Russell Stover Candy Factory

In an odd coincidence, I may be doing just that already. Put all of that in a plastic bag, Refrigerate the seed baggie for a week. Then make the seed soil mix the top layer in prepared starter pots at room temperature.

Place the lid or cap on the container and tighten. In a heavy nonreactive pot, combine the ginger and 1 c. Water (plus additional water, if needed, to cover) over medium high heat.

And then, of course, there is the simple beauty of the glistening jewel-like candies that result. This results in a completely dry fruit often with a powdery surface, or with a surface coated with sugar crystals (the fruit may be rolled in sugar after...

State Laws There are state animal cruelty laws, which may affect the operations at factory farms, but these laws are rarely enforced “due to factors like limited investigation resources, and the fact that most abuse occurs behind closed doors and at...

According to Heinzen, when EPA made the data public earlier this year, it provided no context about its meaning. Although the data showed that CAFOs are significant sources of pollution, these large-scale operations are not subject to the same environmental...

Using slotted spoon, drain and lift peels onto cookie sheet lined with foil or silicon baking sheet. Let dry for 24 to 48 hours. At the same time, the bitter-sweetness of this treat is adult and particular.

The first 6 inches of each growing tip is edible — perfect in salads — and it won't hurt the plant. The trick is to not plant them too deep or too early. Deeper in the soil, it's cooler and wetter, and peas are liable to rot.

“Health departments could play a more significant role in addressing community members' health concerns if resources and the political landscape changed.” Fry and the study's coauthors believe health departments with animal-production sites in their...

There are approximately 20,000 factory farms in the U.S. today. While overreaching government oversight isn't something that's nice to think about, neither is blatant disregard for environmental and human health in the name of meat production.

For instance, you can make pear cider that can be made into hard cider, which in turn can become pear vinegar. After a few weeks, there should be a strong vinegary smell and you can strain and discard the fruit out of the liquid and bottle.

The results were astounding! The plants Mr. Russell developed bore only a passing familial similarity to the loose, purple blooms of the wild forms of lupine. He developed reds, corals, yellows, and pinks, among a rainbow of other colors, and even forms...

<< More Shop Talk >> Tags American business , build homes , Jim Ruen , made in America , mowers “Each of them does the work of two,” he says with pride. Foster told me how he and his partner Phil Pulley had entered a crowded marketplace with the confidence...

Now for the yucky part: we plucked the worms from the manure and put them in a bag. Building another one had long been on THE LIST, but never seemed to make it into the elite category of projects to actually be started (let alone finished), so we broke...

Does a box full of chocolates seem a little stale? Download the corresponding template below, and print according to label package instructions. To get started, pick up a pack of Avery 1-inch-diameter labels, package number 5247 or 6450.

Maybe we can soon buy them—multi-colored so we can tell the flavors apart—in multi-flavor packages with suggested flavor combos printed on the back. (While I'm making requests, I'd love for someone to develop an avocado tree that will produce in Kentucky,...

According to a recent survey of participants in the American Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers & Ranchers program, 21 percent of young farmers cite a lack of sufficient farmland as their top concern.

Its muticolored tassels make an artistic back-of-the border annual; the plants may get 4-8 ft. Amaranth seed in Mexican candy tasted like to me like sesame seed candy. Does it have a place in your garden?

I gathered some bark for my husband's Aunt Hazel, and my uncle helped me dig around to find some small sections of root. The dried leaf products do not contain the safrole that is evident in the roots.It still breaks my heart to think of losing that flavor,...

One day, they were simply gone. They're fluffy. I do know that one Easter, we drove out to the countryside and, at a farm, I was allowed to select a dozen baby chicks as my holiday gift.

About the Author: Aliza Sollins spent five years working in urban agriculture as a co-founder of Boone Street Farm in the beautiful, gritty heart of Baltimore City, teaching canning classes, learning how to raise backyard poultry, and gardening with refugees...

She admits it's a little detail geeky, but it helps tremendously, as we don't want to be stuck with bags of candy canes come January. Because we often make big batches of treats around the holidays, our notes often relate to how much of something we made...

In all of the recipes below, I used a plain boxed cake mix.Each cake was baked per package instructions, then I added the herbaciouslyflavored home-made buttercream frosting to give it character.If you aren't familiar with cake pops, here's a quick rundown...

That's why the Dutch gave the British the island of New Amsterdam, in exchange for the Indonesian island of Molucca (or Moluka) where Nutmeg grows. To me, Ginger means gingerbread houses and gingerbread men.

The train often crawled along at 2 mph or sat motionless. One particularly attractive plant caught my eye; a small tree with feathery leaves and puffy pink flowers. Several years ago, I commuted from Philadelphia to Newark by train.

They are popular eaten both fresh in salads and candied in desserts. Candying is the route most chefs make, however, both because it helps preserve the flowers for longer, and because it gives them a sweeter, more dessert-like taste.To candy a pansy flower,...

Easy to find, affordable, and a kick-start to the winter holiday season, these lovely plants bring back memories of Grandma's house at Christmastime. Beautiful, but temperamental, these tender plants need some TLC to make it through the season in your...

To the company, it was scrap. That's especially true when you lose track of the two metal edges you hope to join and end up an inch or two off. We aren't quitting our day jobs anytime soon, but I am trying to figure out how I can justify buying a small...