If you have a variety of sizes of wood, try to place the larger pieces toward the bottom and center of the bed and work outward with smaller branches and organic debris so that your bed is stable.
Every time I climbed into my car in some new creative way, dropped my keys because my hands were shaking from the cold, or added another layer of clothing to my daily outfit, I thought of Hal Borland's quote above: This winter may be intense, but it won't...
Ask Martok! Do you have a livestock or wildlife question you want me to answer? So lower potencies like 6x to 30x or 6c to 30c are usually recommended, especially for do-it-yourselfers.
Cats, dogs and horses are all sensitive to winterberry toxicity. Ingestion can cause dizziness, stomach pain, diarrhea, high pulse rate, nausea, drowsiness and low blood pressure. Children are particularly susceptible to adverse effects.
I may not be able to start gardening or backyard chicken-keeping any time soon, but when that time comes, I'll already have a head start. We're always thinking of ways to better our gardens or brainstorming new recipes to try out in the kitchen, and unlike...
He told me that he has always been drawn to the angelicas. Here in Ohio, I harvest Angelica archangelica in the fall to make use of the root, though some folks still candy the leaf stems.
Lean On Your Cooperative Extension Most gardeners can easily ID adult insects that they encounter either through published insect guides, university resources, entomological websites or garden centers.
Frozen soil is dense and rigid. Test your soil first by walking on it or patting it in several locations. Determining if soil is frozen can make all the difference.How do you know if the ground is frozen solid?
The otherwise healthy looking seedling will discolor or wilt suddenly, or simply collapse and die.Other signs of damping off include stunting, low vigor, or wilting. The amount of damage to seedlings depends on the particular fungus, soil moisture and...
I checked with several communities near me and have been told there is no testing done whatsoever for chemical residue, before the compost is distributed to residents.Do you know how much of this chemical residue would be absorbed by plants if the compost...
Heritage turkeys have a long productive life span measured in years and are very suitable for free-range, giving them a pasture diet and thus meat with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids.Ten different turkey breeds are classified as heritage turkeys,...
That's what happened with the laurel dry leaves: he got a large box, with forty bags, each containingOf course, we wondered whether we would ever sell all those bags, but since they were already there, nothing could be done.
Three stalked plants are given for luck, five stalks are said to represent wishes of wealth and seven stalks are thought to bring and keep good health. The leaves often have silver or white strips through the center.
Since the food web partially depends on the plants that grow in it, the more different species you plant, the richer and healthier the soil.Your plants belong to you, but in a larger sense, they serve your community, since diversity is the sum of all...
In the first field, a farmer sowed annual grains such as barley (Hordeum vulgare) or wheat (Triticum aestivum). It was commonly done in Medieval times, long before technologies existed to permit persistent, large-scale plantings.
Wood used for hardwood flooring is generally from much harder species such as red oak, which has a hardness of 1290. Fresh-cut Okoume heartwood darkens with age and exposure to light and air.
I might soon have to move on to asking random people walking the aisles at our farmer's market. You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post. (I'm reminded of a certain “Seinfeld” episode… Remember “little Jerry”?) Anyway, if...
(By this point, it's doubtful that I'll ever come around to beets, fennel or especially coconuts.) I've come around to most of my disliked foods, and I've even developed a taste for olives and raw tomatoes, both of which were expressly banned from the...
For this reason, bougainvillea is often grown in a container and brought indoors for the winter. The plants take severe pruning very well and should be pruned back in the fall to maintain their shape and remove dead wood.Bougainvilleas suffer from pests...
Hydroxide ions are left with one more electron than proton, giving rise to the negative charge. Commercial services will charge from $10-$30, depending on the amount of information offered.
Keep this in mind as you work your garden. But by taking the time to give some extra care and thought to your soil at the beginning and end of each gardening season, you'll cultivate soil that will support the growth of healthy fruits and vegetables that...
In our zone-4 abode, the minimum recommended R-value is 25. Because I can't wait until Talk Like a Pirate Day , which only comes around once a year, I figured I'd jump at the chance now.
To answer the reader's question, a Black Sex Link female chick is completely black, but an Australorp female chick is black on the top with a buff color on her neck, chest and bottom.
Sugar cane is a subtropical/tropical grass that originated in Papua, New Guinea and spread throughout Southeast Asia, India, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the southern United States because of human migration and the slave trade.
If you have a deer problem in your region, surround your vegetable garden and other plants deer eat with vinca and other plants that deer don't like. After planting vinca in well-drained, slightly acidic soil, it can withstand droughts and prefers to...
It has a buttery, nutty taste that is somewhat milder than that of traditional ghee. It is also used as a spread on bread or vegetables.Both traditional ghee and vegetable ghee have a texture and appearance similar to lard.
They extend the time between feedings, and contain other important nutrients supplied by other ingredients that the deer need.While deer corn is low in protein, it is an excellent source of carbohydrates and fats that boost their energy reserves for the...
