What Is Ginseng

If you don't have a space to plant in, you can always get involved in preserving this plant in other ways. I spent last evening watching “The Lorax” with my kids. Ginseng can be harvested sustainably, in a manner that ensures natural stands continue...

As a poet, she left behind much wisdom we can apply to our day-to-day lives, but today, as I was reading about her life and thumbing through her insightful words, this quote stuck out at me: “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking...

Although I could still feel vibrations of the busy day, the quietness of these final minutes allowed me to take stock of the season and give gratitude to the people who provide me daily encouragement and support.

The latest bed-building method to turn gardeners' heads is actually an ancient technique called huegelkultur. Build Your Garden Your huegelkultur bed is now ready to plant. Woody Base Material Huegelkultur beds are ideally built with a base of logs or...

Temperatures plummeted to nigh-unbearable levels across the U.S., thanks to the much-discussed polar vortex that moved through over a two-day span, shattering record-low temperatures nationwide and plummeting wind chills into the negative double digits.

As he expected, his body developed symptoms of malaria, which, when he stopped drinking the stuff, went away. Hahnemann and his followers began experimenting with other plants, minerals and animal substances, conducting “provings” (clinical trials)...

Select garden spots that restrict access to unsupervised children and pets. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9, the deciduous shrub drops its leaves in fall so the berries stand out against bare winter branches.

Something will spark one of these thoughts, and I'll wind up daydreaming about my three-armed life or my alternate British self for a minute or two before getting back to whatever I was doing.

Those who are eating a vegetarian diet often struggle with getting this nutrient because we chiefly find it in meat products, so they often turn to an aquatic plant, spirulina, which can have an off-putting flavor.

At first glance, I thought I was looking at several immature assassin bug nymphs on the hunt. While the leaf-footed bug family is composed of several closely related species, these insect pests all use their piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on our...

Determining if soil is frozen can make all the difference.How do you know if the ground is frozen solid? Digging in your garden too soon or in the wrong conditions results in two things: frustration for you and poor soil structure.

However, portions of the roots and stems can still be attacked, resulting in poor growth and reduced yields.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });So what does damping off look like?

Do they send their grass clipping to municipal compost sites? While you might maintain a chemical free property how about your neighbors? More and more cities and townships are initiating municipal composting programs.

Because there is less white meat, they can dry out while the longer-cooking requirements for dark meat are met. For more information on cooking heritage turkeys:http://www.localharvest.org/features/cooking-turkeys.jsp.I read somewhere (sorry, but didn't...

I cook most of these foods during the winter, except for the pickled sweet peppers which I make in the fall. I've been using them all these years and they were perfectly good for my meals.

It is not native to Asia, and is closely related to the lily. Lucky bamboo is not, in fact, related to true bamboo plants. The leaves often have silver or white strips through the center.

In an article published by the University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture, however, Extension Professor William M. American culture values the neat and the familiar in home landscapes, and nurseries offer the plants consumers seek; as a result,...

Home gardeners followed farming examples.One of the earliest, most primitive forms of crop rotation was what is known as two-field rotation. As the name suggests, arable fields were divided into threes.

The wood nails well but is average or worse for holding screws. The lumber of this tree is known by many names, among them Acoume, Gaboon wood, Uume and Zouga. Solid lumber is used in furniture and joinery where it grows locally.

I haven't picked our monster pumpkin yet but it is completely colored up now and will look lovely on our front porch. Other weekend chores will include reseeding some bare spots in the lawn, pulling out the plethora of spent calendula plants in the front...

I didn't like a wide variety of foods, from cottage cheese and pickles to cantaloupe and basically every vegetable under the sun. The sky's the limit—but let's leave the coconuts behind.

Indoor plants can become infested by common houseplant pests such as mealybugs and scales. It grows best in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and warmer. They are highly attractive spilling over a container or retaining wall.

Some common garden plants and their tolerable pH ranges are: tomato (5.5-7.5); lettuce (6-7); cucumber (5.5-7); blueberry (4.5-5.5) and rose (5.5-7). A more accurate and detailed analysis can obtained by sending a soil sample to a testing laboratory.

It won't look the prettiest, so consider topping it with compost soil if aesthetics are a concern. Mulch According To Climate In cold, dry climates, deep mulch will help to insulate the soil from fluctuating and extreme temperatures and help to reduce...

And you can't talk about insulation without talking about R-values. (Check with your local utility company and the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Energ y to see if your project qualifies.) There are DIY options for spray foam, but we...

When I ordered my most recent batch of chicks, I resized photos from My Pet Chicken (where my flock originated), and then I pasted chick photo next to the hen photo for each breed on a blank document, printed them out and put them on my fridge.

The migrations have also resulted in hybrid sugar cane plants. The stalk contains the juice used to make sugar and is broken up in segments called joints. If the top part of the sugar cane is cut but the roots remain intact, the plant will regrow from...