Two species of rose slugs, Endelomyia aethiops and Cladius difformis, traverse the rose bush foliage when young, sucking the fluid out of the leaves. This causes skeletonization so that the leaves are thin and turn a pale taupe brown in irregular spots. Reminiscent of stained glass with the ...
Dandelions grow almost everywhere and are easy to find. In early spring when the weather is cool and moist, the rapidly growing leaves are tender for eating raw. Harvest the leaves with garden shears or by hand and gently clean them in the kitchen. Leaves are best when picked in the early...
And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride. But the thorn had not yet reached her heart, so the rose's heart remained white, for only...
In no time the place was a brazier, a burning bush. The bookcases themselves also joined in this sacrifice and were beginning to crackle. I realized the whole labyrinth was nothing but an immense sacrificial pyre, all prepared for the first spark.“Water. We need water!” William was sayin...