… walked out on the grass, took their places, cued the music, and began to dance. Popping up from benches and stepping out from trees, others skipped into the action…and suddenly the young man of the couple jumped into …
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… Stainless steel utensils and glass containers won’t stain; always rinse utensils as you go from color to color, so there’s no contamination. Pint and half-pint Ball jars or heat-safe glass … around inside to pierce the yoke. Blow strongly through one hole, collecting the contents from the other in a small bowl. Rinse eggs thoroughly inside and out. Don’t waste your egg …
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… bearpoppy (Arctomecon californica) , and getting to know the terrain. Monica is a transplant from the Midwest who had been working with tallgrass prairies. Before arriving, she had assumed … would be drab and boring. But now she appreciates its beauty, especially when it does rain. From the carpets of yellow-and-white annuals, the fresh scent of creosote, and the stunning …
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… and nutritional content. Work in 2014 focused on assembling and analyzing transcriptome data from breadfruit and its wild relatives and revealed information about genes that may be under …
Type: Research
… brush on grilled fish, snip the herbs over vegetables as a garnish. The genus Salvia comes from the Latin word salvere , “to save or to heal,” hence this herb’s connection to long life and …
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… perennial prairie plant species. Additionally, we are using 25 years of demographic data from purple coneflower ( Echinacea angustifolia ) to parameterize demographic models and quantify …
Type: Research
… high places, possessing the ability to cut through red tape with a machete (stealing a lyric from a Cake song). The White House gardener, Jim Adams, graciously received me as a consultant … iron fences secured the interior 18 acres of private garden around the house, dividing it from the public garden.) Today, 500 trees thrive within this iron fence. Jimmy Carter’s Cedar of … on a pillar and marveled at the affectionate handwritten note, thanking Jaqueline Kennedy from those who worked with her in the White House. “This garden is dedicated to Jacqueline …
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… Lonicera flava honeysuckle is a fragrant and hardy variety. Photo via southeasternflora.com. Tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa , is a nonhardy (for us) bulb from northern Mexico with an intoxicating scent so distinctive it is known simply as “tuberose.” Creamy white flowers on spikes appear from late summer up to frost. Like many fragrant plants, the scent was developed to attract …
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… education and received a master's degree in natural resources and environmental sciences from the University of Illinois in December 2013. She takes her passion for plants home by …
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… Sometimes using a flash is the only way to get a shot. Here I found orchids that were away from other elements, limiting the distracting effects of the flash. Photo ©Carol Freeman By moving closer, you can eliminate the distracting elements from your shot. Photo ©Carol Freeman Increase your depth of field. Orchids are tricky to …
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