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Talking with fellow gardeners today, I noticed (again) how commonly we have plants in our pockets. It's what I call "Botanist-ID", like...

The Rose family (Rosaceae) is full of stars. Actually, the flowers are like rounded stars themselves, with iconic 5-petals with rounded...

A look back on the dark story of a prairie parasite for the stormy days. It was a dark and stormy prairie. The oscillating early spring...

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

You know that excitement of seeing new tiny life emerge from the soil, poking its little cotelydon'd head through the harsh grains and...

Viola can fertilize themselves underground and were used as a symbol of the underground lesbian culture in the yearly 20th century, thanks to Ancient Greece poetry. We know how humans are, tending to think a little human-centered, like every pretty flower is meant for their sight and enjoyment. But us quiet violets can attest otherwise, not that we’d ever loudly point it out. Too modest for that. Sometimes, we aren't even for the bees to cast a gaze on. But we are flowers

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 to "over do it" and splurge on occasion. Spoiling yourself with food is better than others. Long story short - I have entirely more honeys than I can know what to shack a stick at. I also may be experiencing a sugar high. There is something majestically and instinctively beautiful about nature's golden nectar. Why are we "all a buzz" f

Lupinus bicolor: tough little cuties perfectly at home next to a hot compacted gravel road. We’re tiny cuties you can find along quite a...

collecting fall leaves, then giving them a bath

Relationship Status: Single-year. Non-native nitrogen-fixing legume My name is Trifolium subterraneum; you can call me TRISUB for short. ...