 By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2014 Edition Asparagus Fern, Protasparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’  Family: Strelitziaceae  (Known by no other names) What we commonly call Asparagus Fern is, in fact, neither not an asparagus as we think of them (though in the same family) and not a fern! If the truth be known, they are actually members of […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2013 Edition Wodyetia bifurcata Family: Areceae; Sub Family Arecoideae This is a pleasingly unique and delightful looking palm that originally grew in Northeastern Australia. It is named after Wodyeti, an Aboriginal bushman, said to be the last of his line and a veritable treasure trove of knowledge regarding this […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the July 2012 Edition Manzamigos at Godzillas (A PIctoral Essay ) […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Reporter from the September 2011 Edition Recently, for 107 days, with my once Manzanillo sun-burned nose placed against the proverbial grindstone and formerly retina-detached eye struggling for focus on the ball, I was back in the yoke of work. And though this time constituted grueling seven day work weeks of 12+ hour […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2011 Edition Intellectually, I know it’s not my fault. But my botanical emotions are a complete and total wreck. I feel that I have failed in my duties and, as a result, upon my psychological shoulders I wear something akin to the guilt-ridden mantle of parental responsibility shirked. My […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2011 Edition (The following is the seventh installment of a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized account of an almost real event!) We all have met ‘em. . . . . . you know the sort, it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school […]
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