What Is Pasteurization

Enthusiasm is contagious. Their enthusiasm for the things that make them tick—be it their families, community service, careers or hobbies—can't be hindered, and when I find myself in a state of discouragement, I can look to these people to give me...

Strategically placed huegels can soak up and hold excess water to good advantage, but you shouldn't position them so that they create a barrier against the natural flow of water in your garden.

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.

This procedure is called “potentizing.” The more potent, the longer and deeper the remedy acts and the fewer doses are needed for treatment. When a mother tincture is diluted, for example, six times it's called 6x potency, because X is the Roman numeral...

Cats, dogs and horses are all sensitive to winterberry toxicity. Take a sample of the plant to the doctor or veterinarian to aid in proper identification and diagnosis. Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided --...

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.

Second, the collective social behavior of the nymphs was very telling—assassin bugs tend to be solitary hunters unlike immature leaf-footed bugs, which stay clustered after hatching from their eggs.

Determining if soil is frozen can make all the difference.How do you know if the ground is frozen solid? If there is no spring or give to the soil, it's probably still frozen and too cold to work.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

It may help to water less often or apply fungicide to prevent damping off.may be applied as a soil drench after planting, incorporated into the soil as a dust before planting, or sprayed in mist form on all seedlings.

Do they use chemicals or hire a lawn service that applies chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides? I checked with several communities near me and have been told there is no testing done whatsoever for chemical residue, before the compost is distributed...

Chefs say that they have much better taste than other turkeys. But is your turkey "green"? Also note that the brine may make pan drippings too salty for gravy.To roast: Remove the bird from the brine, rinse and drain well.

Nevertheless, we made fun of the situation, by foretelling that even our children's children would never have to buy laurel dry leaves again! And this was practically fulfilled, since now after twenty years I still have a few remainings of those bay laurel...

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.

Fountain boils it down as the degree of variation in a system in any defined area, from a home landscape to a continent."How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" Charles de Gaulle lamented, reflecting the big issue that many human...

Home gardeners followed farming examples.One of the earliest, most primitive forms of crop rotation was what is known as two-field rotation. Farmers divided their fields in half, planting on one half in one year and then the other half the following year.

Wood used for hardwood flooring is generally from much harder species such as red oak, which has a hardness of 1290. Okoume is one of the tropical hardwoods used for exterior plywood manufactured to BS (British Standard) 1088 specifications for use in...

“Psst! Hey buddy, want a rooster?” Then I'll proceed to pull him out from under my jacket and try to hand him off. You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post .

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. 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...

Although deer may occasionally munch on bougainvillea, they usually don't like the plant enough to destroy it. In fact, the thorns are likely one reason why deer tend to avoid the plant.Bougainvillea is a warm-climate plant.

It is unlikely there will be a noticeable difference in the health of a plant grown at pH 6.5 compared to one grown at 6.7. There is no need to expend a lot of effort in closely regulating pH.

Breaking up the roots at this time will make planting easier, too. Seasonal Mulching Considerations Pippa Buchanan/Flickr Spring Mulching If temperatures are already heating up and drying out for you, then a healthy layer of mulch will be beneficial to...

It offered suggestions for areas to insulate now versus later and explained how each would impact the home's efficiency. Just as different climates and housing zones require different R-values, they also require different insulation types, such as closed...

Maybe it's the human need to classify all the things ! A reader has asked, “Recently, I purchased three Black Sex Link chicks and a Black Australorp chick. This made for simple comparison the day my chicks arrived.

These raw crystals are then dispatched to a refinery before being sold commercially. If the top part of the sugar cane is cut but the roots remain intact, the plant will regrow from where it was cut.

If you want to fertilize your plant or plants, use a granular or water-soluble fertilizer once each month, but plants generally do well with no care.Deer will not eat any of the vinca varieties.

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.