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Edible plant of the month Mint is an underutilized herb in the west. Though popular for breath fresheners, it is rarely used to enhance the flavor of salads, cooking, or simply boiled to produce a natural herbal tea. (more...) Flower of the month The Freesia is a popular garden plant with a strong perfume which naturalizes easily in frost-free areas. Grown from corms or seed, these plants can do well indoors in pots in a windowsill or in the garden, dug up each winter in colder areas. Flowers range from red, orange, yellow, and white to purple, including multicolors, and come in single or double forms.(more...)
Did you know... ...that chocolate was the first non-alcoholic social beverage in early modern European cuisine? ...that maize was the staple of Aztec cuisine, and that maguey worms, spirulina and corn smut were popular Aztec foods? ...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Conan the Barbarian, has the intelligence of a garden snail?
Plant news Plants.am Comes Online! 1 March 2007 The wiki is planted, and ready to grow. Importing content and adding new materials begins. (more...) Spring arrives 25 March 2007 Planting of vegetables, annuals, bulbs, bare root plants and everything else begins in the Northern Hemisphere. (more...) Daylight savings in the U.S. 11 March 2007 Most American clocks will spring forward one hour at 02:00 AM on March 11, 2007 and will end November 4, 2007. (more...)	Featured Articles Collaboration of the week Template:Current COTW Newest Articles Freesia
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