Food
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Perfect Pumpkins
To eat, carve, or simply to decorate with, pumpkins are a wonderful annual to grow. The genus Cucurbita L. encompasses…
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Remarkable Rutabagas
What do you get when you cross a turnip (Brassica rapa) and wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)? A rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica)…
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Outstanding Onions
Onions (Allium cepa L.), being the most extensively cultivated species of the Allium genus, are a root crop that nearly…
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How to Forage Safely as a Beginner
Disclaimer: Always seek local advise prior to consumption of wild mushrooms. I guess, to be completely honest, the best ways…
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The Cost of Food Insecurity
In many developing countries, undernutrition is a recognized – and well documented – crisis. However, with increasing urbanization, another health…
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Captivating Capers
Capers (Capparis spinose), the caper bush, also called Flinders rose, is a perennial plant that is known to have round,…
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The Best Perennial Vegetables
One of the tasks that I most dislike about the farming life is preparing the raised beds each time I…
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Go Green Beans!
Green, string, snap, pole, or bush, whatever you call these beans, these edible little pods are great to grow in…
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The Health Benefits of Raising Reishi Mushrooms
If something is working, you might as well continue to use it, as the saying goes. Reishi mushroom powder has…
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Very Mulberry!
Let me begin by saying mulberries aren’t for everyone. I say this because all my life I have grown up…
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Stevia
Stevia, also called sweetleaf or sugarleaf, is probably something we have all heard of. It seems to have risen in…
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Healthy Horseradish
The Brassicaceae family (mustard family) has so many amazing vegetables in it that grow splendidly in our gardens. Horseradish (Armoracia…
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