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Genetically engineered fruits and vegetables

Genetically engineered fruits and vegetables By Dorothy Noble Without pesticides or Bt corn, this fall armyworm will devour any sweet corn as quickly as this blue flour corn. Photo by Bob Ferguson.… View »

Firewood Splitting Tips

If you live in the country, you may already know about keeping a woodpile stocked. But even many city neighbourhoods are more like forest villages than concrete jungles. These places, too, are great… View »

Real-World Winter Gardening Tips From Your Growing Zone

Real-World Winter Gardening Tips From Your Growing Zone Grow food year-round by following these winter gardening tips from backyard gardeners in your Growing Zone. October/November 2013 By She… View »

Winter Gardening Tips: Best Winter Crops and Cold-Hardy Varieties

Don’t limit your harvests to summer! No matter your region, you can grow cold-hardy winter crops that have proven they can take biting temps. Just follow these winter gardening tips from one of the f… View »

6 Ways To Improve Soil Health

No-tillers can learn how to improve the health of their soils with the help of the newly revised book "Building Soil For Better Health," written by two prominent soil scientists. Managing for soil he… View »

Pantry Essentials for a Well-Stocked Kitchen

Don't we all wish our pantry could look like this? When we talk about culinary creations, it’s always fun to focus on seasonal veggies, fresh herbs, just-caught seafood, delicate cheeses or grass-fe… View »

Chiggers

It’s summer again, the season when chiggers make cowards of us all. Wouldn’t it be great to skip through fields of wildflowers and roll around in cool grass like the people in allergy medicine commer… View »

Protecting Chickens From Predators

Your backyard chickens depend on you for health, housing and safety. In return, they will supply you with eggs, entertainment, pest control, fertilizer, meat and more. But as prey animals, chickens a… View »

Container Gardens - Watering Properly

Even very large containers have more limited soil volume than garden beds, so proper watering and fertilizing are critical to maintaining a successful planting throughout the season. The frequency a… View »

Beneficial Garden Ladybugs

Beneficial garden ladybugs for controlling pests in your garden are the most popular and widely used beneficial insects for commercial and home use. Ladybugs are capable of consuming up to 50 to 60… View »