Plants Archives

Monday, March 30, 2026

About Weeds in Fall

1. Ground huggers, skyscrapers. Weeds are plants with an indomitable will to live – they are tough and strong and

Glenn's Chicken

Baked Chicken with cherry tomatoes and tarragon One lovely thing about cherry tomatoes is that they are so prolific. Gardeners

1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is

1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too

1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply

Highbush cranberry grows wild just about everywhere in Canada.

Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry, that grows naturally in

1. Water, water everywhere. Water in the garden is such a natural fit that every garden should have some. You

1. Corn is grass. Zea mays, the Latin name for maize, which is the farming name for corn, is a

1. Mon petit chou. My little cabbage, a term of endearment in French, could be applied to Brussels sprouts, which

1. Blood turnip. Beets or beetroots, as they are known in the United Kingdom, evolved from the sea beet, a