cross posted from The Dream Antilles with a special h/t to Mishima for including it in Thursday’s DD Times
Salicornia
Salicornia, believe it or not, is a plant that can grow in inhospitable, desert soils and can be watered with, of all things, ocean salt water. Never heard of this? Neither have I. I’ve sat on the beach and wondered what it would take to remove the salt from sea water to grow things in sand, but I never thought about reversing the process, leaving the salt in the water and finding something that would grow in it. In today’s LA Times I found an “ah hah” moment.
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