Pole Beans, Phaseolus vulgaris: “The Beanstalk” Pole beans are simply a vining cultivar of edible beans. Both bush and pole beans have several options of beans and flowers… Read More »Pole beans are simply a vining cultivar of edible beans
Conventional farming and food production practices in this country are creating serious environmental and public health problems. Every day, an industrial farming system spinning out… Read More »It’s Time For Us To Be Serious About Organic Farming
Fiddle leaf fig plants have little to do with fiddles–or figs, for that matter. Unlike their cousins in the fig, or ficus, family, fiddle leaf… Read More »Interior design are enamored with Fiddle leaf fig plants , Ficus lyrata: “Fiddler Under the Roof”
“Would you like to test some?” he asked.My friend Bill Prescott works at Stargazer Barn, a flower grower on the northern California coast where the… Read More »White Tulips on the Bulb for Christmas
Remodelista’s holiday markets have you covered,if you’re an urban gardener or a houseplant enthusiast .Here are just some of our makers’ creative solutions for bringing greenery… Read More »Remodelista’s holiday markets have you covered,Gifts for Plant Lovers
Growing alongside highways, at the back of abandoned fields, and at the edges of backyards all over North America, is the beautiful, bountiful sumac plant.… Read More »Sumac, Rhus: “Forager’s Friend”
Viburnum is like the perfect string of pearls: a simple and classic detail that makes any outfit feel complete. No matter the season, this flowering… Read More »Viburnum is like the perfect string of pearls
A friendly coyote on the sign on the entrance gate welcomes visitors to the eponymous Spring Coyote Ranch. Near the blue waters of Tomales Bay… Read More »Visit the Spring Coyote Ranch in West Marin
Gertrude Stein once wrote in a poem, “A rose is just a rose is just a rose.” But as much as I hate to quarrel… Read More »Rosa: “Poets’ Muse”,Rose
Above: Annie spotted the work of Madrid-based artist Ignacio Aracil, who picks flowers and leaves from the gardens of European landscape designers and crafts them into elegant paper-thin… Read More »Botanical Beauty: crafts them into elegant paper-thin sculptures