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Click title to see full photo. Oxalis Corymbosa
Click title to see full photo. Descending into the Valley of Desolation
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Click title to see full photo. The Requirement to Garden
This is a long one. I suggest you make a cup of tea and a snack before starting.
"And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your Beehive Ginger
Click title to see full photo. Frangipani Tree (Barbados)
Click title to see full photo. Field Trip to Richters Herbs
Last Friday, a friend with a car (THANK YOU JOHN, I hearby bequeath my first born to you. The cat is also an option.) drove Davin, myself, and another friend on a field trip to READ MORE...Caladium in the Lawn
You know, I've never much cared for caladium. They've always been a "whatever" plant in my book, a humdrum bit of foliage most often seen crammed into decorative baskets and seasonal greenhouse exhibits. Who cares? (Perhaps Garden Tour: Erika’s Small Apartment of Small Plants
Yesterday afternoon I was invited into the apartment of a fellow Parkdale resident to check out her collection of fascinating and unusual plants. The visit brought the plant junky in me out in full force. I went Foodcycles
Back in August 2009 my friend Laura asked me if I wanted to take a quick jaunt out to the burbs to take some pictures of the Foodcycles farm.
At the time we had Experiencing Fresh Cacao: The Sequel
Two years ago I wrote about my disappointing experience eating fresh cacao in Cuba. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is the tree that chocolate comes from. The fruit is a big pod that forms directly on the trunk Standing in the Shadow of a Massive Euphorbia
Can you believe the size of this thing? Me neither. I have not seen a euphorbia of this size before or since.
This photo was taken at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Bathsheba, Barbados. Stevie, Not Wonder
My epic trip has come to an end and I've been back in the freezing north for a few days. Brrr.... It's time now to begin processing the experience for myself as well as find a Dispatches from the Land of the Lost
If I had to describe Dominica's flora with one word, I think I would choose "giant." Or possibly "huge."
"Lush" is a good word but I'm not sure it can convey the kind of extreme lushness I Making Sorrel with Fresh Hibiscus
Sorrel or rum punch (sorrel spiked with rum) is a popular, refreshing drink in the Caribbean, especially during the holiday season.
Knowing this, I was particularly excited to get to the market and get my hands on Lotus in Bloom
I made my first visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens about nine years ago. It was early August and the lotus flowers in both the Japanese Garden and the Chinese Garden Mutant Veggies at the Fall Fair (2009)
Turnout in the mutant vegetable competition at The Royal Winter Fair was disappointingly lackluster this year. I don't know if it was the poor weather this season, or a waning lack of interest in growing LaGuardia Corner Gardens
Our off-time on a recent trip to New York City was spent wandering around soaking everything in and taking pictures. I didn't go out of my way to visit specific gardens or community gardens this time, In Search of My Grandmother’s Garden
I am doing something big this winter, something I have wanted to do for a very long time. It has sat inside me for years and years as a wish that I never quite believed would happen. Even now, with some of the plane
