Fruits & Vegetables

Bloody Mountain: A Prominent Peak in Eastern California

Bloody Mountain is a prominent peak in eastern California, located in the Sierra Nevada, just one mile south east of Mammoth Lakes (Mono County) in the southwestern United States....

The Increase Popularity of Herbs and Health

The increase in the popularity of Herbs and Health as medicinal remedies is less obvious. But it seems...

Rufous Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

The nocturnal habits and chunky, cinnamon-toned form set the Rufous Night Heron apart from other Australian herons. There...

Rainbow Lorikeet – A Bird That Will Capture Your Attention

First illustrated in color in Peter Brown's Illustrations of Zoology in 1774, the rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) was...

Kale – Grown for Edible Purpose

Description: Kale is a domesticated form of Brassica oleracea, a member of the cabbage family. It is grown primarily...

How to Grow World’s Healthiest Food Cucumbers?

Cucumbers have come a long way. If you grew them twenty years ago and gave them because you got a lot of scabby, pulpy,...

Lucuma – A Super Food You Should Know About It

Lucuma is pronounced (loo-koo-mah) and is also known as the “Gold of the Incas” and is so common in Peru. This fruit is mostly...

The Black Sapote – Chocolate Pudding Fruit

The Black Sapote “Diospyros nigra” is a species of persimmon in the family Ebenaceae. It is also called “chocolate pudding fruit” and black snap...

Know the Difference Between Turnips and Rutabagas

Description Do you know, what is the Difference Between Turnips and Rutabagas? There is nothing in the garden quite as unromantic as a turnip unless...

Apples – Potent Source of Antioxidants

Apples are a potent source of antioxidants with polyphenols, flavonoids, and vitamin C. Therefore Apples are a good source of fiber, and potassium and...

How to Grow Delicious Beets?

The best reason to grow beets is to make homemade borscht. But you can also boil them and serve them with butter or one...

Papaya – A Rich Source of Anti-Cancer Food

Papaya Shrinks Prostate Cancer Risk by 63 percent and that’s the benefit seen by men in this study. When they ate 390 grams of...

Butcher’s Broom: The Fascinating Plant with Fruits Growing on Its Leaves

The mysterious and rarely seen Butcher's Broom, "Ruscus aculeatus," is a low-growing permanent shrub. It has hard, erect stems and very rigid leaves that...

Blueberry: A Sweet and Mouth Watering Fruit

Blueberry is a wonderful plant. Not only do they live for decades and bear delicious fruits that need almost no care. But they are...

Why Are Tomatoes So Healthy? And Why Should You Eat Tomatoes?

Why are tomatoes so healthy? Our modern tomatoes are all descendants of wild cherry tomatoes that grew along South America's western coast. From Mexico, the...