Garlic is one of the most-time-honored and widely-used seasonings in the world. It’s a staple in home and restaurant kitchens on every continent. The name is actually derived from the Old English word “garleac,” which translates as “spear-shaped leek.” Garlic lends its flavor to ...

I haven’t seen very many grasshoppers this year. But people have been asking me about them recently. Evidently, they’ve been observing them for several weeks. And they’re seeing a lot of them lately. - Origins - With the exception of the planet’s polar regions, grasshoppers ...

The Adirondack Park is the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi River. At more than 6-million acres, it’s the size of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined. Within the park’s boundary (commonly referred to as the blue line) ...

Red-flowered bee balm (Monarda didyma L) is a long-blooming perennial which is easily grown in any garden soil. It will achieve heights of 3- to 4-feet or more and, when in full bloom, can be stunningly spectacular in most any landscape or flower garden location. Mine can be seen ...

Often referred to as poison parsnip, wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a biennial plant, native to Asia and Europe. It’s widely accepted that wild parsnip plants are actually descended from cultivated parsnips brought to North America by the European colonists. Documents suggest that ...

I recall reading, earlier this year, about unprecedented flooding, in several areas of California. Until that time, those areas had been stricken by years of climate-change-induced mega-drought so dire that in August 2021, the major hydroelectric Edward Hyatt Power Plant was forced to shut down ...