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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 …Type: Blog
- … The garden and the kitchen are “dancing partners,” according to a cookbook from the team behind Blackberry Farm , the luxurious farm and inn in Tennessee. Jeff Ross, … farm-to-table connection is personal and powerful. Try the marbled potato salad recipe below from The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm . Marbled Potato Salad with Arugula Pesto Tips: …Type: Blog
- … Koichi Kawana, the garden’s designer, explained that the wooden bridge carries the visitor “from everyday life to a calm, serene, reflective communion with nature.” Close Clue: Here you’ll … bridge invites you to pause and take in the whole of the Garden. Its acoustics are different from other bridges because it goes quiet at the center. Close Clue: This object is one part of a …Type: Blog
- … When I decided to look into book dedication, I had two ideas in mind: first, that a book from 1933 would be a good choice, as that was the year of my mother’s birth; and, second, that a … endpages first to see if there’s a bookplate. Who will this book be dedicated to? Perhaps it’s from a group that wants to honor a leader or friend. Or it’s to celebrate a memorable trip, or a …Type: Blog
- … central female pistil surrounded by numerous male stamens. These features appear to be missing from the milkweed flower (right). The pollination of milkweeds is also unusual. A great variety … comprised of two sacs (pollinia) full of pollen. The entire pollinarium is extracted from the flower by a visiting insect and deposited on another flower. Cross pollination occurs …Type: Blog
- … release toxins in the soil that prevent native seedlings, including certain species of trees, from thriving. First year It is a noxious weed, normally noticed around tax day (easy to …Type: Plant Info
- … the path may be long and challenging, but we will not let our lack of understanding stop us from appreciating and valuing diversity, because compassion and appreciation do not need …Type: Blog
- … and syrphid flies will happily set up shop in a native plant strip where they're protected from the weather and predators. Your native plants function as nesting sites…rest stops…launch …Type: Plant Info
- … of work—but also marks the end of the splendid time when each day offers up something new, from the bold bloom of a rhododendron to the subtle emergence of flower heads on ornamental …Type: Plant Info
- … you to add a goth gardening container of your own this Halloween. Goth gardening (drawn from Victorian or Gothic gardening) is having more than a moment; it’s been all the rage for …Type: Blog