Thursday, January 30, 2014

The chestnut that horses don't want

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Species name: Aesculus hippocastanum Common name: horse chestnut Location: Western University campus The horse chest...
Monday, January 27, 2014

A new development, a cool blog posted by someone else, and a weird plant news story

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This blog will be three things all rolled into one, and not at all like my usual blogs that I post. Three things to cover! So let's star...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The creeping vine from Virginia

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Species name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia Common name: Virginia creeper Location: Western University campus As promi...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wine? Wine not!

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Species name: Vitis riparia Common name: riverbank grape Location: Western University campus The riverbank grape is ...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Burr it's cold!

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Species name: Arctium sp. (probably Arctium lappa ) Common name: burdock (probably greater burdock) Location: We...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Happy Winter!

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While I was off on "blogging vacation," it switched over to being winter...literally and figuratively. Sure, we've had some co...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

So apparently I'm taking a hiatus!

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You know those times when you just...forget to write blogs? And then wonder how 3 weeks has passed and no one reminded you? Yeah, this is on...
Friday, November 29, 2013

The maple of Black Friday

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Species name: Acer nigrum Common name: black maple Location: Western University campus What better way to celebrate the...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Remembering JFK with cornflowers

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Species name: Centaurea cyanus Common name: bachelor's button, cornflower Location: picture 1 from HERE , picture 2 f...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

BLOG RERUN: Mom's Secret Recipe

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Guess what?! Today is American Thanksgiving! Or, as we in Canada like to call it, Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving to my A...