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Grow Borage Chase Away the Blues with St. John's Wort 8 Ways You Can Use and Love Burdock « More of the Prescription Gardener » Tags prescription gardener I often recommend that my clients seeking help with their fertility munch on pumpkin seeds to...

They all need to be transported across the farm at one point or another. Some yard carts come in a flatbed style and don't have sides to hold loads in place, while others have sides to prevent objects from falling off the wagon.

In my next entry, I'll run through what you need to make your own sledge. This was, of course, an opportunity to justify the scraps I hadn't thrown out. I also left behind a promise to drop off a raspberry cream cheese pie and a set of raspberry plants...

“People were swimming in low spots on the Dan Ryan Expressway,” he recalls. “Buy a rain gauge to check rainfall amounts in the garden. Learn from gardening challenges. Start a compost pile.

Having a hard time envisioning a “barn-raising” of your own? Every time we get out a gallon to enjoy we think of that evening. Do your homework. I was very pregnant with three other small children, but it was an excellent apple year and I was not...

You can take nothing for granted here. If you plan to rely on an apprentice for help with your season, take time to vet all applicants thoroughly. Barns burned down. Getting your routine down and maybe having a few years of farming your own land under...

Bit by bit, I sawed the trees into pieces and piled them on the wagon, including large branches and many sections of the trunk. Because the wagon wasn't immediately needed for any other purpose, the most logical plan was to unhitch the wagon and leave...

If a handful of hay bends easily in your hand, its fiber content is relatively low and it will be more digestible than if the stems snap like twigs. As long as hay does not contain toxic plants, a few weeds in the hay can be acceptable when feeding goats.

Also perhaps I could have just a small sip of beer and a bite of a sandwich. Tags prune fruit trees , pruning Remove the “water spouts”—those branches that shoot straight up from a horizontal branch.

Do you have any sled tips to share? But while this helps in one respect, it can occasionally cause a problem if the snow is wet and later freezes to the underside of the sled. As counterintuitive as it might seem (why would snow on the bottom of the sled...

Making plans for the coming year is even more enjoyable when you receive a new tool for Christmas—most of you are probably familiar! This year, I got a set of ratcheting tie-down straps, which are essentially long straps with hooks on each end, along...

The whole experience was both exciting and demanding. Still, plantaholic that I am, even taxi rides were naturally a chance to look for botanical specimens both familiar (redbud treees, cyclamen, planetrees, roses) and unfamiliar (palm trees, towering...

“We applaud Mac-Gray for taking a leadership role in combating climate change,” says Carbonfund.org Foundation President Eric M. “In partnering with Mac-Gray, we are encouraging campuses to reduce the environmental impact of their properties and...

(You can carve your own jack o' lantern using theses Hobby Farms pumpkin stencils !) World's largest pumpkin pie: The New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in New Bremen, Ohio, baked it on October 8, 2005, at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest.

Do not crowd the tomatoes; they should not touch each other. Dredge in breadcrumbs to completely coat.In a large skillet, pour vegetable oil (enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan) and heat over a medium heat.

We eat borage leaves and flower clusters, sometimes cooked into vegetable pies in combination with other greens, like spinach and wild beet greens, and in soups. The good news, though, is that borage is delicious, and we get to eat all the borage I'm...

<< More Shop Talk >> Tags Jim Ruen As a writer with a major focus on equipment and machinery, it's full of things of interest. New products at the GIE Expo this year run the spectrum from test kits for gasoline to new sprayers , stump grinders and lots...

A single-wheeled wheelbarrow is best used for smaller loads. A single-wheeled wheelbarrow is a versatile tool that can easily make tight turn and maneuver into small areas, making it ideal for tasks that require working in tight quarters.

Creeping charley is a perennial weed and shows up very early in the year. Once the temperatures warm even a little, it greens up and makes a run for it. Here in Ohio (Zone 6), it never really dies back, rather goes dormant and turns reddish-brown.

With our mudroom/laundry room, I now get to see my dream realized. This is another project we've not yet settled on a solution for and have put off for another day. (I realize this problem wouldn't have happened without my cutouts, but I know now that...

When farm chores require you to head outside every day, multiple times per day, like clockwork—even when it's minus 20 degrees F outside and the snow is 2 feet deep—the concept of “winter wonderland” seems more and more farfetched every minute.

I've looked around at other people's grape crops this year and haven't noticed anyone else having a similar problem. The grape vine is a Concord type, and the value comes in the wonderful dusky sweetness that developes in the ripe grapes.

Photo by Jim Tittle/www.nocfcfracplant.com Glacier Sands, LLC recently obtained a conditional permit to build a 325-acre frac dry-sand plant and rail-loading facility directly across the street from Cochrane-Fountain City School in Fountain City, Wis.

California oaks and sycamores provided plenty of shade. Soon enough, his dream of a riding buddy came true. Photo by Audrey Pavia My campsite at the competitive trail ride this past weekend.

Try cooking with a full oven, and, when possible, use the broiler, which uses less energy and does not require preheating. If you are not currently in the market for new home appliances but still looking for ways to live a more eco-conscious lifestyle,...

This simple example, using the simplest of machines, goes to show the importance of having the proper air pressure in tires. (On a side note, I'm excited about the possibilities offered by these beautifully weathered old bricks.) However, after loading...

Annuals dry up and perennials go dormant. Although everything possible should be done to minimize human loss, injury, and death, fire is actually necessary for the long-term health of many southern California plant communities.