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I separate out a few nice shoots to plant for next year's crop and then throw the rest of the roots into the blender. I remember some of the yellow spotted millipedes in the States emit a cyanide juice that can make people sick.

This strategy works particularly well when someone has something of value that they don't want to give away for free, but might feel awkward asking a friend to pay money for. If so, knowing the prolific nature of these wild plants, you probably have more...

Soon after they develop their first set of true leaves, use a sharp scissors to cut the seedlings off just above the soil surface. Moisten the potting mix with a little water and tamp the tray on a table to remove any air pockets.

When harvest time arrives, use one of these two techniques to separate the beans from their pods before storage. Fold the empty half of the tarp over the beans so they're fully covered.

We're the third floor on the building directly ahead. While I was out harvesting canes today, there was a local farmer also cutting stakes. We don't even have a clothes dryer. (We're just a bit down the coast from Cannes in France, which is named for...

When Brett and I moved to the country two decades ago, we envisioned having a sunny little orchard where we would harvest bushels of apples , pears and other delicious tree treasure each year.

I've been eating fave from my fave harvest for weeks now, a few pods at a time. Last year I gave so many fave away that when it came time to give one particular neighbor some fave, I didn't have any left, so I went down to the market, bought a few euros...

So it's only natural that we as humans, at some point, would have wanted to imitate this and clothe ourselves in a variety of colors found in nature. An Ancient Art The origins of humans using color go as far back as human history.

Some olives are beaten off the trees with long bamboo poles, and other olives are harvested by hand with ladders to climb up into the tree tops. I am a bit irregular in my method and didn't change the water for days on end a few times, but that didn't...

Here are some tips for successful apple picking. Lift the apple gently. Not all varieties ripen at the same time. Sometimes there are two apples joined together on the same spur. It's easiest when apples turn red, but some varieties are green when ripe,...

Do not get the peat too soggy, which will rot the leeks. I saved these seed heads and will shake out the seeds as soon as they are fully dry. You could also dry them on a screen, or a paper plate.

The trick is buying a quality scythe and learning to maintain and use it. Joyce Chen Unlimited Garden Scissors are typical of this breed. Fruit is picked undamaged with this device and it almost makes fruit picking fun! Ames' lightweight, basket-style...

Harvesting blueberries is a simple process but, even so, there are a few things to keep in mind.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });First off, don't rush to pick the berries too soon.

This common grass is very easily identified in nature and its benefits as a food and more are numerous to everyone from a day hiker to a wilderness survivor. Before ingesting ANY herb or plant from the wild, please ensure you correctly identify it or...

There are a several methods to removing the husk and all of them are challenging. You can try to pry them apart with a knife, stomp on them, roll over them with a car, or crack them between two boards.Wash the nuts to remove any clinging fibers, in a...

Either place them in an airtight, freezer safe container or toss them into a freezer bag. One of the pleasures of watching those huge yellow flowers following the summer sun is anticipating harvesting sunflower seeds in the fall.

The biggest challenge to growing pumpkins may be the "real estate" they need; a ten foot by ten foot open space is a minimum, and you can rarely predict just where those vines will try to go! The bigger the fruit you want, the bigger the plant (vine)...

Click here to download a PDF of this infographic. Click for larger view. Ideally, you'll pull your vegetables out of the field and whisk them off to your customers at the farmers' market in a refrigerated truck the same morning.

Curing serves to toughen the skin and improve the shelf life of the cloves. Do not, however, remove any more of the papery skin. The trick is to keep the heads dry, cool and dark. With proper care, you'll enjoy your garlic for many months to come.

Folks who've grown dried beans in the past and had trouble with bean weevils destroying the beans in storage, before putting the beans in jars, place them in the freezer for two weeks.

It's thick skin means this winter pumpkin can sit on a shelf for up to a year before it's turned into soup or mash. The slate blue rind has deep ribs and a smooth texture. The rind is a lovely slate blue or deep green, and the interior flesh is smooth...

That is an amazing amount of food! For several years now, the Dervaeses have proved to be an inspiration to me and thousands of other people looking to wean ourselves from our grocery store dependency.

You'll also communicate to customers your intent to keep them in the loop of your business, and give them good reason to anticipate new additions to your farm stand as the growing season progresses.

If you choose to let the seeds dry on the plant, using gloved hands and scissors or shears, cut the seed heads off of the plant. This will be like plucking the petals off a flower.

We even made some delicious fruit juices. I used to live in Las Vegas, Nev., which has a high Mormon population. That agricultural heritage is disappearing though, and many of the younger Mormons aren't familiar with basic agriculture.

Keep reading to learn more about how to harvest a parsnip and when to harvest parsnips for the best flavor.seeds ¼ to ½ inch deep in rows, 12 inches apart about two to three weeks before the last frost in spring.

Leave it on trays to dry in the sun or inside near an indoor heating source. Once you take your sieve stack apart, you will be left with one that contains only seeds.You can also use the ‘ramp' method for removing the seeds from the chaff.