I regularly hear from readers who want to know why Wicked Plants doesn't have an index. It was a mistake, I tell them. But it's hard to understand how an index could be accidentally left out of a book unless you understand how the production process works. Once the manuscript is finished, edi...

It'll be at least a year-possibly more--before my new book is actually printed and in my hands. But it's never too soon for a website, right? So here it is: TheDrunkenBotanist.com, named after my forthcoming book of the same title, which is due out in 2013, probably in spring. I do hope you...