Best Combine Harvester

I don't have trouble with either centipedes or millipedes in the garden and consider them helpful predators. Lifting up the cover and smelling the mix is a very bad idea as the gas can burn one's eyes, as I know from experience.

Because we always have more cucumbers at home, we even bring empty, clean containers for folks to take some salad home. Sometimes we take extra whole cucumbers and leave those on the potluck buffet, along with the cucumber salad recipe.

Step 4: Remove The Plastic As soon as the seeds begin to germinate, remove the plastic sheet to prevent fungal diseases from taking hold. Step 5: Water Water the seedlings as necessary with a gentle shower.

If they aren't, return them to the bags and check again in a week or two. The dried husks, however, are more brittle and will easily crumble open. How To Thresh Dry Beans There are many different ways to thresh dry beans.

It's almost spring here, so we're all hustling to get ready for the growing season. (Note: We all have 10 foot ceilings, so the building is a bit more than 50 feet tall.) I have a larger flat piece of ground at my office, which is a few hundred yards...

I've always loved picking apples, eating them right from the tree or in fragrant apple pie , and in recent years, turning them into sweet apple butter and applesauce. When Brett and I moved to the country two decades ago, we envisioned having a sunny...

Having fave to eat on May 1 is the big deal, and with the rest we'll probably just shell them all and freeze them, to be used in soups in the fall. We have both been hit a bit by the recession this year, and she urged me to be more financially conservative.

I recently purchased a new, Orchard Mason Bee nest block and the bee specialist recommended painting different stripes of color across the front of the many-holed block to help the bees determine exactly to which hole they were returning.

When I first saw all these nets, I thought they were perhaps some strange sort of hammock, but then when olive season rolled around, I saw the nets unfurled and I understood that leaving the rolled nets attached to the trees was just a time-saving device.

In addition, the pickers need sacks hanging from their necks to hold the apples as they are gathered. The problem is, it might by this time be over-ripe, so I prefer to rely on the color of the seeds.

Trim the tops if you haven't done so already. This is a bit of information on how to harvest them, how to store them, and how to save their seeds. Those old leaves will protect the leeks and are discarded later when you use the leeks.Leek seed heads can...

Their design makes them ideal for either right- or left-handed use and many retail outlets stock them. If you'll need to maneuver the cart through a doorway or gate, measure to make certain it will fit.

We like to freeze them and throw them straight from the freezer into smoothies, but however you decide to use them, you can be assured their amazing nutritive properties are well worth an afternoon at the berry patch.

Cattail harvesting can be as simple as picking one right off the plant in summer.The lower part of the stem is white and, when eaten raw, tastes like. Before ingesting ANY herb or plant from the wild, please ensure you correctly identify it or consult...

There are a several methods to removing the husk and all of them are challenging. If you are lucky enough to have one of these gorgeous white walnut trees, you may be wondering when and how to harvest butternut trees?

Wait until the animals start sunflower harvesting for you and there'll be nothing left for you!Harvest sunflowers when their petals become dry and begin to fall. To beat the local wildlife, it is important to know when to harvest sunflowers.Harvesting...

Keep just three healthy plants of each clump. This allows for better pollination and ears with no missing kernels. Then use the stalks as faux cornstalks, or cut the tops and use in wreaths or dried arrangements.If you have already bought the above items...

Use this guide to know which foods to eat first and which will still be good come next week's dinner plans. Click for larger view. This isn't always reality, especially for small-scale and part-time farmers.

You can lay the bulbs on a table, a piece of plywood or any other flat surface. It's hard to believe that in a few short weeks it will be time to harvest garlic in most parts of the country.

Plan to harvest your dry shelling beans during dry weather. In my garden, the arrival of late August is also the arrival of the dry bean harvest. If the long-range forecast is calling for a lot of rain, I pull up the plants, pods and all, and hang them...

They're easy to plant and care for, and most of these varieties are quite prolific. While summer squash, like zucchini and patty pan, won't store for long, there are plenty of hard-skinned members of this extensive plant family that will keep for months...

We want to build raised beds, plant a hedge of hardy pomegranates, add a cherry tree, some blueberries and undeMy mind soars with the delights of our own fruits and vegetables in season and on our plates – and the possibilities of sometime providing...

Step 4: Arrange and decorate your calendar pages. The figure should look like a triangle, and the holes you punch should meet at the point. Paste the images and corresponding labels onto the calendar pages.

Once you pinch off an opening in the seedhead, the other seeds will be easier to remove. Just as with the other examples in this article, castor bean seedpods can be dried on the plant or picked fresh once they are ripe.

That agricultural heritage is disappearing though, and many of the younger Mormons aren't familiar with basic agriculture. As far as I can see, this is urban agro-forestry. These plants can be found in abandoned places — hanging over a wall or somebody's...

Parsnips should be kept weed free and swallowtail-butterflyshould be handpicked off. Expect roots to be between 1 ½ and 2 inches in diameter and 8 to 12 inches long. Once the cold weather hits, the starch in the parsnip converts to sugar and produces...

Set a cookie sheet flat on the ground and using a cutting board, create an angled ramp. They are ready to harvest when they begin to fall from the flower head (tassel). If you see seeds falling from the tassel, it's amaranth harvest time.Now that you've...