The Phytophactor

New Year's has never been much of a big deal; what's the point?  OK so you start a new calendar.  Mostly the New Year is just one of...

Yes, our arrival in Germany was on the 27th and that is past Christmas, but in Hamburg, the Christmas markets were still going strong, which...

In times now long past, the Phactors always traveled for the holidays because all of our relatives, and many old friends, lived in New York ...

This is a rather depressing report on the spread of a blight that threatens bananas, worldwide!  This may not seem particularly important t...

Today, the Sunday before Christmas, made a perfect day for cooking.  So with plenty of time, and to help ward off the cold, wet weather, thi...

It was just a moment's lapse, a second or two of being less than vigilant, and it happened!  It must have been the Christmas cookie that...

TPP is working on an expanded dichotomous key for ornamental conifers that can be cultivated here in the upper midwest.  It's only to ge...

Ahh, don't you hate it when this happens ?  You just go out for awhile, and the next thing you know a cat has gotten themselves tangled...

These are weirdly strange gifs , but fun.  They are a form of animation that has been around for quite some time.  When TPP was a kid, his y...

Well, that's another fine semester shot to hell.  While too busy because of competing demands upon TPP's time, it was a good semeste...