By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener

History of the PNW Plant Disease Management Handbook. https://bit.ly/2t6AUI3

Realism of Harvard’s Glass Flowers still dazzles. (Tracee M. Herbaugh, phillytrib.com) https://bit.ly/35bSgRV

More on the Harvard Glass flowers: (Photobotanic.com) https://bit.ly/36nZuCs

Soil or dirt? It’s really up to you. (GardenProfessors.com) https://bit.ly/2rxVq3T

Soil myth busting for extension educators: reviewing the literature on soil structure and functionality. (Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU; A.J. Downer, U of CA via NACAA) https://bit.ly/2YCDAZF

Plants emit sounds too high for human ears when stressed out. (Iflscience.com) https://bit.ly/2PzOQlk

The dynamic details of unusual plants captured in singular moments by photographer Helene Schmitz.  Stunning. (Thiscolossal.com) https://bit.ly/2RG8DT4

Growing camouflage. “…there are at least two groups of arthropods that take their camouflage to a whole new level by actively growing miniature gardens on their bodies.”  (indefenseofplants.com) https://bit.ly/36nZTEW

The unexpectedly weird and beautiful world of lichens.  “Lichens are not what you think they are.  Not plant, not fungus-they are one of a kind.” (Jaymi Heinbuch, MNN.com) https://bit.ly/2P7tCw8

A mushroom is saving millions of bees from a deadly virus. “Researchers suspect the mushroom either boosts their immune system or somehow fights the viruses.” (John Vibes via themindunleashed.com) https://bit.ly/2LHKszQ

Is fertilizer a friend or foe to disease-causing organisms? (Gardenprofessors.com) https://bit.ly/2P8lQSB

The myth of fragile roots. (Linda-Chalker-Scott, WSU) https://bit.ly/2rCtXy3

Dung Beetles navigate bia the Milky Way, first known in Animal Kingdom. (Christine Dell’Amore, Nationalgeorgraphic.org) https://bit.ly/2LFEdfE

More on Dung Beetles (VIDEO): The dance of the dung beetle. (Marcus Byrne, Tedtalk, via youtube.com) https://bit.ly/38qaVvo