You probably think a pine tree just stands there year after year, shedding a few needles, getting a little taller and not changing much at all. Most people don’t know that many parts of the white pine are edible. It would be a shame to find yourself in a survival situation and not know that [Continue]
I received an heirloom seed catalog in the mail this year that I hadn’t seen before. Perusing it was eye-opening! Heirloom seeds are those that have been saved and passed down through the generations, sometimes for hundreds of years. They are from open-pollinated rather than hybrid plants and come true to their parent plants, [Continue]
When the leaves are off the low branch of the oak tree in winter, the view from my recliner lines up perfectly with my neighbors’ kitchen window. Even if I were a nosy neighbor, I couldn’t see into their kitchen if I wanted to because a houseplant called hoya completely obscures their window. While [Continue]