Frog Eyes & Sand Pears

By Jenks Farmer | March 6, 2014 |

I’m bracing myself for a cold, wet day at Goodness Grows nursery. Plant shopping is fun until the day turns bad. But the show must go on as the next 4 days of planting depend on today’s shopping — wet feet and all. One plant on my list is Tradescantia; which I learned as spiderwort.…

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Better Than Boiled Peanuts?

By Jenks Farmer | January 24, 2013 |

I understood immediately when he said, ‘taste this’ that Mr. Ben wasn’t trying to trick me or wait to laugh as I grimaced. He was sharing.  Now, he and I know and we know each other knows, the taste of the amber colored jelly that fills the bean pods of Kentucky Coffee Tree. He told…

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