General Discussion, Sunday, April 13, 2025

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Stella

Day EIGHTY-FOUR of Presidential recovery.

 

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  1. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    April 13, 2025 at 12:26 am

    2000-year old seeds of date palm trees grown in Jerusalem

    October 1, 2020

    In Jerusalem, date palm trees (Phoenix dactylifera), a palm native to South Africa and the Middle East, have been grown by a group of workers of Louis L Borick Natural Medicine Research Center. The team has managed to grow about seven date palm trees that came from the hundreds of seeds that were discovered in the Judean desert. 

    The team soaked the 2000-year-old seeds in water, added hormones for germination and rooting, and sowed them in an isolated area. To reveal the age of the seeds, they used radiocarbon dating, a method of determining the ages of carbon-based materials, where they discovered that the seeds are already two millennia old. It was also found that many of these seeds were from female date palms pollinated by male palms from other areas.

    Date palms, unlike Egyptian dates, can be stored longer. The team learned that seeds of ancient Judean dates that they got are bigger compared to newer varieties. With this, they desire to reproduce the ancient fruit through pollination of female palms with males varieties. 

    It was said that date crops in Judea began to vanish in the first and second centuries AD. Sarah Sallon, one of the team members, thinks that the extreme conditions of the Judean desert might have contributed to the preservation of the discovered seeds. 

    https://agriculture.com.ph/2020/10/01/2000-year-old-seeds-of-date-palm-trees-grown-in-jerusalem/

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  2. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    April 13, 2025 at 3:16 am

    Beautiful springtime fields of flowers….

    Alentejo region, Portugal…

    Montana, with Mt. Oberlin and Mt. Cannon in the background…

    South Moravia, Czech Republic…

    Arkansas…

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  3. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    April 13, 2025 at 6:04 am

    Let’s go more formal today. Happy Palm Sunday, unending coffee! Good morning.

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  4. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    April 13, 2025 at 7:02 am

    Mornin’ kids!

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  5. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    April 13, 2025 at 8:57 am

    National Borinqueneers Day – On April 13th, National Borinqueneers Day recognizes the sacrifices of the Puerto Rican Regiment of the Volunteer Infantry. Today the regiment is designated the 65th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army.

    National Make Lunch Count Day – like brunch!

    National Thomas Jefferson Day

    National Peach Cobbler Day – seems early for peaches to be ripe!

    National Scrabble Day – used to be my favorite game

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      April 13, 2025 at 9:36 am

      Been 49 years almost since I made my first and last peach cobbler. Unfortunate massive inflation of biscuit crust involved. It blew up like a balloon, stuck to the top element of the stove. Much merriment and ridicule from my new husband and one of his brothers, involving “searching” for peaches in all that crust. Subsequently, new husband learned he’d never get one of his favorite desserts at home again!

      And to beat it all, I was trying to learn to make biscuits that would rise. They were always flat and hard as a rock.

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      April 13, 2025 at 9:40 am

      Mornin’ Czarina!

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    • Stella's avatar Stella says:
      April 13, 2025 at 9:48 am

      Morning czarina! Peach cobbler would be really good. I suppose we could try apple instead this time of year. Or rhubarb.

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  6. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    April 13, 2025 at 10:44 am

    Mornin’ All. Somewhat cloudy here right now. Just a little chilly. It evidently did rain last night. A far cry from the low temps and snow that was forecast days ago.

    Hope there are no tornadoes in your day.

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