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Gardeners should be aware that late spring is when grey mould can begin spreading and can completely destroy a strawberry ...
Omahan Courtni Kopietz is designing book bricks for her garden, one of the painting projects she does to decompress from her busy life.
Squash is one of the main crops of the southern summer vegetable garden. Right after tomatoes, summer squash and zucchini are ...
Enter Knob Noster, Missouri – a name that might make you giggle at first, but a place that delivers small-town charm with surprising gusto. Highway signs point the way to Knob Noster – where your ...
Bob Zeni had a plant problem. A few years after deciding to spend late winters learning how to start his own tomato seedlings, the sprouts had taken over his home in La Grange Park. It was ...
Lauren Lee, a certified kitchen gardener, says these plants can even protect against deer, "Their strong scent and taste are unappealing—even irritating—to deer. If you have trouble with deer, try ...
This spicy take on tomato ketchup is a good way to use up any extra tomatoes that are past their best. Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium–high heat and cook the chilli and shallot for 2 ...
You can make a teepee trellis or simply stake your tomatoes with a tall piece of wood to keep them upright and healthy all ...
Sterilise both a 1 litre/1¾ pint pickling jar with a screw top lid and the lid in a large pot of boiling water that boils for at least 10 minutes. (Or use several smaller jars with lids.) Lift ...
One such beetle is the bombardier beetle. This YouTube video shows a bombardier beetle defending itself against a scorpion by producing a boiling hot chemical spray. As you can see in the clip, upon ...