Ballerinas in Floral Disguise Part I – The Oriental Lily

Ballerinas in Floral Disguise Part I – The Oriental Lily Check Out The Harvesting History Collection of Plant Videos on YouTube The lilium genus, surprisingly, is only indigenous to the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, but it has been so popular for so many centuries that it is worldwide in distribution. There are many, many species native to North America,…

Kale and Collards-Some of the Cold Hardiest Vegetables in Existence

Kale and Collards-Some of the Cold Hardiest Vegetables in Existence Kale and Collards are probably the earliest cultivated variations of the European wild cabbage. Kale is known to have been widely grown by both the Greeks and the Romans. From a scientific classification point of view, kale and collards are considered to be the same plant – just two different…