Sudden Limb Failure Jeopardizes Safety
UNITED STATES—Windy weather sometimes breaks limbs from trees or blows entire trees over. Evergreen trees are innately more susceptible to such damage than deciduous...
Palms Are Very Distinctive Among Trees
UNITED STATES—Palms seem to exemplify the culture of California. However, only the California fan palm, which is also the desert fan palm, is native....
Banana Yellow (11)
UNITED STATES—In 1899, the renowned soldier for hire, Joe Holly, defected to the Honduran Government army, a move that crumbled any semblance of integrity...
Cultivars Are Merely Cultivated Varieties
UNITED STATES—Nomenclature is simply the technique of naming. Botanically and horticulturally, it is also a precise method of classification. Large classifications divide into smaller...
Deadhead Spring Bulbs After Bloom
UNITED STATES—Fruiting warm season vegetables that are now in season, such as squash, tomatoes and beans, are more abundant with regular harvest. Plants that...
Banana Yellow (9)
UNITED STATES—Like the banana king, Sam Delaney, Joe Holly was fond of Central America. This land had offered Joe a second chance, and it...
Moles Are Different From Gophers
UNITED STATES—Wildlife belongs in the wild. Many of us appreciate it there and get pictures of it to share with others as if it...
Exotic Weeds Are The Worst
UNITED STATES—Exotic species are not native. It is that simple. There is nothing fancy about it. They came from elsewhere to live here. They...
Frosted Foliage Is Ugly Foliage
UNITED STATES—Weather is variable everywhere. Climates and seasons are imprecisely regulating. They merely define predictable ranges of the elements of weather, such as temperature,...
Banana Yellow (6)
UNITED STATES—Lead by curiosity. . . Really Sam’s story began when he had that $8000 burning a hole in his pocket, as they say....