
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Since it’s the closest we’ll get to a green holiday, I’m taking full advantage today the spotlight on one of the day’s most prominent symbols: the clover. Botanically known as the trifolium, which translates from Latin to “three leaf”, the cousin of sweet peas and soybeans has a strong agricultural use, which makes it more important than you may think.
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I, like my mother and a surprising chunk of my friends, have a potted peace lily perched on my windowsill and for good reason. The peace lily is very easy to care for (even if you forget to water it) and produces some of the most fantastic flowers I’ve ever seen. Even though it’s setting off my hayfever right now, I still can’t bring myself to put it outside.
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