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Irises aren't just in all the colors of the rainbow, they seem to also be every scent of the cornucopia- a nose rainbow. But do their colors match their smell? Sniff for yourself and read all about them.

Summer time means melons. All sorts of melons these days, not just the classic "water" so many of us ate and spat from the patio on a...

medical traits and ID of wild shelf mushroom red belted conk (Fomitopsis pinicola)

*(sweaty, even while standing still because… heat domes & such) It’s a berry Pacific Northwest kind of life in summer time here. The sun...

I will never forget being puzzled by a large tree, trying to ID it during a plant monitoring project but the leaves were all too high up...

What's the best way to get rid of weeds? Eat them, of course! And we are hitting prime dandelion season, so it's time to get digging. ...

There are dozens of flavors for vodkas on the liquor shelves, some fruity, some floral. As delightful as a toasted marshmallow vodka can...

Junipers are not the trees you think of associated with the drizzly Pacific Northwest. But they are old friends from home in the much...

Cottonwood trees (Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa, P. deltoides and B. fremontii) have a love-hate relationship with people. Some...

On a trip to southern California, I was so pleasantly surprised to find myself among the silvery scent-sational low shrubs I recall from...

Roast them by an open campfire, if you can find them. Or stick to chestnuts. I challenge you to roast pine nuts though. So small. Not...

Acorns aren’t just for squirrels. Or jays. Or bears. They take some work, but we too can chow down on them too. And they are very...

tiger/Columbia lily- exotic looking lily native to various open areas in PNW from lowlands to alpine habitat.

Did you know the Girl Scouts “invented” the s’more? That’s a good claim to fame I think. I thought they were just about the cookies. ...

Ever go a little overboard on unique edible items because you wanted to know how they all compared? I feel like that's a pretty good way...