The Victorians were big on growing exotic plants indoors in little climate-controlled structures, and they designed some truly beautiful table-top hothouses for the purpose. Often a Victorian terrarium was quite elaborate, emulating the architecture of the conservatories and orangeries attached to British stately homes or part of the public gardens of the era…
But that’s a [...]
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In the various pet-owners’ e-groups to which I subscribe, a common question is whether such-and-such garden plant is toxic to dogs, cats, or other pet animals who might wander up and start munching away. And what part of the poisonous plant would be harmful to household pets? The roots or the shoots? Leaves, berries, stems, [...]
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