Mike Huben
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| − | == Botany and Agriculture == | + | == Gardening, Botany and Agriculture == |
[[Image:Mucuna klitgaardiae.jpg|thumb|Mucuna klitgaardiae with my favorite botanist, Alina.]] | [[Image:Mucuna klitgaardiae.jpg|thumb|Mucuna klitgaardiae with my favorite botanist, Alina.]] | ||
| − | My mom has a picture of me staring intently at Petunias on Jones Beach at age 2, so I guess I've been a plant guy for 60 years or so. I grew my first seedlings in first grade, and have not stopped since then. I worked in the botanical greenhouse of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University for a few years. I wanted to be a farmer for a while, until I realized that I had dreadful allergies. | + | [[Image:Garden.jpg|thumb|A corner of my garden in peak season.]] |
| + | My mom has a picture of me staring intently at Petunias on Jones Beach at age 2, so I guess I've been a plant guy for 60 years or so. I grew my first seedlings in first grade, and have not stopped since then. I worked in the botanical greenhouse of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University for a few years, caring for their live botanical collection of several thousand species in the greenhouse and their outdoor garden. I wanted to be a farmer for a while, until I realized that I had dreadful allergies. [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/garden.html My home garden near Boston had a bit over 300 varieties of perennials and shrubs], not counting daylilies (see below.) | ||
Currently, I am working on a [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal Tomato Project] with some students at IKIAM University, in Tena, Ecuador. The goal is to find the most disease resistant varieties (and perhaps breed with them) to find tomatoes that do not need greenhouse protection from rain-spread diseases. | Currently, I am working on a [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal Tomato Project] with some students at IKIAM University, in Tena, Ecuador. The goal is to find the most disease resistant varieties (and perhaps breed with them) to find tomatoes that do not need greenhouse protection from rain-spread diseases. | ||
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| + | Now I am in Ecuador: here's my list of [[Ecuador Gardening Resources]]. | ||
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* [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/tastes.html Here is a short list of my favorite books, films, etc.] | * [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/tastes.html Here is a short list of my favorite books, films, etc.] | ||
* A recent copy of my [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20086520/Bookmarks.html Bookmarks]. | * A recent copy of my [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20086520/Bookmarks.html Bookmarks]. | ||
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