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Codex has been drawing up a storm, and the new Header is nearly done. But hoo-boy is it a doozy to execute. Hence the late comic: it’s Monday, but barely.
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30 Monday Jul 2018
Posted in Behind the Frames, The Churchians
Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians
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https://infogalactic.com/info/Yam_(vegetable)
D. bulbifera, the air potato, is found in both Africa and Asia, with slight differences between those found in each place. It is a large vine, 6 m (20 ft) or more in length. It produces tubers, but the bulbils which grow at the base of its leaves are the more important food product. They are about the size of potatoes (hence the name “air potato”), weighing from 0.5 to 2.0 kg (1.1 to 4.4 lb).
Some varieties can be eaten raw, while some require soaking or boiling for detoxification before eating. It is not grown much commercially since the flavor of other yams is preferred by most people. However, it is popular in home vegetable gardens because it produces a crop after only four months of growth and continues producing for the life of the vine, as long as two years. Also, the bulbils are easy to harvest and cook.[6]
In 1905, the air potato was introduced to Florida and has since become an invasive species in much of the state. Its rapid growth crowds out native vegetation and is very difficult to remove since it can grow back from the tubers, and new vines can grow from the bulbils even after being cut down or burned.[9]
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I’m sad because on the one hand , this is really fascinating. On the other, I have no desire to draw them. Fortunately, it doesn’t fit the world building metric, so I don’t have to deal with it.
Heh.
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Head line or bin liner?
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Techically the former (coming Friday) but yeah… the latter.
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