Fruits & Vegetables

The Bullfrog (true frog family)

There are typical frogs with adults being truly amphibious. They tend to live at the edge of water bodies and enter the water to catch prey, flee danger, and...

White-breasted Robin – A Fascinating Bird of the Robin family Petroicidae

Family and Genus: The white-breasted robin (Eopsaltria georgiana) belongs to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae as well as...

The Tree of Life, Bahrain

In the desert of Bahrain, a tree of life situated, where there’s no groundwater source, quite inexplicably has...

White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida)

IDENTIFICATION - The White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida) resembles the Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala) but it is smaller and...

Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Since the introduction of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) from Europe to Australia in 1863–64, it has not...

Grapes are Immensely Vigorous and Sturdy in Taste

Grapes are growing, which isn’t what it used to be. No more do voluptuous bacchantes run madly through the forests of Greece to celebrate...

The Wonderful Exotic Red Bananas

A number of people have heard of or tried Red Bananas. Which is sweeter than the regular yellow banana which is on your daily...

Why It’s Easier to Succeed with Avocado Than You Might Think

Avocado (Persea americana) has been referred to as the most nutritious of all fruits. It has gained worldwide recognition and significant volume in international...

Mint or Mentha is Strong Flavoring Herb

Mint, or mentha, is such a powerful flavoring that you don't use it for many things, but when you need it, everyone is glad...

How to Grow Parsley?

Throughout history, how to grow parsley has had powerful symbolic connotations, including death and fertility among them. What a comedown to wind up in...

Cilantro – A Sweet-Smelling Herb to Healing Spices

Cilantro, also known as coriander or “Dhania”, is a sweet-smelling herb with wide, subtle lacy leaves and a pungent smell. It belongs to the...

The Amorphophallus Bulbifer

Amorphophallus bulbifer is ripening a lot of fruit these years, at the UConn EEB greenhouses. Despite Amorphophallus Bulbifer's appearance and the fact that birds...

Tarragon – A Hardy Perennial Shrub

Tarragon is a hardy perennial that becomes a woody shrub, normally about three tall. Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus), is a species of perennial herb in...

Stemonitis Axifera – A Species of Slime Mold

Stemonitis axifera is a species of slime mold, and its fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinguishing tall reddish-brown sporangia, supported on...

Brussels Sprouts – The Ultimate Cool Weather Crop

Some vegetables, like lettuce and asparagus, are grown for the thrill of an early harvest of fresh-tasting produce for the table. Brussels sprouts are...