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If you’re thinking about welcoming a new scaly-skinned addition to your home, allow us to introduce you to the best types of ...

Their spiny protection along their upper portion resembles that of a porcupine ... Only offer organic fruit since pesticides have a way of getting into the actual fruit and not just on the outer skin.

Dragon fruit is a wonderful exotic treat grown from a tropical cactus. It has hot pink and green –- or neon yellow -– spiky scales that resemble the drawings of mythical dragons from ancient Chinese ...

Hedgehog numbers are down in the UK in recent years - but gardeners should be doing everything they can to attract the spiky ...

We ate hyperlocal dishes served out of a trailer in a rural Virginia field, experienced one of America’s most refined ...

The prickly pear cactus (opuntia engelmannii) is a quintessential desert plant, highly useful to many species including our ...

It is a pretty exciting time for pears.' Heirloom pears, both European and Maine varieties, are beginning to get attention in ...

And in a native yard, Chapote or Texas Persimmon blends well with Granjero, Spiny Hackberry ... You can also enjoy them in jams or as dried fruit. And maybe this year is the year I get organized to ...

Durian, a stinky, spiky fruit, was used to make simple syrup for Weston Fetterolf's "Essence of Royalty," which took top ...

Ibiza also benefits from an abundance of wild herbs, fennel, mushrooms and asparagus. Many of the country restaurants still ...

It’s hard to miss sycamore snow. But there was one secret stage of it even my husband and I had never seen. First, have you held a sycamore ball in your palm? When it is fresh and tight, it may as ...