Chamomile is a plant that is associated with many mythologies, from sun worship to protecting the house against thunder and lightning. It created a bit of a cult, crossing continents as a cure for insomnia and irritation, all for this for a smaller herb and tiny flowers. How much of that mythology is actually true?…
As a plant-centered channel, talking about Sonic the Hedgehog seems a stretch. Yet I would propose that understanding how to grow chilis Capsicum annuum hold the secret sauce to the blue blur’s video game legacy and future as well as his favorite chili dogs. For those that somehow don’t know Sonic, he’s the fastest thing…
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Coccoloba uvifera (Koe-Koe-LOE-buh yoo-VIFF-er-uh) for most people is just a scientific name of a Seagrape. Yet for me, as a botanist, it’s a mystic phrase that begins a tale of being aided and hindered by the Atlantic Ocean, surviving Hexeris enhydris Grote and Podomys floridanus, and with the help of a friendly Heliconius charitonius, becomes…
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