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Renaissance Scientists And After - Part II
Galileo before the Court of Inquisition. He had to avow that he did not believe in the Copernican system. Galileo Galilei was another man of the Italian Renaissance, gifted with brilliant, many-sided genius....
8 commentsEndangered Trees
The race to save the world's most endangered trees, begins at home. Learn about Florida's most endangered trees and some of the issues regarding the world's most endangered trees.
9 commentsProven Methods of Shucking Oysters
Proven methods of shucking oysters, knowing your health risks in handling oysters, and taking proper precautions,using the right tools. This is an indepth article on shucking oysters.....
2 commentsThe Rooster in the Mirror
Controversial cockfighting still exists in certain cultures and countries, depite having been outlawed. This is the true story of one of those involved in the sport and the fate that he met.
8 commentsWatermelon 911
Near daybreak, waking to a loud and screeching halt that resulted in my nearly being thrown out of the big rig cab bunk -- I was grateful we’d avoided the accident ahead of us. A few minutes later, when...
25 commentsCommon Edible Wild Plants - Part I
Sitting at nature's dinner table, most would be surprised at the goodness and variety of the bounty. By learning about just a few wild edible plants, you'll soon be able to recognize them, and never have to...
40 commentsGrowing Blueberries In the South
In the U.S. blueberries are most often thought of as plants that are grown in the northeastern states, and generally not a plant for hot and humid states. Most people also don't think of vineyards and...
22 commentsA Perfect Butterfly
I haven't always made the right choices. A reminder of a few of mine came from a jewelry booth at the "Pike" in Long Beach, California back in the 1950s and 1960s. These I can chalk up to the lack of...
39 commentsAxolotls, Newts, And Salamanders
Certainly a bow and some applause must be given to the relatives of frogs and toads who are the salamanders, newts, and their allies. Generally, they follow the system of the typical frogs in their breeding...
10 commentsEdible Ferns, Nuts, and Grasses
Natural intelligence plays a role in life, when it comes to who survives and who doesn’t, in a world fraught calamities and woes. You aren’t born knowing a lot of things, but if you are intelligent,...
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