by Cameron Linton | Sep 28, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening, Useful Plants
It’s that time of year – pumpkin spice lattes are all over everything, leaves are turning colors, and… you’re drowning in extra fruits and berries that you need to find a way to preserve. Or is that just me? While you might want to make jams or jellies year...
by Jackson Morrison | Sep 26, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening, Useful Plants
As the summer growing season slows and leaves begin to turn, it’s nice to start thinking about all of the vegetables and greens that you can keep eating fresh all through the winter. Here are some tips to prepare your last minute winter vegetable garden! While the...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 24, 2018 | Edible Plants, Education, Gardening
In all of the excitement of planting your vegetable garden, you forgot to label the rows of greenery. Now you’re looking at lines of little green seedlings (or a tangled mess of adult plants), and wondering what’s going on in your garden. DOWNLOAD PLANTSNAP Before you...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 19, 2018 | Biology, Plant Identification
Poison oak, or Toxicodendron diversilobum or Toxicodendron pubescens, is another relative of poison ivy and poison sumac. There are two species of poison oak: eastern and western. Both species are common across North America in a variety of habitats, making it a good...
by Cameron Linton | Sep 15, 2018 | Biology, Education, Plant Identification
Though Buckthorn is nowhere near as scary as Giant Hogweed, it’s still a serious invasive species that causes all sorts of problems where it grows. Buckthorn is shorthand for the genus Rhamnus, which includes about 110 species of shrubs and small trees. Unfortunately,...
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