Patterns of variation at microsatellite loci suggest that root populations of the pest grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae) are largely parthenogenetic in Australian vineyards. To investigate ...

The garden is planted – both flower gardens and vegetables – at Casa de Rathbun. I made a trip with a friend to Dutch’s Greenhouse on South Seneca this year to pick up some flowers. I love their ...

In the beautiful economy of the forest -- or the urban backyard garden -- leaves are nature’s brilliant cookware. Banana leaves can be cut down to make plates or unfurled into wrappers perfect for ...

Stuffed grape leaves sound exotic -- especially if you use the Greek word dolmades (doh-MAH-dees) or the Arabic words Warq Enab (WAR-ock EE-nib) to describe them. But the leaves themselves? Not so ...

Think of grape leaves as nature’s spring roll wrapper. I mean, the Greeks certainly did. So too did the Persians, the Turks, the Lebanese, the Egyptians, the Romanians, the Armenians, even the ...