Daily Botanical
If you will for a moment direct your gaze over to the right of this text you should see a new feature added to the site called "Daily Botanical."
Everyday, barring weekends, vacations, sickness, power-outages, personal laziness, natural disasters, and unforeseen events, I will be posting
If you've been to a tropical country you have probably come into contact with one of the many species of this tree, the Pandanus or Screw Pine. Although not a pine but commonly named for the spiral growth of the
I took this photo back in October (Is it really very nearly the end of the year already?) on our trip to the
Yay! After an unexpectedly long production schedule the You Grow Girl 2008 Calendar is finally here. I'm really proud of this one. Once again my goal was to produce a calendar that is a nice balance between rich imagery and inspiring information
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has
While out on the Leslie Street Spit this past holiday weekend, I noticed that most of the tansy flower heads were turning black. I don't grow tansy in any of my gardens and have never observed this detail while out walking the railroad
I took this photo of a field of Gaillardia growing on a hillside on the
Whomever says tomatoes can not and should not be grown in pots has not witnessed some of the surprising discoveries I have made over the years. While out biking yesterday afternoon, I happened upon this fully mature, volunteer cherry tomato growing up from
Aside from several handfuls of
The result of some interesting cross-pollination found at one of the farm stands at the