(Sow thistle) I live on an island that has about 1500 different flowers, but I only can recognize a handful of them: like anemones, poppies, mallow, rockroses, orchids and dandelions (Taraxacum officinale). In the past …
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Category: Nature
Orchid fever
How the many forms of orchids can fool people and animals.
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Wild Vegetable Time
About Lent and wild vegetables.
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Nature’s playground
About the waterfalls on Lesvos.
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Ancient orchids
About early orchids, especially the Robert’s Giant Orchid.
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War in the olive groves
About a flower that invades the nature of Lesvos.
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An island full of paradises
About rivers and gardens.
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Balls, Juniper and Christmas Bells
(Green Sponge Balls) There are meatballs, footballs, owl balls, tennis balls, Christmas balls and a lot more balls; but has anyone ever heard of Green Sponge Balls? You could easily hang them on the Christmas …
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Windtowers
About the Tower of the Winds and other wind towers.
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Olive scarcity
About a shortage of olives and the countries producing olive oil.
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