Are Apple Seeds Really Poisonous?
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Category: Fruit trees and small fruits
Citrus: A Confusion of Names
Just a sample of the wide variety of citrus fruits. Photo: Bernhard Voß, Wikimedia Commons Collective nouns are names forContinue Reading
Strawberries for the Ultra-Rich
Omakase strawberry. Photo: Oishii If you’re often disappointed with store-bought strawberries, with a taste more tart than sweet, generally harvestedContinue Reading
Can You Grow Apples From Seeds?
Photo: www.medicalnewstoday.com Question: I’ve been thinking of planting some apple trees, but they’re quite expensive. Can I start new ones fromContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Miracle Fruit
Miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulciferum). Photo: Hamale Lyman, Wikimedia Commons I don’t bandy the word “miracle” about unnecessarily, but there isContinue Reading
Garden Myth: You Can Tell the Sex of Peppers by the Number of Lobes
Peppers don’t really have a sex, in spite of a persistant myth that claims the contrary. Photo: www.amazon.com Question: My grocerContinue Reading
Where Do Seedless Grapes Come From?
‘Somerset’ is a popular hardy seedless grape for home gardens. Photo: Gurney’s Question: I’m not much of a gardener, but I’veContinue Reading
Can You Compost Black Walnut Leaves?
Black walnut leaves (Juglans nigra). Photo: Lucid, flickr Black walnut (Juglans nigra) and, to a lesser extent, other walnuts (Juglans spp.),Continue Reading
The Fascinating History of the Garden Strawberry
Photo: gardenandhappy.com. We’ve been growing strawberries as a garden for so long it’s hard to believe that they are actuallyContinue Reading
How Oaks and Beeches Control Their Predators
During a mast year, squirrels find more acorns than they can eat. Ill.: www.sccpre.cat, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Squirrels, jays and otherContinue Reading