Ann Loves Plants

Tag: food

  • Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash

    Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…

  • Taming the Beasts

    Snow on a big leaf Rhododendron. The snow beast roared its tiny little head this morning. Now it’s gone. That was the easiest beast to tame this past week although the cold temps are still sticking around—unlike the snow. Just about finished with the seed starting spreadsheet for 2013. I think I’ll be starting about…