Author: Anita Westervelt
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What to do with a lot of June bugs
Growing up in Kansas, it was kind of fun to see a couple of June bugs bumping against the porch light in the evenings. I knew they wouldn’t hurt me, because my momma said so, and with the arrival of June bugs, I knew summer — and my birthday month — had definitely arrived. As…
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Anita’s Blog — Anything But Dull
Don’t you often wonder what people must be thinking when they give a name to something? Often there’s great mystery surrounding a name — until you delve into what something does, is or how it behaves — moths are no different . . . . Check out this new blog post and get ready for…
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Nightshades — a family of plants as infamous as it is famous
Published in McAllen Monitor June 19, 2021. From delicious to dangerous — beware the shady side of the local nightshade plants . . . .
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Horridulum — what kind of name is that for a pretty plant?
Published in the McAllen Monitor June 5, 2021 — Wicked jagged dagger-like leaves belie the beauty of the flower to come — check out the benefits . . . .
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Anita’s Blog — The Exotic Nightshades
Third post in three-story nightshade series — exotic, extraordinarily beautiful, fragrant — and still dangerous
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Anita’s Blog — A Commercial Nightshade
In addition to the nightshade family bringing us plants at both ends of the spectrum — delicious edibles to deadly poisons — the most popular national bedding plant also is in this famous and infamous botanical family — can you guess what it is?