Monthly Archives: September 2006
At work on El Niño data collection
I learned from Niches that the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center announced this week that “El Niño conditions have developed and are likely to continue into 2007.” I’ve been spending all my spare time since then searching for data … Continue reading
Tropical deciduous trees
For anyone who grew up in the northern hemisphere, temperate climate, forested area, this time of year can be nostalgic. If there’s one scene I miss, it’s the colored leaves of autumn. Like most people growing up there, including this … Continue reading
Lavender flower, red seed pods, leathery leaves
This plant, often a tree, is very common around here, but I saw its flowers only this week and so started making a serious effort to identify it. The lavender flower glistens with something sticky. When the fruit opens, you … Continue reading
Botany for the Bewildered
In one day I read scientific names for plants used on two of my favorite gardening blogs (La Gringa’s Blogicito and Gardener in Chacala, Mexico). La Gringa talked about finding foliage plants – the kind we used to grow as … Continue reading
