Possibly the most robust of the squash vines, cucuzza is an Italian treat that might soon make it's way into the hands of U.S. farmers.
I spent one afternoon last week with my son visiting Jennings Prairie, a restored prairie in Pennsylvania.
"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser demonstrates how to divide a perennial plant to spread around the garden or share with a friend.
"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser walks you through how to arrange ornamental plants in a container for a eye-pleasing design.
Photo by Judith Hausman Fragrant basil leaves pair perfectly with the apricots. A California vacation at apricot (and peach) time: aaahhh. We can manage good peaches in the Hudson Valley, but our apricot season is about 30 seconds. While in Northern California, we bought and ate them by the quart. Firm, sweet, tart and juicy, the […]
Use these natural canning ingredients as alternatives for the pectin, sugar and alum found in many canning recipes.
Mob grazing cattle makes for more efficient forage usage and promotes plant diversity, researchers at Iowa State University find.
Photo by Jim Tittle/www.nocfcfracplant.com Glacier Sands, LLC recently obtained a conditional permit to build a 325-acre frac dry-sand plant and rail-loading facility directly across the street from Cochrane-Fountain City School in Fountain City, Wis. This not-too-uncommon-in-Wisconsin facility will be located between Kamrowski Road and Bensel Pond, and will be the main distribution center for frac-sand […]
I am experimenting this year with allowing my spring-planted lettuce and radish to develop and drop their own seeds.
Photo by Judith Hausman Cherries and blueberries make refreshing additions to this summer salad. Red, white and blue desserts were everywhere for Fourth of July: strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream — what’s not to like? Still, strawberries are about done in the Hudson Valley (it wasn’t the best year for them), blueberries aren’t yet ripe […]
Rose hips, also called rose haws, are the bright-red fruit of rose plants both tame and wild.
