Monthly Archives: December 2016

What is small enough to fit on a teaspoon, tastes like cucumber with a ting of lemon? Any guess? Not to tire your mind, Melothira scabra also known as cucamelon, is the small watermelon-looking fruit that belongs to the cucurbits family. Native to Central America, the cucamelon has been cultivated and enjoyed by the Aztec…

Just like any element in nature, our plants suffer dents from time to time. This may be in the form of dead leaves, dead flowers, weak stems or disease. We need to prevent these kinds of occurrence from spreading throughout our plants by pruning. Pruning is the cutting off of unwanted or dead parts from…

There are so many plants that are in use as home-decorative plants and flowers today. Lovely as they may be to look at, the majority do contain toxins in their sap or parts that can be harmful to humans and animals at different intensities. Understanding what dangers some of these plants pause to your children…