What Is Licorice

« More Farm Inspiration » Tags enthusiasm , farmers , farming , inspiration , passion We call ourselves gleaners ( maybe you've heard the term ), and in the past four years, the leaders of this group have created a network of farmers and hunger organizations...

Holzer suggests turning upside down the sod strips removed when trenching for the huegelkultur bed and covering the wood with those. Rotting wood is excellent for use in a huegel—in fact, the rotting of the wood is the magic behind this technique—but...

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. As I headed out to my car Monday morning, head ducked against the wind, coffee mug trembling in my shivering, gloved hand, the realization that I had to scrape a thick layer of ice and snow off of my...

Hahnemann and his followers began experimenting with other plants, minerals and animal substances, conducting “provings” (clinical trials) and entering their findings into Dr. Hahnemann's Materia Medica , a master reference still used to determine...

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), also known as winterholly, brightens winter landscape with brilliant berries. Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided -- especially by children.

"Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” –Gloria Steinem I've been chastised in the past for having my head in the clouds instead of focused on the here and now, but I take Gloria Steinem's above quote to heart: dreaming really is a form of planning.

Sometimes it's a new use of a well-known plant. I took a quick look at my typical herbal seed and plant providers and found ashitaba seed readily available from Horizon Herbs, where owner Richo Cech has been growing tomorrow's leaf since Dec.

When you're unsure if what you're looking at is a good bug or bad bug to be, your local extension agent is your best friend. This afternoon, while inspecting my late-summer garden, I came across several small, vividly colored insects on a winter squash...

Be very leery of any early spring digging, especially if you live in a northern climate. If there is no spring or give to the soil, it's probably still frozen and too cold to work.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

However, portions of the roots and stems can still be attacked, resulting in poor growth and reduced yields.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });So what does damping off look like?

DDT was banned for most uses in the early 1970s and bifenthrin is classified as a possible human carcinogen and is highly toxic to fish. Here's an excerpt fromAspergillosis is a fungal infection of the lungs that is caused after the inhalation of a fungus...

Also note that the brine may make pan drippings too salty for gravy.To roast: Remove the bird from the brine, rinse and drain well. Heritage turkeys require a different approach to cooking.

Whithin a year, we decided it wasn't convenient to pursue the business, since we were mostly losing, rather than gaining, so we closed the store and took all the remaining groceries back home.

The common names of plants can be a tricky area. The leaves often have silver or white strips through the center. It is not native to Asia, and is closely related to the lily. This high-humidity houseplant can grow to heights of nearly five feet.Dracaena...

These organisms decompose plant debris and convert nitrogen, enhancing and enriching the place plants' roots call home. This is also true in the home garden, as demonstrated by the demise of photinia (Photinia x fraseri, USDA zones 8 through 9) and Leyland...

For instance, soybeans (Glycine max) leave nitrates in the soil while corn (Zea mays) absorbs nitrates. This process had the intended effect of replenishing the soil, but it left half the arable land unused and unproductive.

Okoume is the wood of the Okoume tree (Aucoumea klaineana), a species native to west-central Africa, in particular Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo. Within its native range, Okoume is considered widespread and relatively common.

I don't think I'm very convincing. I might soon have to move on to asking random people walking the aisles at our farmer's market. “Psst! Hey buddy, want a rooster?” Then I'll proceed to pull him out from under my jacket and try to hand him off.

(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...

Deer will eat just about anything if they are hungry enough, according to Oregon State University's Extension website. They are not friendly to the touch, however, as they have sharp thorns.

Likewise, a pH of 9 represents a concentration of ten times as many hydroxide ions compared to pH 8.With some exceptions, most plants do well in a slightly acidic to neutral soil (pH 5.5-7).

As you're waiting for your spring seeds to germinate so you can transplant them into the garden, refresh the beds with a layer of mulch to create a welcoming habitat for your new crops.

And you can't talk about insulation without talking about R-values. As we gutted the structure, we found not only multiple types of insulation (original plaster, blown cellulose and rolled fiberglass) but also varying levels.

One of my friends picked up five female Red Stars (a sex link) at a feed store—or so she was told. Maybe it's the human need to classify all the things ! A reader has asked, “Recently, I purchased three Black Sex Link chicks and a Black Australorp...

The juice is extracted in factories where larger rollers crush sugar cane stems. One folk remedy combines sugar cane juice with dry ginger to stop hiccups, another uses equal parts sugar and yellow soap to treat boils.

Heatwave Pink is a low-growing plant that will remain small all its life. Other varieties include Jaio Scarlet Eye, Peppermint Cooler and the unusual Blue Pearl, which is an F-1 hybrid with light blue blooms.

Vegetable ghee serves as a substitute for traditional ghee, an important ingredient in many Indian dishes. 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.