Where Are Lentils Grown

And it's no secret that the word lens is thought to be derived from this legume due to it's shape - an apt description for that particular part of the eye.Although the lentil has been cultivated in more recent times, the wild lentil, Lens culinaris orientalis,...

Familiar varietals grown in Ohio include Chardonnay, pinot gris, reisling, cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir. The state has produced as much as 11 million pounds of the fruit in one year.

The tiny individual fruits are called drupelets.Drupelets are like cherries with an endocarpic seed (pyrene) in the center. According to Cornell University, 100 grams of raspberries can hold as many as 4,000 seeds, with one seed weighing 1 milligram.Wild...

Theories are varied with no real answer, however there are clear steps to attracting butterflies to your garden. I turned to Journey North, an educational website devoted to tracking seasonal change and wildlife migration.butterfly for both spring and...

Pesticides frequently kill off the good pollinator bugs as well as the bad bugs. The honeybee population has declined rapidly in the past decade. Honeybees are the most common kind of pollinator found in the garden and, unfortunately, they are getting...

Do not add soap to bath, as it will coat your skin and not allow the Chamomile to penetrateYerba Mate (pronounced YEAR-ba MAW-tay) makes a tea called 'mate' that can be used as a stimulant similar to coffee, but much easier on the stomach.

I could already see them in full bloom growing up my brick arches, adajacent to my daylilies, in the farthest reaches of my back corner, along my driveway, in the spot where the recently removed Magnolia had held center stage for 30 years, bordering my...

I'd love to see your gardens. I remember my shock at seeing Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden in Virginia — 50 yards wide and 1,000 yards long. Maria tends an 8-foot-wide by 50-yard-long strip that is wedged between the main road and a 15-foot drop.

Water comes from the tap, right? “That knowledge might be the first step in getting us to use water more responsibly,” he says. In March, independent researchers polled 961 Americans over the age of 18 and reported that 77 percent could not identify...

I have never been a houseplant person. As a kid I loved going into her house and seeing the ferns, finger cactus, Christmas cactus, snake plant, African violets and other plants she always had lined up in her front window, gracing the little round tables...

My son goes to school with the children of Jeremy and Rachael Gray of Gray Farms in Butler, Pa. They sell baskets of mushrooms at my local farmers' market, though for Thanksgiving I chose Kennebec potatoes and Farmer Gray's gigantic sweet potatoes instead...

Cattleyas and phalaenopsis, for instance, tend to bloom in the spring while cymbidiums and oncidiums generally bloom in the winter. Growth nodes are raised triangular flaps of plant tissue on the flower spike.

“I was surprised at the magnitude of the challenges ahead,” says Kelly Zering, task force chair and associate professor and extension specialist in agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University.

“My feeling was what you achieve in this life, has to start with one's attitude; and if you don't have an attitude of personal initiative, you will not gain any altitude of becoming a better person, individually, and professionally,” he explained...

Our first flock taught us that broiler breeds are superior meat birds, and that dual-purpose birds are best used as stew birds and stock. Our second flock was a combination of Cornish Rocks for meat, and Welsummers, Buff Orpingtons and Australorps for...

I am not sure when it started but I think it was when a resident who lives close to the church brought in two large boxes of squash. He explained he had more than enough in his garden and rather than let the extra produce go to waste, he thought perhaps...

According to the University of Idaho, this shrub has never been successfully cultivated. In fact, blueberry varieties are often incorrectly termed huckleberries. Both prefer acidic, loose, well-drained soil.

One vegetable I haven't ever grown myself for the Thanksgiving table is sweet potatoes , though they're definitely on my to-grow list for next year. I'm going to try growing them in yet another raised bed next spring in hopes of having a homegrown sweet...

Panama is a tropical country with an astounding degree of biodiversity. All of these are exported to Europe and the United States. Tropical rain forests cover much of the country. The bulk of Panama's land area lies at low elevations, where the climate...

In 2009, Oregon produced an estimated 110 million pounds of apples.Oregon produces over 21 apple varieties, including Fuji and Gala.These medium-sized, crisp apples with flat tops and bottoms can have some light green or yellow peeking through the red...

Today, I'm sure that the bee that buzzed my ear was out taking her chance for a potty break—they don't soil their hive. I'm sure she continued on in a circle around the pond and then headed home before she got too cold.

It occurs all over the plant. Though plants do not have specialized organs to help them breathe, as animals do, respiration is nonetheless critical for maintaining life and fueling growth in plants.

When the temperature drops below that, the bees all crowd into the lower central area of the hive and form a "winter cluster." The worker bees huddle around the queen bee at the center of the cluster, shivering in order to keep the center around 80 degrees.

Canola comes fromfor Canadian + the suffix -ola, like cola, Victrolatm or Mazolatm, according to. The glucosinolates and erucic acids are what give greens like collard, mustard and kale their sharply pungent taste.In 1978, the group of Canadians growing...

« More Dirt on Gardening » I am so excited! The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming! Our young ladies are coming from a farmer friend of mine who has a mixed flock of all kinds of funky varieties.

(See preparation under culinary use, below.) My grandfather stored his roots in dry sand or peat moss in the crawl space under his house if the basement was full or too warm.Horseradish is like comfrey and will grow from the smallest piece of root left...

It also could mean giving up the hours spent preparing for, driving to and sitting at farmers markets all weekend. Plus, Gerber maintains, “We pay a minimum of market price and quite often above market to assure our requirements are kept and [farmers]...