Book Review: The Essential CBD Cookbook
Karen Meyers The Essential CBD Cookbook by food stylist, Caroline Hwant, provides over 65 recipes that introduce CBD into the diet in order to treat many common health issue such as anxiety,…
Poisonous Plants: Coyotillo (Karwinskia humboldtiana)
Karen Native to the prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, and savannas of southern and western Texas as well as much of Mexico, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of…
Plant Profile: Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Native to moist habitats of Canada, the US, Europe and northern temperate Asia, this deciduous tree-like shrub is a member of the moschatel family, Adoxaceae, that also includes viburnum. The…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Orange or Lemon Wine Without Boiling
Although the wine we know today as orange wine has no orange in it, my paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, included 4 recipes for wine using oranges in her book,…
Plant Profile: Flamingo Flower (Anthurium andraeanum)
Also known as tailflower, painter’s palette, oilcloth flower, and laceleaf this evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to the rainforests of Colombia and southwestern Ecuador and a member of the arum…
Book Review: Flower Chef
Florist, Carly Cylinder, shares the secrets of success in her book, The Flower Chef, a comprehensive guide to flower arranging. She aims to make floral design easy and accessible to…
Gardens of Ireland: Blarney Castle Garden
Located about 5 miles northwest from Cork city in the South of Ireland,15th century Blarney Castle is a tower house or fortress residence, and is home to the Blarney Stone…
Plant Profile: Chilean Glory Flower (Eccremocarpus scaber)
Also known as Chilean glory creeper, this half hardy perennial vine is native to the Chilean Andes and is a member of the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that also includes…
Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Peach (Prunus persica)
A native of China, the peach is a small deciduous short-lived tree in the rose family, Rosaceae, and in the same genus as plums, cherries, almonds, and apricots. Peaches have…
Plant Profile: Western White Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia)
Also known by many other names including peppervine, old man’s beard, and creek clematis, this climbing woody or semi-woody vine is native to western US where it grows in streamside…