What Is Marmalade

Don't forget that when things get tough—when your cucumbers are plagued with squash bugs and the tomatoes have blossom end rot because of seven days of ceaseless rain—that your love for the land exudes far beyond the task at hand.

This layer will settle into the woody base naturally, so don't compact it or worry too much about small empty gaps within the base layer. Build healthy soil your garden can rock out in with this German compost technique.

As for immediate winter-weather comfort and relief, I'd recommend an extra pair of mittens as you do farm chores, a roaring fire when you come in from the cold and as much soup as your stomach can hold.

Send me your question! Please keep in mind that I receive a lot of questions, so I won't always be able to answer each one immediately. Because the same remedies in the same doses apply to the same conditions in humans and all other animals of all ages...

Ingestion can cause dizziness, stomach pain, diarrhea, high pulse rate, nausea, drowsiness and low blood pressure. When used in indoor arrangements, keep winterberries out of the reach of curious pets.Proper planning keeps winterberries safely away from...

So, instead of feeling guilty the next time you catch yourself in an agricultural daydream as you're tilling the garden or mucking out the livestock stalls, take Steinem's words to heart: you're merely planning for your ideal farm, and that dream lies...

Growing a plant yourself will be the only way to get to try this out, as everything on the market right now is in pill or powder form. Beyond being a great nutritional supplement, the plant has strong antibiotic activity, particularly in the digestive...

First, the legs of these particular insects were too short and dark in color. But then I realized that these little nymphs were immature leaf-footed bugs , which aren't beneficial at all and are actually quite nefarious.

Digging frozen soil is hard work and the minute you realize you are working way too hard just to turn up the soil is the time to put the shovel down and exercise some patience.There is never any sense in getting ahead of the natural sequence of events.

Damping off is a term commonly used for indicating the sudden death of seedlings, often caused by soil-borne fungus stimulated to grow by nutrients from a germinating seed. Seeds that have already germinated develop brown water-soaked spots.Seeds may...

Many of the cities and townships do the composting themselves, while others sell it to commercial operators who compost the waste and resell it. While you might maintain a chemical free property how about your neighbors?

Because there is less white meat, they can dry out while the longer-cooking requirements for dark meat are met. 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...

Moreover, dried laurel leaves don't have a short expiration date - about one to three years. Nevertheless, we made fun of the situation, by foretelling that even our children's children would never have to buy laurel dry leaves again! And this was practically...

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. Better known as Dracaena sanderiana, this plant is a fixture in many households.Connoisseurs agree...

Almost every time a species has been wiped out in large numbers, it grew in exclusive stands, such as the American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata, U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8), largely eliminated by a host-specific...

Instead of leaving a garden fallow an entire year, seasonal spring and fall crops are alternated. Each year, one half of their land was allowed to rest and be renewed. Fertilizers and intelligent companion planting came first.

Fresh-cut Okoume heartwood darkens with age and exposure to light and air. The wood has a high silica content, which tends to blunt cutting tools more than might be expected of so soft a species.

I don't think I'm very convincing. “Psst! Hey buddy, want a rooster?” Then I'll proceed to pull him out from under my jacket and try to hand him off. You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post .

—Robert South (Clearly I was destined for a career involving reading and writing.) Thankfully, these character traits have mellowed in my transition to adulthood, especially my palate: My tastes have broadened tremendously, and I'm now proud to say...

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 other than deer. Deer will eat just about anything if they are hungry enough, according to Oregon...

Soil pH can best be lowered to an acceptable range in one of two ways. Depending on initial and desired conditions, elemental sulfur (NOT sulfate) can be added at a rate of 1-8 pounds per one hundred square feet.

Depending on the size of your garden, mulching may take a couple hours to a couple days of heaving lifting. It won't look the prettiest, so consider topping it with compost soil if aesthetics are a concern.

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. Different climates and housing zones (not to be confused with hardiness zones ) perform differently, requiring varied levels...

Does a breed have patterns or color variations in its fuzz? This made for simple comparison the day my chicks arrived. One of my friends picked up five female Red Stars (a sex link) at a feed store—or so she was told.

The clean juice is then boiled until it is a syrup. Harvesters (humans or machinery) chop down the stems and leave the roots to regrow for next season, collect the stems and load them onto a truck or rail wagon for transport to the processing facility.Sugar...

Colorado State University's website suggests planting vinca if you want to deter deer.Vinca serves well in the borders of other flowering plants and in containers. After planting vinca in well-drained, slightly acidic soil, it can withstand droughts and...

It has a buttery, nutty taste that is somewhat milder than that of traditional ghee. It is made up almost entirely of hardened vegetable oil and is free from any milk products.It is ideal for various forms of cooking, such as baking, sauteing and deep...