I’ve been listening to Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” for a while and thought it was okay, but THIS? This is cover magic. My only objection is that I only just became aware of its existence.

Cunninghamia lanceolata goes by a few names: blue China fir, China-fir, Chinafir, and the name by which I’ve always known it, Cunningham fir. A timber tree in its native (you guessed it) China, Cunninghamia is an out of vogue evergreen you’ll find planted mostly in the Southern U.S. A shaggy giant grew on the corner [...]

I’ve been playing this Pinker Tones song off and on all day. Its name translates to “lying in the sun,” and the video is pretty darn slick. Appropriate for a summer Friday? I think yes.  

I met up with friends at Smith College Botanic Garden last summer, and what a lovely little garden it is. Several plants caught our attention, but one in particular landed itself on the wishlist. Its unwieldy name, which I believe comes from the language of Chewbacca, was Cephalaria tchihatchewii. Like Chewbacca, it was really tall [...]

Man oh man. If I haven’t talked much about my garden lately, here, on Facebook or Twitter, it’s because my garden is mostly depressing this year. Why? Because we’ve had appallingly few soaking rains since June, along with heat and humidity that’d make ANY good Southerner request a cold drink. It’s brutal out there, and [...]