What Is Anise

Commonly used in baking, cloves pair well with meat and are used to season many Christmas hams. Cloves are best in their whole form and ground when necessary for the optimal freshness and taste.

Mouse over each picture for identification. Specimens can be found in the wild in the Florida panhandle and across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to southeastern Louisiana.Plant Florida anise in shade to partial shade in well-drained, moist, acid soil.

If not, what do you like doing and how can you go about making that you're life's work? —Maya Angelou We farmers don't always have a lot of money. But just because it's hard or your experience a setback, it doesn't mean you're a failure.

The evening air was thick with Kentucky's characteristic summer humidity, and as I put away the last dishes of our evening meal, watching the last bits of sun paint the sky with a swirl of pinks, purples and blues, I savored a brief moment of peace.

They scratch things up terribly! My own experiments with building and planting huegelkultur beds have convinced me that this technique is an easy way to reduce organic waste, build top-quality soil for free and grow great crops with less irrigation.

As I headed out to my car Monday morning, head ducked against the wind, coffee mug trembling in my shivering, gloved hand, the realization that I had to scrape a thick layer of ice and snow off of my windshield in the subzero wind chill was extraordinarily...

Homeopathy was very popular during the 19th century, when one in five doctors was a homeopathic physician. To prepare a remedy, its mother tincture, a solution of plant, mineral or animal extract that gives the remedy its name, is diluted one part to...

Take a sample of the plant to the doctor or veterinarian to aid in proper identification and diagnosis. Teach children never to eat fruit from the winterberries in your garden or your home.Whether snitching berries from the bush or off holiday decor,...

I've been chastised in the past for having my head in the clouds instead of focused on the here and now, but I take Gloria Steinem's above quote to heart: dreaming really is a form of planning.

It is said that there are great benefits to eating a leaf steam each day. Richo says he thinks that the name “tomorrow's leaf” actually refers to the fact that eating it means there is a good chance you'll be around tomorrow to enjoy another.

Leaf-footed bugs are a confirmed garden nuisance in many regions of North America, including portions of California and many states in the Eastern Seaboard, spanning from as far north as New York down to Florida.

Be very leery of any early spring digging, especially if you live in a northern climate. Frozen soil feels very solid and does not give way under foot. Digging frozen soil is hard work and the minute you realize you are working way too hard just to turn...

Foliage of plants may yellow and fall prematurely. Damping off is a term commonly used for indicating the sudden death of seedlings, often caused by soil-borne fungus stimulated to grow by nutrients from a germinating seed.

Do they send their grass clipping to municipal compost sites? Do they use chemicals or hire a lawn service that applies chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides? Beware of dusty white patches, as they are a sign that dangerous spores are present.

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Well, they aren't expensive, so that's not the reason; but our Romanian culture doesn't throw away anything which can still be used. Since the business didn't work, I closed the store and got myself a pantry full of groceries.

This high-humidity houseplant can grow to heights of nearly five feet.Dracaena sanderiana is considered non-toxic to humans.The ASPCA's Poison Control Center lists lucky bamboo as a toxic substance to dogs and cats.Although Dracaena sanderiana is considered...

If an area has many species, the distance between specimens of the same species increases, and insects and diseases can't hop conveniently from one to the next, decimating an entire species.

This philosophy fuels the idea of sustainable farming and gardening, where wise crop rotation -- and allowances for fallow soil -- keep soil naturally sustained rather than depleted.

Okoume is one of the tropical hardwoods used for exterior plywood manufactured to BS (British Standard) 1088 specifications for use in marine applications. On the Janka scale, a standard measure of wood hardness, Okoume's rating is only 380.

I don't think I'm very convincing. The trouble is, he's starting to get a bit aggressive, and we've discovered that roosters and preschoolers don't mix. Now if I could just get that rooster to help… << More Dirt on Gardening >>

I'm not entirely sure why that is, but little things, like buying a new item of clothing or making a new friend, often serve as some of my greatest sources of happiness. I didn't like a wide variety of foods, from cottage cheese and pickles to cantaloupe...

Although deer may occasionally munch on bougainvillea, they usually don't like the plant enough to destroy it. Indoor plants can become infested by common houseplant pests such as mealybugs and scales.

They are not highly accurate but are sufficient for the needs of a gardener. A hydronium ion is a hydrogen nucleus without its usual single orbiting electron. The job can be done faster by adding the acid-forming salts ammonium sulfate or ammonium nitrate.

Not only will the flowering plants cover the soil surface, but they will also attract pollinators and repel pests. Fall is also a good time to plant a cover crop. Depending on the size of your garden, mulching may take a couple hours to a couple days...

As we gutted the structure, we found not only multiple types of insulation (original plaster, blown cellulose and rolled fiberglass) but also varying levels. Because I can't wait until Talk Like a Pirate Day, which only comes around once a year, I figured...

However, a photo of an Australorp you find online might look a lot different than your Australorp. Is one breed a different color than its opposite sex? Maybe it's the human need to classify all the things ! A reader has asked, “Recently, I purchased...