Best Value Pinot Noir 2016

Beetles are one of the first creatures to make themselves at home in a dead snag. Far better than a man-made birdhouse, nature has been designing the housing projects (and food and social spaces) for the tiniest of insects to the largest of mammals for...

Visitors to many of the state's orchards can pick the fruit to take home. In 2005, 8,500 tons of grapes were harvested in the state.Ohio has ranked among the top 10 states in apple production.

Knowing the answer to these questions will help you avoid any hidden costs when selling your trees. If there are timber mills near you, call them and ask if they're buying cedar wood.

“Water requirements vary with soil, location and microclimate. Once cleaned and sifted several times, the buds are stored in galvanized cans until used.” Lavender is a hardy plant that can tolerate neglect, but plants take three years before they're...

“In a major win for farmers that National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition fought for, farmers may now provide up to half the match requirement through sweat equity—the farmers' time in developing or implementing the project.

But first, allow me to backtrack. The main features are easy enough—the controls for the hydraulic lift, or for engaging the mowing blades on a riding mower —but other features (such as the differential lock, whose value I recently learned) see less...

Pricing Structures This is certainly a less obvious way to add value to a market table, but pricing is an overlooked part of the market experience—usually decided on a whim—that can work for you or against you.

My youngest still wants to breed unicorns this year, but everybody else settled for piglets and poults. The only challenge is having enough time to really set up systems that work for their skill level.” In our family, we'll often get together at the...

New canes develop irregularly. However, vines that have had symptoms for more than a year should be removed during the dormant season. Such as disease. One such disease of grapes most often seen in the South is Pierce's disease.

This is the last step remaining. So, in 2016, I'll be powering up my Kindle more and leaving the remote alone. An ongoing goal for the past several years has been to incorporate as many of the beneficial insect-attracting plants and techniques I discuss...

Tags New Year's resolutions Collecting soil samples for your state soil lab is an easy process that will identify soil pH, nutrient levels and offer recommendations to correct any identified issues.

May self-sow in warm areas; easily grown from seed; frequently used as evergreen groundcover in areas where it is hardy.: tubular, 1.5 inch-long blossoms borne on upper one foot of each stem; flowers open bright yellow but gradually turn orange-red: site...

Examples of this type of grape include Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Zinfandel, all which thrive in USDA zones 7-10. Since they are native to the South, they are a perfect addition to a zone 9 garden and can be eaten fresh, preserved, or...

Here in the Midwest, cayenne is an annual, so we plant it every year and harvest all we can for winter before doing it all over again. We use comfrey tea and compost preparations as an application for all our Solanaceae family members.

Voting begins Aug. Voting on this contest has now closed—thank you for participating! You can find the winners in the November/December issue of Chickens .

As I read up on this beauty, there was some suggestion that it benefits from prairie fires. One or two in the landscape can easily be overlooked, as they aren't a robust plant. Punctata , commonly known as spotted blazing star, is the one that is most...

Plus, if the package gets set in the sun, it rapidly turns into a miniature greenhouse, cooking your kale into something unsellable. But bunches have their advantages, too. Kale is also a versatile crop, reliable through much of the year.

A few beekeeping-supply companies sell child-sized gear now. If you don't have child-sized bee clothing, have them wear a thick, long sleeve shirt and pants, as well as socks and closed-toed shoes.

The ISA Browns will also lay very efficiently in their second year of life, with production dropping significantly by the third year.” Cinnamon Queen Johnida Dockens/Flickr Starring Role: This dual-purpose meat and brown-egg production lays between...

ZJ Farms taps other local growers and food artisans for these additional products. Move beyond vegetable produce and supply your biggest farm supporters with other value-added goodies.

It probably entered Europe in 1 AD, where its primary use was as a medicine. Prized around the world, this spice has both culinary and medicinal value. In fact, nutmeg is the only plant that produces two spices.

I love sprouting broccoli because it produces multiple side-shoots almost all season long. This year, I was blown away by all the new offerings from some of my favorite seed sources.

Landowners are responding by raising farmland rental prices, and the projected 2013 values are on track to exceed the record highs of 2012. Stein advocates farm operators and landowners to enter into a flex rental arrangement, which accounts for fluctuating...

In general, these are more shade-loving plants, with Z furfuracea being one of the exceptions.However, many have historically been used for food by native peoples, who know either what the safe parts of the plants are, or how to properly prepare them.It...

“Because it is a contract, a lease has a great deal of flexibility, and you can basically put [in] any requirements or restrictions you want to include, which the tenant has to follow once they sign,” Cox says.

“For broccoli cultivars grown during the past 35 years, when hybrids became the standard cultivar, evidence indicates that mineral concentrations remain unchanged,” Farnham says.

Nitrogen Nitrogen is the structural component of amino acids in enzymes, which do everything in the cell, and is an essential component of chlorophyll; without it photosynthesis won't occur.