Gardeners are special kinds of people. There’s something therapeutic about the connection with nature, devotion to growing something from nothing, and the reward from a bountiful harvest. It’s hard to ...

The xylem and phloem cells produced by the fusiform initials have their long axes oriented vertically and make up what is known as the axial system of the secondary vascular tissue. The ray initials ...

The ground is cold, icy and mostly barren. Only the most stubborn leaves cling to the tree limbs, and garden beds have been pruned back, cleared and prepared for winter. But the last holdouts of the ...