ALL FOR A SLICE OF PIE
Key lime is not your ordinary lime. And, for an even more extraordinary lime, there’s finger lime. And even more extraordinary is are hybrids of both of them. None are hard to grow, even where winters are cold.
Entries by Lee Reich
JUMANGI!!!
The “True” Jimangi Back in 1995, Robin Williams starred in a rather bizarre movie, Jumangi. The rhinoceroses charging through the living room and the crazed, great white hunter caused more terror than did the bizarre plant that kept threatening Robin Williams. After all, rhinoceroses and great white hunters, even crazy ones, are real enough, but […]
A WELCOME TOUCH OF GREENERY
Wintergreen, is it a fruit, is it an aroma, is it a medicine. Is it. . . .well, it’s all of these. And aromatic. And has many names. And . . . adequately covered in my latest blog post:
UGLY WORD, NICE PLANTS
Did you ever bite into cultivar? Sure you did. Many times. Probably planted one even. So what is a cultivar?
THIS CITRUS HAS IT ALL
For a potted citrus — or is it a citrus? — I sing the praises of kumquat. Read more about this wonderful fruit for the northern citrus craver in my latest blog post:
GIFTS FOR GARDENERS
Yes, I have some suggestion for gifts for gardeners. Three categories: plants (of course); expendables; and endurables. Details in my latest blog post, here:
MOUSEY THREATS AND SOLUTIONS
Mice are clawing their ways in to where they can find food and lodging. Good for them but not for our plants, and us. Read about the various mousey threats and some ideas about how to avoid problems — in my latest blog post:
BUSH RESCUE
Whoaaa! I almost rammed my foot on the brakes to save a plant from being butchered, and more! But I decided to drive on because . . . well, read my latest blog post to see why I almost stopped for plant rescue and why I decided it was, sort of, okay.
STUFFED
Grow turkey stuffing. Make turkey stuffing. Stuff yourself. I only address the first, with suggestions from trees on down. Read about all this in my latest blog post, here:
ONE OF THE GREATEST APPLES
Esopus Spitzenberg is a very old, very delectable, apple that, though it originated a mere stone’s throw from my farmden, was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite. Also a favorite of mine. More of the Spitz story in my latest blog post, here:
