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"Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward."
 

                                                                            ~Terri Guillemets
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Ginger was used in ancient times medicinally as a digestive aid as well as a food preservative, but it has been a culinary staple in Chinese soups and stir-fries for centuries. Its name in Sanskrit means "horn-shaped" and Queen Elizabeth is often credited with inventing the gingerbread cookie. Although called a root, it is actually a rhizome of Zingiber officinale.

 Its characteristic sweet, pungent, woodsy and spicy aroma and taste is the result of three volatile oils: zingerone, shogaols and gingerols. Ginger is grown in the tropical regions of India, China, West Africa and Jamaica and in the warmer areas of the United States such as California, Florida, eastern Texas and Hawaii. We offer three edible varieties for sale.

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Houseplants are just as susceptible to insect infestations as outdoor varieties, and perhaps even more so because indoor temperatures are usually kept constant providing an ideal environment for a variety of pests. One pest is usually not recognized as an insect because it resembles a fish scale and lacks legs, antennae and distinct body parts. Immobile in the adult stage, small in size and armed with a dense cover that protects it from pesticides and natural enemies, the armored scale is difficult to spot until a colony is well established. Despite its diminutive size, it weakens and damages plants by sucking on their sap.
 

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