Rare Truffle

Rinse with water and follow with facial oil or moisturizer, if desired. Treat your mom to some homemade R&R this Mother's Day with spa treatments straight from the garden. While you're nurturing seedlings, watching plants emerge and grow, delighting in...

Few aloe flowers are this spectacularThe flowers are spectacular with their brilliant bicolored, compact corn-cob-like racemes of red and yellow, or red and white, or orange and whiteClose-up of the flowers themselves on this slightly abnormally wide,...

Learn about some tempting new arrivals as well as some classics. Watch for 2014 summer availability. This season, take note of rich, dark purples, or almost black and brown-colored plants known as garden "Chocolates"" Chocolate plants have steadily increased...

The exciting mushroom cultivation news for the upper class might be the fact that a number of nurseries in France and Italy now sell trees inoculated with truffle mycelium. It is possible for the poor in rural areas to cultivate mini-mushroom crops, which...

The ones our friend prepared for us had a rounded, egg-shaped cap but were gold-to-orange in color and sizeable. The name refers to their resemblance to eggs when they are very small.

–D&R Poultry Fortunately for us garden-loving chicken keepers, plant parasites and chicken parasites are two completely different beasts. Sprinkling it in your coop is fine, but don't put DE anywhere chickens kick up dust into chicken-sized clouds.

The black-eyed Susan genus contains both annuals and perennials. Common garden varieties such as R. Common sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) and black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia spp.) may easily be mistaken for one another, as both plants bloom in summer with...

Also making appearances are goslings, pigs, chickens, a cow and her calves, and a very cute bunny. Send us via email the best images of your brood to hobbyfarms@egmediamags.com­, with “Say Cheese!” in the subject line.

We'll never know. “Who's billy goat it's this?” Those were the improv lyrics sung by Grammy Award-winning R&B singer-song writer Anthony Hamilton and his crew “The Hamiltones” at the Indiana State Fair this summer.

Considered by some to be a delicacy surpassed only by truffles, morel mushrooms are one of the most highly coveted species of wild fungi. The raised lattice-like ridges are highly discernable with deep, clearly defined cavities between ridges.

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These cultures associate with a variety of deciduous trees such as beech, oak, hazel & poplar. They are ascomycetes or Sac fungi, making them related to Morels but Tubers vary in featuring anthat develops underground.

(Note: Do not use essential oils in a salve for babies unless you have experience with essential oils.) Bug-Bite Remedy: For babies that spend time outside, bug-bite relief is essential.

Man's relationship with plants goes back further than written history and those considered useful for medicine, food preparation and supposed magical powers were held in the highest esteem.

Put cut up potatoes in bacon grease and let fry 3 to 4 minutes.4. Add cut up ramps and continue frying until potatoes are well done.5. Put previously fried bacon on top of potatoes and ramps; let simmer for about 2 minutes.If you want to add scrambled...

Whether you're planning a seasonal dwelling or a permanent residence with the amenities of a conventional home, investigate before you invest. Solid log construction has also improved over the years.

Help us celebrate spring and Baby Animal Month as we delight in these farm babies. Courtesy Tasha S. This time of year, everyone from small children to seasoned adult farmers get a little twitterpated over our long-eared bunny friends—and not just because...

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This shrub is a little less hardy, successfully growing in zones 3 to 7. One of the most common questions I get as a rose farmer (yes, there is such a thing) is about the kind of rose we grow.

Check out these farm-raised baby pigs we're swooning over. Head over to our Facebook page through the month of April, where we'll be talking about all things baby livestock. Ewart/Flickr Courtesy Travis B.

It blooms all season with large (30-35 petaled) blossoms on a 3'-4' bush. The 4" blossoms open in small clusters with a large flush in late spring or early summer, then sporadically for the remainder of the season.

Once the spores land on a suitable habitat, they germinate a new hypha that grows into a mycelium. The soredia then disperse from the parent lichen to form a new lichen elsewhere. The difference is the structure the spores form in.

See how many other producers are making the types of products that you want to make. “With hay prices ranging from $14 to $18 per bale, this becomes very expensive.” Heat also causes a decrease in production during the summer, she explains.

The corn smut fungus ( Ustilago zeae or U. Try adding them to omelets, tacos, quesadillas, and even your favorite mac-and-cheese recipe. Huitalocoche is used in many traditional Mexican dishes and is sometimes called the Mexican corn truffle.

Here's what Chan has to say about this recipe: “Nothing shouts spring in the garden like radishes, green onions, mint and carrots. Snipped mint 2 T. Are you looking for a pretty yet fresh appetizer to serve at your next dinner party?

Nearly 50 cities and other jurisdictions in California have already banned them. “This bill will limit consumer choice.” The California Restaurant Assn., California Chamber of Commerce and American Chemistry Council also oppose the measure.

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