The Phytophactor

Those of us infected by the gardening virus can develop quite a plant habit. TPP has never dared keep track of what he spends annually o...

TPP is not a native plant purist because he is also a compulsive plant collector.  Hey, everything is native somewhere.  However in a rat...

That's a function of windows 10.  For reasons still uncertain TPP's laptop upgraded itself (never gave it permission) to Windows 10 ...

TPP has long wondered if motorcycle people would still ride them if they were made to run quietly, or is there something about the scream...

Spring cleanup in the Phactors' gardens takes quite an effort. Although a large proportion of our leaves get composted, a lot of leaves ...

Our persistently warm March weather has really pushed along the flowering.  Here's a wonderful spring ephemeral, bloodroot, Sanguina...

TPP can't remember all the diverse PC storage media he has been through in just his career.  Let's see: punch cards (older than dirt...

What use if s library of dead plants?  When it comes right down to it, that's what an herbarium is. TPP curates one such collection of...

This does explain a lot. Experiments do sometimes go wrong, and it does explain the orange complexion.  As always, Tom Tomorrow explains wha...

Shut the barn door!  The F1 used to call TPP's beloved, semi-recumbent BikeE a dork bike. Imagine what she'll say when she sees ...