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Horseradish and Millipedes

Crops & Gardening
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It’s just about horseradish harvesting time!

Olive Harvest

Crops & Gardening
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The olive harvest has started, and all over in the hills around here people have unfurled their harvest nets and are collecting olives.

Turnips, Anyone?

Crops & Gardening
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I always end up with the same problem. I plant too many of the veggies my husband doesn’t like, and then I feel guilty when they go to waste.

Pumpkins

Crops & Gardening
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This weekend I picked my first pumpkin.

5 Steps to Prepare Your Garden for Winter

Crops & Gardening
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The time of year has finally come to shut it all down. Follow this gardener’s advice for preparing your garden beds for their long winter nap.

Poke Sallet

Crops & Gardening
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One of the most colorful plants in the garden these days is the big poke sallet weed growing near the central steps.

She … Is a He!

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Poultry |
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You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post.

Italian Rice

Crops & Gardening
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I took the train to Milan last week, and was as usual impressed by the enormous agricultural activity in the Po river valley.

Garden Pollinators

Crops & Gardening
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I was lucky enough to be invited to Rhode Island this summer to film a segment for the television show Cultivating Life.

Pumpkins and Zucchini

Crops & Gardening
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We’ve got one lovely pumpkin currently fattening up in the veggie patch.

Soil Contamination: A Farm Buyer’s Primer

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Before you purchase a property, be sure you know what’s in the soil. Everything from roadside pollution to illegal-drug contamination can affect your farm’s usability.

Garden Fortune

Crops & Gardening
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What a superb year for the garden!

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