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This was the the most lychee I’ve seen on the trees in almost 20 years. This winter was cool like it used to be.’ ...
After success in its inaugural year, Bok Tower Gardens’ Fruit Fest returns, a sweet celebration where guests will enjoy lecturers along with sweet small plates for tasting and a festive margarita ...
In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon ...
Rambutan and lychee both grow in warm, humid climates, but rambutan is considered a tropical fruit, while lychee is subtropical, so it also flourishes in regions with cool conditions.
Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. Though the lovely ...
Jonathan Crane, a tropical-fruit crop specialist at UF’s Tropical Research & Education Center in Homestead, picks lychee off one of the 216 trees on the research campus site. He said the fruits ...
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...
Add soil amendments as needed: Working compost, aged manure, or other amendments into the soil when starting a new garden or ...
Here are our top things to do this weekend and next week, including pop-culture con Charlie's Summer Fest and the annual ...
Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...