Oregon poultry producers who meet certain conditions can slaughter chicken, turkey and other birds in an open-air setting. But they still must meet requirements for sanitation, monitoring, recordkeeping and more. These...
Growing and drying your own herbs ensures that you have a constant fresh supply to use in the kitchen. Dried herbs can keep for up to a year if kept in a cool, dark and dry place. Here's how to dry herbs at home.
In integrated pest management, biological controls might include predatory or parasitic insects, bacteria or fungi, and biopesticides. More and more biocontrol methods are becoming available to the home gardener.
Nicole Sanchez |
Jan 2020 |
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Illustration by Eiko Goto. (Cropped from original)
Fruit trees and grapevines have been grafted for centuries but the grafting of vegetable plants is relatively new. It started in 1927 in Japan and has since grown to be a common practice with environmental benefits.
Toshihiko Nishio, Alice Formiga (editor and translator), Shinji Kawai (editor and translator) |
Jul 2018 |
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Live on the coast? Check out these 6 new publications on the best ways to grow your favorite berries! We suggest you start with the overview, then move on to the crop specific guides.