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69Sage: Salvation and the Kitchen
In the old days, people used sage, to treat snake bites and just about any other ailment known. Sage today, however, is more important in the kitchen, instead of a medicine pouch. Since the days of the...
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67A Good Hay Crop, but Economic Hard Times
Cows need good quality hay, high in protein to produce quality milk. Round bales of hay are becoming more common on many farms. The neatly stacked round bales of hay in a freshly cut field are a summer...
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55Keep It for a Better Winter
Across North America and much of the world, more dirt than usual got pushed around and raked. Seed companies, greenhouses and garden centers all saw increases in customer traffic. Many people planted to...
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72Majestic Mullein: A Sentinel Herb
Mullein is a fascinating medicinal herb which can also be planted as an ornamental flower. The stock, covered with brilliant yellow flowers, can zoom upwards of 7 feet. It's stature makes this biennial herb plant excellent for backgrounds or...
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55Get the Blues for Better Health
It's okay to get a little blue during the months of July and August. It's actually very healthy – it is blueberry season. Blueberries are one of the healthiest fruits known, as well as packed full of...
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77Tomato Warning : Take Action Now
The news continues to blacken for tomato growers as July turns into August. Late blight is on a sad and tragic march. Late blight, technically known as Phytophthora infestans, is a nearly always fatal plant disease. The late blight can blacken...
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64Garlic Scapes: Funny Looking but Darn Good.
June and July are garlic scape season in many parts of North America. For many cooks and garlic lovers, it's the prime season for the tasty and mild garlic flavor, flower stem. Simply put, they are good...
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69Borage, the Forgotten Herb: Attractive, Beneficial, Easy to Grow
Borage, a little known herb in North America, is a good plant, almost of hero status in the vegetable or flower garden. An attractive herb with blue, star shaped flowers, it attracts many gentle pollinators such as honeybees and bumblebees. ...
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70Horseradish: Eat, Drink and Grow
Although it likes to wander and needs to be controlled, horseradish is a plant to consider in the home vegetable garden. Horseradish, a perennial root crop, is an easy plant to grow; pests and insects...
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74How to Grow Peas: a Carefree Vegetable
Peas are one of the best low maintenance, carefree vegetables in the home vegetable garden. Peas can be planted as soon as the winter snows melt for an early spring harvest and planted again in late summer...
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