1: Place the lettuce in a large bowl and cover with ice water. Let soak for 15 to 20 minutes to get crisp, then drain. Dry ...

Native plants are "definitely seeing the effects of the minimal amount of rain we've had this year" - a scant 0.68 of an inch, said George Montgomery, curator of botany at the Arizona-Sonora ...

Posey: Umm. you don't always need roots. Stems do the job, too. When you put the plants in the water, with or without roots, the tubes in the stem transport the water to the flower. Ivy ...

A row of different herbs growing in pots on a windowsill - Simpleimages/Getty Images ...

Desiccation tolerance (DT) is a fundamental trait that is widespread and developed early in the evolution of the land plants (1, 2), and it is believed to have been critical in the colonization of the ...