Where Are Truffles Grown

More than 1,300 acres in Sandusky County alone are devoted to the crop.Peaches are a growing industry in Ohio, according to the Ohio State University Extension. Two of the state's biggest fruit crops are grapes and apples, and the farm-to-table movement...

Raspberries are a popular edible crop that is enjoyed in jams, jellies, fruit pastries and fresh fruit desserts. The tiny individual fruits are called drupelets.Drupelets are like cherries with an endocarpic seed (pyrene) in the center.

Don't forget the nectar plants. Most of all have fun and enjoy the show.Sunflower Family: Everlasting, Ironweed, Wormwood, BurdockSmall Pussy Willow, Black Birch, Alder, Western Azalea and GooseberrySnapdragon Family, Plantain Family, Acanthas FamilyMallow/Hollyhock,...

The honeybee population has declined rapidly in the past decade. In a worst case scenario, you canIf the problem is a blossom end rot problem, the situation will most likely remedy itself, but you can speed the process along by adding calcium additives...

Wash them off to remove any dirt particles or insects, shake off any excess water, and set in a safe, dry location and allow to dry out. If you have the right conditions, which need to mimic its native Asian highlands with cool, moist air, you can successfully...

I also recognize your address, because I patrol that area. 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...

Maria told me that the garden has been worked by her family for many generations, which means that this little strip of a garden has witnessed a great deal of history and undoubtedly experienced a whole lot of poaching from passing soldiers.

After planting, weed suppression is necessary to ensure establishment of the trees without competition.The black and Burgundy truffles grow successfully on host roots of English oak, which can take six to eight years to produce good commercial quantities...

How do you save water on your urban farm? “The health of our environment is important to the health of our drinking water,” Opperman explains. Potential water savings: 25 gallons per day 2.

You may see bulges in the ground when truffles begin to grow. To grow white truffles, you must purchase inoculated trees from a truffle farmer or a garden supplier that deals in fungi.

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 in her bedrooms and hanging from macrame...

For this year's Thanksgiving feast, I sourced all the ingredients from my home state of Pennsylvania. I usually do garden peas instead, but when I saw this gorgeous stalk of sprouts at Soergel's Orchards in Wexford, Pa., I couldn't resist and changed...

Some orchid growers always cut the spike off at the base to prevent reblooming regardless of the size, health or maturity of the orchid. These orchids will bloom on the same spike for years.

The CAST authors reviewed the science behind the FAO's claims and looked at steps taken by the U.S. to protect land and water resources and came up with a different picture. “I was surprised at the magnitude of the challenges ahead,” says Kelly Zering,...

In our brief email encounters, he has a way of erasing the computer screens between us, making our electronic correspondence more than an exchange of business niceties, but a genuine conversation about, well, life! We've traded bits and pieces of our...

The house wasn't much to look at, but the big red barn was a beauty. I also grow a half-acre of vegetables; tend a miniature orchard of fruit, berries and nuts; operate a goat micro-dairy; and make my own fresh chevre and goat's milk soap.

Seeing children in line with their parents is not a rare occurrence so I convinced the pastor to purchase a small bench, color books and crayons for them while they wait. It seems each day I come in, there are more and more people.

Look in pine forests in the southeastern coastal plain for Gaylussacia frondosa var. You'll find these huckleberry bushes in the wild in cooler mountainous areas like Alaska, Montana, and the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, where it grows as an under crop...

We'll be using the carrots, onions, celery, peas, lettuce,and herbs from our own garden to prepare today's feast. I do know some local farmers here in Pennsylvania who are quite successful with them, so perhaps I'll look to them for some ideas on which...

Among the estimated 10,000 species of plants found in Panama, 1,500 are found nowhere else. Panama contains 12 of the world's 30 Holdridge Life Zones. Panama is a tropical country with an astounding degree of biodiversity.

According to the OFTIS, there are more Fuji trees planted in Oregon than any other kind.Fragrant and firm, these medium-sized apples can be a range of colors, from pale yellowish gold to a deep red, sometimes with pink or reddish orange stripes, depending...

« More of the Prescription Gardener» Tags bees , gardeners , hive , prescription gardener , queen bee , winter Those that are left huddle in the crooks of trees and hunt for bright red berries rather than filling the air with their joyful music.

It is the same process that makes brown spots on fruit, rusts metal and burns wood.Plants do not get all of the oxygen they need for respiration from their stomata. It occurs all over the plant.

Hornfaced bees, like carpenter bees are solitary bees, which means each female bee makes her own nest and there is no designation between queen and worker bees. Read on for a more indepth explanation of several different species of bees' survival mechanisms.Honeybees...

Canola is often described as the world's healthiest oil. If you ever said out loud "oh, good, kohlrabi again?!" then you must have known thatis more like turnips, and you were very nearly speaking ofThe refined oil available at the beginning of the post-war...

I truly could not be more excited – go ahead and call me a geek if you want – it would just be the truth! The veggie garden is looking really good right now. I am so excited! The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming!

Serve with your favorite crackers.1/2 Cup each Plain yogurt and Mayonnaise (don't use low-fat mayonnaise)Thoroughly blend yogurt and mayonnaise. It usually grows 12-24” tall in loose, fertile soil, but can get much taller.