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Here is Elli’s Botany Project.  It contains roughly 40 different plants, with an example of every major type of leaf, flower, stem, bud, fruit.  Every specimen provides the binomial nomenclature (scientific name) and what it is an example of (such as compound leaf, or stipule, or such).  Lovely art piece IMHO, it’s on a really […]

Well I decided to try my hand at making Violet Jelly while the Viola sororia were still in blossom.  Here is my result:

This was recently brought to my attention and I thought this is something worth trying. Summer Violets (Viola sororia) are very common at this time of year and apparently make a great jelly (recipe below). 2C Viola sororia flowers (opened flowers best) 2C Boiling Water ¼C Lemon Juice 4C Sugar 3oz Liquid Pectin Wash the […]

My rather beautiful Kingsblood tulip (Tulipa single)  are in blossom.

My father brought me and Elli back a large plastic bag of wild leeks that he found while fourwheeling. I love wild leeks, I am going to vacuum bag the bulk, and of course enjoy a nice potato and leek soup.

Well I noticed a few days ago we had baby tomatos on one of our Health Kick (Roma type) plants. They really love sunlight and moist soil, the tomato plants are around 3 feet tall already. I also have a jalapeno plant, which is doing really well in the fruiting department.. A slight botanical note, […]