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IPM: An Ideal Approach to Natural Pest Control in Gardens and Farms
Add to Favorites By John Hibma – Pests and diseases are an unavoidable reality in agriculture. In this immensely diverse biosystem that we call Earth, humans must share with other …
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How to Store Vegetables Through the Winter
Congratulations: your garden was a success! Now, to learn how to store vegetables so they don’t go bad before you can eat them.
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Make Your Freezer Drought-Ready With These Food Preservation Methods
Certain fruits and vegetables that didn’t come from your garden or a farmers market, probably came from either California or Central/South America.
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Make Room in Your Garden With Climbers And Crawlers
Add to Favorites By Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. Farmers with 1,500 acres available and urban backyard gardeners alike often have the same complaint: “If I only had just a little more …
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Time For Summer Squash
When sunny summer days arrive, I think summer squash. Summer squash are low in calories (15 per half cup) and go with almost anything.
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Make Your Own Seed Bank
Add to Favorites Scrolls, skeletons and seeds. That’s what the discovery of Herod’s Palace in Masada, Israel, revealed. Ancient history, preserved for future generations. Scientists carbon-dated the date palm seeds …
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Foods You Should (And Can) Produce Yourself And Why
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow New outbreaks of illnesses and even deaths (an estimated 9,000 annually) due to food poisoning are constantly reported in the news. Most of these outbreaks …
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Your Guide to Growing Winter Squash
Add to Favorites Winter squash, like summer squash, melons and cucumbers, are part of the gourd family. Growing, harvesting, and keeping winter squash is, to me, among the easiest in …
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Cucurbita Moschata: Growing Butternut Squash from Seed
Add to Favorites Growing butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) from seed, which is categorized as a winter squash, is similar to that of pumpkins, cantaloupe, and cucumbers who all reside in …
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Pumpkins and Winter Squash Varieties
Add to Favorites People who are new to growing pumpkins often don’t realize how many varieties are available. They also don’t realize that pumpkins are winter squash varieties. Within North …
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Decoding Catalogs from Top Seed Companies
Shopping for seeds sounds easy, doesn’t it? But when you open catalogs from the top seed companies, you’re assaulted with foreign terms.
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