The first flowers that I took care of by myself, apart from morning glories in my elementary school, were the sweet peas. They were lovely. I was growing them in my apartment. The only window facing south was the small one in the kitchen. …

This summer, my teenage daughter was assigned a homework by her science teacher and here's what she had to: 1. Choose a big park in the neighborhood where you can have wide view of the sky 2. Pick a place in the park where you can sit down…

I saw a pot of roses in a flower shop. It was one of the Japanese types, and the picture on the pot showed that when it blooms it will have beautiful pale, purplish blue petals. The name of this rose is "Yakumotatsu" (八雲立つ) , which com…