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Herbal & Nutrition Seminars w/ Dr. Asare of Ghana
Roots and Rooted | 18 hours ago
Dr. B. Kofi Asare will discuss traditional health care as a way of life which includes such topics as traditional food choices and dietary cautions, reverence of the environment, food resource management, eating as a sacred ceremony, including the read more
toloache
Lost in the Landscape | July 23rd 2008 by James
In the local canyons, this time of year brings about the spectacular flowers of the sacred datura, Datura wrightii. The low, mounding bushes grow two to three feet tall and easily twice as wide, and are covered from dusk to mid-morning with immense w read more
my newest sage
Lost in the Landscape | July 9th 2008 by James
The number of examples that I have in the garden of the sage genus, Salvia, is growing. The latest addition is a tiny little plant of white sage, Salvia apiana, that I put into a hole in the front yard where a few other plants have failed. The plant read more
Plants of Central America
My Boots n Me . com | April 13th 2008 by DiamondVVV1
Bougainvillea is such an odd name for such a beautiful plant. I never get tired of seeing all the various shades and colours of this flower in all its glorious settings. There are hotels and resorts borrowing its name to describe their properties. read more
Human Dalek Corn
The Imponderabilia of Actual Life | July 24th 2007
Did you ever notice how the roots of corn look a lot like the head of a Human Dalek? Weird.Corn really is a freaky looking mutant tropical grass. I wish the local sweet corn was ready. This picture is from the field corn from the farm behind our hous read more
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