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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 hot day. Personally I was very disappointed when none grew out of my belly like my older sibling said they would if I ate a seed. I swallowed several seeds hoping to be a human watermelon farm. Ideas and traditions of youth, eh? As things change, so do the melons available and I have recently discovered a cute tasty fun one that feeds my lov

As the summer solstice passes, a very 'spring to summer' plant comes to mind- oso berry. They are pretty much the very first native plant...

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. ...

You know how it is. When you're a pretty little thing with a brown complexion, folks tend to nickname ya "Chocolate". Not that I have...

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

I would bet this plant is among those that most people, even the botanically interested, would pass right by. Rosy twisted-stalks, and other twisted-stalks (we have several in the PNW) look like a cute zip-zagging plant similar to Solomon's seals. But if you lift one up you'll see- I think of it like the classic romantic scene moment where the confident love-interest lifts the chin of the bashful beauty for a kiss that says "I love you for you and see just how beautiful you