Many a summer wildflower bears in its name a lingering legacy of another time: for one, the dainty and prolific Daisy Fleabane. ...
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Can you freeze eggs in the shell? Yes you can
Can you freeze eggs in the shell? Yes you can. Here's what happens when you do. ...
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So, Vincent Van Gogh walks into a bar…
A properly peopled bar feeds the imagination ...
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Failing in public
We all know that things don't always go as planned. But there should be a special category for failures that go forth to publicly display themselves, even as they cry for a solution. ...
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Dandelions into wine
Only a scene of hazy visuals is left to recall the picking of buckets of dandelions with my parents, one spring afternoon at about age 6 or 7. Here's how to make dandelion wine. ...
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A pasture of Pasture Thistle
Well into August, the pasture thistle has yet to open its buds, as if the flower within takes longer to construct than ordinary flowers. But by September, their purple blossoms are entertaining bumblebees. ...
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January: Time to cut spiles
Want to make your own maple syrup? "You should make your own spiles," the MIT professor Sandy Brown said, assuring us that it's easy if you have some staghorn sumac growing in the neighborhood. ...
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Don’t grow so close to me
What is a species that can grow to 100 feet doing -- growing here? Ask a squirrel. ...
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A moment with the grass-carrying wasp
The grass-carrying wasp takes its name seriously. If you see your firewood stack growing a bunch of mustaches, here's why you should feel good about your backyard. ...
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The practically unobtainable chocolate Nobel medal
There are only a few things left that you can't buy on the Internet. Currently, the chocolate Nobel medal is one of them. ...