The Magical Natural Beauty of Plumbeous water redstart
Identification: Plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) male bird is entirely bluish slaty with chestnut tail and rufous vent. However, the female is above-average dark grey-brown...
Pansy or Viola Tricolor Hortensis
The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from more than a...
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Brief Description
Alfalfa is a perpetual the herb commonly found on the edges of fields, in low valleys and is widely cultivated by farmers for...
Citrine Wagtail Identification and Call
Citrine Wagtail Identification
The male adult bird summer unmistakable, with canary-yellow head and underparts, gray upperparts, black lower nape (extending to sides of the neck),...
How to Grow Parsnip, Salsify and Scorzonera
Parsnip takes some patience. The seeds are slow sprouting, the plants are slow-growing, and the whole crop can take a good year to produce...
The Natural Smoking Hills of Canada
The smoking Hills of Canada are one of the most wonderful natural events on planet Earth. In the middle of the eighteen century (1850),...
How to Grow Petunia?
Petunias are half-hardy annuals and are related to the potato and other members of the nightshade family. Their familiar trumpet-shaped flowers come in several...
The Striking Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
The striking Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is our only regular “long-tailed king-bird.” But it is not only elegant and attractive but also common and easy to...
Fennel – The History Old as the Mediterranean Basin
Fennel has a history as old as the Mediterranean basin where it originated. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all ate its aromatic fruits...
Grey Falcon: The rarest raptor in Australia
Habitat: Grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos) is found on the timbered plains of the dry interior. It is one of Australia’s rarest raptors. Singly or...