What Is Sprinkler

It's not even what I'm used to as a Yankee transplant, despite growing up in northeastern Ohio and going to college in Cleveland's Lake Erie Snowbelt. Let's just be honest: It was cold this week.

Homeopathy was very popular during the 19th century, when one in five doctors was a homeopathic physician. Homeopathy was born in 1870, when a German doctor named Samuel Hahnemann, translated a medical treatise written by a Scottish doctor who claimed...

Caffeine is the primary toxic ingredient in winterberry, and symptoms can be unpleasant. Select garden spots that restrict access to unsupervised children and pets. Despite the beauty of its tempting fruit, eating winterberries should be avoided -- especially...

I currently live in a second-floor apartment that doesn't get direct sunlight, so my chicken-keeping and gardening endeavors are on an indefinite hold, but that doesn't stop me from playing through scenarios in my mind where I wake up in the morning and...

Here in Ohio, I harvest Angelica archangelica in the fall to make use of the root, though some folks still candy the leaf stems. He told me that he first discovered ashitaba during a trip to the Yunnan Province in China when was meeting with many different...

Assassin bugs are wonderful beneficial insects that consume a wide range of pest species in the garden and should be encouraged. First, the legs of these particular insects were too short and dark in color.

Several very warm days in a row may lead you to believe that the ground is ready to be worked. Digging in your garden too soon or in the wrong conditions results in two things: frustration for you and poor soil structure.

Typically, germinating seeds are killed by the damping-off fungus prior to emerging from the ground, and older, more established plants are seldom affected. Rhizoctonia root rot occurs with moderate moisture levels in warm to hot temperatures.

The disease killed a 47-year-old British man after he was engulfed in clouds of dust from the compost he had intended to use in his garden.The symptoms of Farmer's Lung resemble pneumonia, and may result from respiratory exposure to certain fungal and...

That is because they are slower to develop, which gives them stronger bones and organs before developing muscle, just as our turkeys did 50+ years ago. It was more expensive than a store-bought Butterball but I will eat it with honor, knowing it was raised...

I cook most of these foods during the winter, except for the pickled sweet peppers which I make in the fall. Since its flavor is that strong, I don't have to add more than a leaf in the pot, whatever meal I'd be cooking.

Lucky bamboo is not, in fact, related to true bamboo plants. 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...

Visit your local botanical garden for inspiration rather than the neighborhood nursery that likely offers what you see in your neighbors' yards. These organisms decompose plant debris and convert nitrogen, enhancing and enriching the place plants' roots...

It was commonly done in Medieval times, long before technologies existed to permit persistent, large-scale plantings. The legume helped replenish nitrogen depleted by the grain. The farmer left the third field unplanted, or fallow, so that nutrients could...

Okoume peels and slices easily and evenly, and this combines with its good acceptance of glue to give it wide use as veneer and in plywood.Outside of its native range, most Okoume is sold as veneer or plywood.

The trouble is, he's starting to get a bit aggressive, and we've discovered that roosters and preschoolers don't mix. I don't mind him going into someone's soup pot, but I'd much prefer he find a nice home somewhere where he can ‘cockadoodledoo' to...

When I was growing up, I was a pretty picky eater. Maybe you'll even discover a brand-new appreciation for your agricultural endeavors, similar to my fostered love of mustards and spicy foods.

Still, some plants are less attractive to deer than others. Frost will kill it. Fungal diseases, which are often caused by overly wet soil or letting water sit on the leaves of the plant, can also harm bougainvillea.

Hydroxide ions have a negative charge and the symbol OH--. A base generates hydroxide ions when dissolved in water. Acids have a pH from 0-7, while bases have a pH from 7-14. The concentration of hydronium ions at pH 4 is ten times greater than it is...

As you're waiting for your spring seeds to germinate so you can transplant them into the garden, refresh the beds with a layer of mulch to create a welcoming habitat for your new crops.

With renovations kicking into gear—something that seems to happen only when we pay someone else to do the work—it's time to talk insulation. Just as different climates and housing zones require different R-values, they also require different insulation...

Is one breed a different color than its opposite sex? This made for simple comparison the day my chicks arrived. To answer the reader's question, a Black Sex Link female chick is completely black, but an Australorp female chick is black on the top with...

Sugar cane is also used to prepare a host of industrial chemicals as well as hair-removing products, skin exfoliators and soap. The juice is separated from the crushed stems for cleaning.

Heatwave Pink is a low-growing plant that will remain small all its life. After planting vinca in well-drained, slightly acidic soil, it can withstand droughts and prefers to remain fairly dry.You needn't deadhead vinca flowers because they drop off on...

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. However, neither of these items contains animal fat.Despite its resemblance to...

Corn stalks generally grow tall enough so their tops are accessible above the snow, making them easy for the deer to get at.Deer corn is also sold as a component of seed and grain blends used to feed deer during the fall, winter and early spring before...

Many agave leaves -- again, dependent on the species -- are edible, provided they are cooked. Dependent on the species, the majority of cacti flower on a regular basis.Another significant difference between an agave and the cactus are leaves -- the agave...