The Phytophactor

Well, most the glaciers have retreated, and even the mid-week snowfall has melted, and it's getting easier to assess the damage and the ...

Oh, this is so much fun!  Most people, and my students are no exception, except for a couple of the horticulture students, commonly think se...

After shopping until you dropped yesterday on Black Friday, a event religiously avoided by TPP, the Christmas season officially begins.  Thi...

Quite a few holiday posts have accumulated over the past couple of years, and like watching the miracle on 42nd street for the 42nd time, wh...

'Tis the season when many people purchase decorative conifer trees; otherwise they own some ersatz version thereof. No option exists in ...

A correspondent asks the Phactor, "I would like to create a screen to shield my firewood racks and trash cans from the neighbors. Give ...

The laboratory spent examining conifers (yesterday) is always quite a bit of fun. Even among biology students most think conifers and evergr...