No Doubt! Don’t ever let anyone say you can’t grow your own bananas at home in the Nation’s Capital. I decided three years ago to roll the banana dice and bought a dwarf variety. I put it in a pot. It grew heartily. I put it in a bigger pot, and then an even bigger…
In dynamic light verse and alluring images, She-Mantis Chronicle: Prey, Wait, Procreate portrays the incredible life and times of an apex garden insect. “The she-mantis has come/Leggy and lithesome/Summer turning autumn/A pang in her tum … .” Author: John A. Bray’s writing has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times and The Saturday…
A Monarch fans lantana today.
A multi-county wastewater treatment authority in Upstate South Carolina bills residents during the summer based on average water use during the winter.
“I would call it a wild system to a certain degree.”
Mike Minton, the garden’s chairman, says not all horticulture adventurers can meet the upkeep standard.
Lewis Jett, an associate professor of horticulture at West Virginia University, believes there’s an untapped market for heritage beans, mountain beans with a deep connection to Central Appalachia, beans that might give a bit of a boost to the local economy and provide a tastier and more nutritious alternative to the prevalent commercial “green beans.” It’s a difficult equation to solve.
Edrick Marrero, a University of Puerto Rico horticulture extension agent, is helping develop a Master Gardener program on the island.
The tropical milkweed in my garden are plants grown from starts provided at giveaway at a farmers market in Washington, D.C. in May 2017. (See, Catering To Monarchs In DuPont Circle)
Speed limit signs that reach 80 mph aren’t the only exhilarants that pop up on the edge of Utah’s highways.
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