The Phytophactor

There in the back of your fridge is an undated, unidentified leftover. Whether you decide to eat it or not may depend upon how desperately h...

The Phytophactor has to thank those lovely people at the Online College Blog for posting the Top 100 Botanical Blogs . Yes, these are the s...

Ash Wednesday! What a great idea! Fraxinus is the Latin name for ash. This figure illustrates white ash (1), red ash (2), black ash (3) and...

It is a wonderful day, particularly for mid-February, when those first seed catalogues arrive. They provide hope and give you something to l...

Well, folks, I don't think anyone here in Lincolnland is even mildly surprised. Now that Senator I-have-memory-slips Burris has had a mo...

My heart goes out to people suffering in these hard times. I'm so fortunate to be largely isolated from the economic down turn. Living...

Ground hog day is a very funny movie, but in general mammal weather prognosticators do little more to inspire confidence than wooly worms or...

This really rubs my rhubarb! This issue is nothing new, and it ranges from our local news rag to the ever dwindling giants of news publishi...

OK, the Phytophactor is pissed. TV networks producers think programs about plants are dull and boring! What a bunch of simple-minded moron...

Here's a pretty image of a fern. Have you ever seen a fern like this one? No question about it, this fern is pretty small, about the sam...