
After working in those subalpine forests for months in rain/fog I can quite believe that much of the nutrition comes from the clouds along with a load of pollution.
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Clik in the pic ...
In plain english
Forest Research Wales
8.
Potentilla Erecta (L.) Raeusch. Is Really Antibacterial
Clik in the pic ...
In plain english —
click here.
At the same address —
Silphium.
Ihor Hvozdetskyi/ Shutterstock
9.
Quand Des Graines Centenaires Refont Surface Le Long De La Vesdre
Clik in the pic ...
© F. Verloove, S. Gonggrijp et S. Valentini
Q. Wot 174 spp of Australian dicots doing in BE ?
A. They arrived on
imported wool.
10.
Plants Acquire Nutrients From Dust Via Their … … … Leaves
Clik in the pic ...
Ver in (well-written) science speak
click here.
And the The Global Flourishing Study's dataset
is now available for study
16.
The Mysterious Genius Of Srinivasa Ramanujan
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