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4 Herbs For Your Halloween Celebration

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Amid the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween is a mix of traditions that honor the dead, and these herbs have played a supporting role.

Cover Your Noses Around This Mushroom

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You’ll quickly notice the hallmark of the stinkhorn mushroom: a foul odor that can’t be missed.

Find Beauty in Forest Loss

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The death of a tree, as with the end of the growing season, rejuvenates other life—we just have to open our eyes to see it.

7 Creative Ways to Balance Excess Soil Nutrients

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There’s no one way to balance soil fertility. Try one of these techniques to grow your best crop yet.

7 New Ways to Preserve Squash

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Squash are a giving garden crop, but here’s what you can do when the harvest gets overwhelming.

How to Harvest Potatoes

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On a whim, I decided to plant potatoes this year and I’m so glad I did—75 pounds of delicious potatoes await the dinner table.

Our Amazing Native Spicebush

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This native forest-grown plant has a surprisingly tangy flavor and can be used like kava kava to help ease anxiety.

5 Easy Ways to Preserve Mushrooms

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There are many ways to put your mushrooms to use outside of the traditional culinary techniques. Here are some ideas to get you started.

4 Spring-Blooming Bulbs to Plant This Fall

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Put in the work now to reap the beauty of these bulbs’ blooms in the spring.

4 Herbs to Grow for Asthma

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Build up your herbal medicine cabinet with these plants that help asthma sufferers breathe better.

7 Tomatoes I Grew and Loved This Year

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As I look back on the growing season, I delighted in these tomatoes. Consider adding them to the list for next year’s garden.

Collect Teasel in October

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If you find this European native in your fall prairie, gather it for decorating and to add to your medicine cabinet.

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