It’s a lovely time of year to get outside and gift the planting of a tree to yourself or a neighbor. Take the kids and/or grandkids to a local nursery and look for an appropriate specimen. One with ...

Allspice trees, Pimenta dioica, are pretty trees for the landscape and were the subject of a previous column during the holidays. There were several questions and comments about these trees. Julie ...

Of all the spices in the world, it is safe to say that with allspice, there has been nothing but confusion from the get-go. The now extinct Arawaks, the first inhabitants of Jamaica, had never been ...

Allspice (Pimenta dioica) grows best in tropical climates but fruit production needs more than one tree. Plants usually produce male or female flowers in summer, although male trees sometimes can ...

While Christopher Columbus was busy mistaking the Americas for the East Indies, he also confused the identity of what we now know as allspice. Allspice berries look something like peppercorns, and ...

In the April Green Pages, I asked the reader to consider what the Walsingham nature reserves look like now, how they looked like a few decades ago and what they looked like before man arrived in ...

Learn how to make real ground allspice from whole berries for richer flavor, better aroma, and a fresher, homestead-style ...