Hardy fuschias waiting to be planted since the Canby plant sale in the ground: check Miscellaneous sundry plants acquired in the past few weeks in the ground: check If I keep this up, what am I going ...

Castor bean plants (Ricinus ommunis) are easy to grow from seed when provided with sun and moist, loamy soil. The seeds produce a vibrant plant with large, star-shaped foliage that can grow up to 10 ...

Native to Africa, the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis), has been cultivated for nearly 4,000 years. The Egyptians grew it for lamp oil and Thomas Jefferson grew it to deter moles. It is now grown ...

Dear Master Gardener: I was given a small plant as a gift last spring. It grew into a gigantic plant with striking leaves and spiky pink seed pods. I've learned it is a castor bean plant. I'd like to ...

Q: I listen to you on the radio and enjoy it very much. I thought you’d be interested in this picture of my dad, Ed Tupa’s, castor bean plant. — Mike Tupa. A: Thanks, Mike, for the great photo of a ...

Q: What can you tell me about the old-fashioned castor-bean plant? I believe my parents had them for shade for the chickens. Also, I planted several camellia seeds, but none sprouted. What's wrong? A: ...

Kent Mathewson is pictured in Mexico with a Castor Bean Plant. He is giving a lecture on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Hurlbut Church in Chautauqua Institution. CHAUTAUQUA – What do King Tut, Cleopatra, ...

In 1978, a Bulgarian dissident died after KGB assassins jabbed him in the leg with an umbrella containing a poison pellet on a London street. Fast-forward to February 2003, when former Secretary of ...

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