What Is Arboriculture

(As did the giant pot of chili I made Monday night; my mother always said there was no better food in winter than a steaming bowl of soup.) Lo and behold, the polar vortex eventually gave way to “normal” January temperatures across the country—Lexington...

One of the complementary therapies our mom uses is homeopathy. It sounds weird and some folks think it's bogus, but Mom says it works! So do vets at the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association and thousands of other physicians and veterinarians...

If pets have access to garden areas where winterberry is grown, consider removing branches that put fruit at their mouth level. Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided -- especially by children.

Keep your eyes on hatchery catalogs, and before you know it, you'll be raising those Lakenvelders you always dreamed of. We're always thinking of ways to better our gardens or brainstorming new recipes to try out in the kitchen, and unlike other daydreams—I'm...

Richo has extensive instructions on how to grow it on his website . It is reported to be a fast grower once it passes the seedling phase. I called Richo, and after he very kindly looked up his planting records, I asked him what first drew him to grow...

The nymphs of many garden bugs can look a lot alike—work with your county extension office to figure out if what you're looking at is a friend or foe. When you're unsure if what you're looking at is a good bug or bad bug to be, your local extension...

Soil that is ready for planting is easy to dig and yields to your shovel. Test your soil first by walking on it or patting it in several locations. Keep reading to find out how to tell if ground is frozen or not.Although it may seem as if spring has arrived,...

The amount of damage to seedlings depends on the particular fungus, soil moisture and temperature. Generally, infected seeds become soft or mushy, turning brown to black in color. Foliage of plants may yellow and fall prematurely.

I know I sure wouldn't want to risk it, would you?Mother Jones News recently reported "California regulators traced residues of dichlorophenyl-dichloroethylene, a breakdown product of DDT, and bifenthrin, an ant killer, to compost in pots of organic wheatgrass...

Another is to add some butter between the skin over the breast and the breast itself. The turkey needs to be covered during cooking with oiled or buttered parchment paper, not foil, except for a brief period near the end to brown the bird.

Therefore, I don't need to buy laurel very often. I've been using them all these years and they were perfectly good for my meals. Whithin a year, we decided it wasn't convenient to pursue the business, since we were mostly losing, rather than gaining,...

Three stalked plants are given for luck, five stalks are said to represent wishes of wealth and seven stalks are thought to bring and keep good health. Lucky bamboo is not, in fact, related to true bamboo plants.

American culture values the neat and the familiar in home landscapes, and nurseries offer the plants consumers seek; as a result, the biodiversity of the nation declines.Biopests are usually picky, relying on only one species or a handful of closely related...

However, modern farmers and gardeners often turn to the wisdom in ancient farming practices. Fertilizers and intelligent companion planting came first. As the name suggests, arable fields were divided into threes.

Okoume lumber has little resistance to insect and fungal attack.Okoume accepts stain and glue very well but, even though soft, is only moderately easy to work by turning, carving, cutting or planing.

It sounds like a busy weekend ahead. “Psst! Hey buddy, want a rooster?” Then I'll proceed to pull him out from under my jacket and try to hand him off. I covered our small pond and waterfall with a sheet of netting to keep the leaves out, and we're...

I bought a starfruit at the local food co-op, I tried sushi for the first time, and before I knew it, I was hooked. My family loves to reference an early-'90s home movie of a New Year's Eve party where a gaggle of my cousins are watching a cartoon, giggling...

Although deer may occasionally munch on bougainvillea, they usually don't like the plant enough to destroy it. They are not friendly to the touch, however, as they have sharp thorns.

Although plants tolerate a small range of soil pH quite well, extremely acidic or alkaline soils need to be adjusted for good plant health.The easiest to understand definition of an acid or base is the Arrhenius definition (named after the Swedish chemist...

Mulch Reduces Weeds: This works in two ways: first, reducing the amount of sunlight weed seeds are exposed to so fewer germinate, and second, by preventing weed seeds from settling on soil and germinating.

Because I can't wait until Talk Like a Pirate Day , which only comes around once a year, I figured I'd jump at the chance now. The higher the value, the better the thermal performance.

After determining that the chicks have arrived safely, inspecting for pasty butt, and introducing them to heat, water and feed, the question we ask (as the immediacy wanes) is, “OK, which one's which?” I'm not sure why we're so intent on identifying...

Because it is used to make 70 percent of the world's sugar supply, many sugar cane species have been bred to be high-yielding. The stalk contains the juice used to make sugar and is broken up in segments called joints.

If you have a deer problem in your region, surround your vegetable garden and other plants deer eat with vinca and other plants that deer don't like. Heatwave Pink is a low-growing plant that will remain small all its life.

It has a buttery, nutty taste that is somewhat milder than that of traditional ghee. This product is sometimes known as vanaspati or clarified butter.Traditional ghee is a creamy spread produced by boiling butter until the liquids and solids have separated.

It is sometimes planted with other crops such as soybeans, which provides an additional food source for deer and minimizes the growth of weeds. Larger plots are more beneficial, as they assure an adequate supply for the deer despite the fact that the...

However, Native Americans in years past often used extracts from the uncooked agave leaf to poison the tips of their arrows. This includes species like the well-known century plant, Agave Americana, which may live as long as 30 years or more -- but never...