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He turned to the Oak Tree, knowing the leaves were plenty big enough to give him shelter while his body healed. In order to stop the sacrifice and save the child, Boniface felled the tree with a mighty blow of his hand and in its place grew a small fir.

There was no one of that day and age who would question anything he wrote or said. I wonder if any of these teachings really worked, but I really don't want to risk bee sting while walking through clover wearing an amulet of asparagus, and I truly do...

You gardeners in zones 9 through 11 can grow them outdoors, and the hardiest mauve Abutilon x suntense and vitifolium varieties should survive winters in zone 8 as well.The rest of us consider these "maples" to be houseplants.When raised indoors, the...

Hobby Farms and Chickens Email: customerservice@egmediamags.com Phone: 844-330-6373 A graduate of Purdue University, Roger currently lives in central Indiana with his wife and two sons.

Jhausman hot cider, spiced wine, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, hot toddy, Judith Hausman By Judith Hausman, Urban Farm Contributing Editor Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Photo by Judith Hausman Spiced wine or cider is the perfect accompaniment to the winter...

At the end of the summer, cover your mushroom bed with 2-4 inches of fresh wood chips – the mushrooms should return in the spring. Eventually, mushroom stalks should appear and open up their caps.

Allow children to express their inner artist by letting them paint free-form, or print off and cut out farm- and garden-themed stencils to use. Mark the barrel where you want the cut to be made, making sure to draw a path that avoids cutting through any...

What To Think About Before Raising Alpacas In the 1990s, alpaca farms were all the rage. Read some alpaca-care books, visit with other alpaca farmers, and consider taking a class so you know what to expect before you get involved with the alpaca industry.

Contact your cooperative extension agent, as well, because they usually have easy-to-understand information about both meat and dairy cattle that apply to your area. A group of cattle is called a herd.

With strawberry plants planted 18 to 30 inches apart in rows that are 3 to 4 feet apart, allow daughter plants to root no closer than 4 inches apart. Strawberry Varieties Josh Mazgelis/Flickr Not all strawberries are created equal.

Common red oaks include willow oak, black oak, Japanese evergreen oak, water oak and pin oak.Yes, a black oak is actually in the family of red oaks. Trunks typically grow to about 3 to 3.5 feet wide.

In England, it's called marrow. Considered a culinary vegetable, squash isn't really a vegetable at all. About the Author: Adrianne L. Some cultures use squash and pumpkin interchangeably.

October, 1930-- A rural Kentucky family tends the evaporation pan, boiling sorghum juice to make sorghum molasses.thumbnail photo property of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationsorghum was officially introduced to American farmers in the...

The larger roots either grow straight down or out horizontally from the tree. Then you can apply dirt over top of the remaining stump to encourage the decomposition process.When a tree has matured, the roots can be two to three times the diameter of the...

There's not a lot of information available about how much space you need for each pig. If you have a farrow-to-finish operation, you'll always have sows to care for, but you can plan your breeding so you don't have piglets during winter.

Find out more about Linnaeus here:A corm is a swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ.For additional information and photos of modern glads, see Toni Leland's May 26 article,

Pistachios have been around since 6760 BC, although the pistachio industry however, has evolved in more recent years. Pistachios stand out among almonds, cashews, walnuts and other tree nuts, due to their unusual natural green color and higher levels...

You can tape the picture to the storage container or bag for quick identification.• Location: Dahlias need full sun and well-drained soil, so choose your location accordingly. They prefer a soil pH just slightly acidic, around 6.5. A soil test conducted...

It was a small door with open spaces between the planks for air circulation, and when I was about 3 feet tall I could reach the top of the door frame. Even now driving through areas where old homes are no longer standing, occasionally we can spot the...

Choose a pot with plenty of drainage and use a good quality, well-draining potting soil. Though they are treated as annuals in cooler climates, they can come back each year as perennials in the warmer, southern states.Geraniums make a colorful adornment...

Pine trees love the sun and need wide-open spaces that offer great places to soak up all that sunshine. They top off at 13,000 feet, finding the thinner air and temperatures above that too chilly for their root system and leaves to flourish.

Thus, when buying one cross pollinating fruit tree, you'll have to buy at least one more tree to help with cross pollination. Apples are the most popular of the home grown fruit trees and the different varieties thrive in different climates.

The Guinness world record for the number of persons participating in an egg toss was set on July 4, 2008, in Skagway Ala., with 1,422 people tossing eggs to and fro. We asked him, and he said, "Camilla laid an egg.” Uzzi and I looked at each other.

Human health is affected by excessive antibiotic usage to treat animals. Like all factory-farmed animals, they are confined to tight spaces and mistreated, resulting in significant deaths in the fish population.

According to Oregon State University, sustainable livestock farming takes into account financial, environmental, ethical, social, product-quality and animal-welfare issues. In reality, chickens are often only ranging free in an enclosure in order to protect...

Farm Homeowner If you own and live on your farm, you can go one step above typical homeowner's insurance with a farm/ranch homeowner policy. Farm Liability Insurance “Liability” is an important word in insurance.

Before getting chickens in your own municipality, check regulations regarding keeping poultry within your city's limits—most chicken-friendly towns only allow hens (no roosters, due to noise), limit the number of birds you may keep in a single flock,...