Q: I'm very concerned about the health hazards of eating food grown in the beds where our dog has pooped. At this point, I could build a fence around the whole garden to stop any further damage, but I'm wondering about the...
Silage-making has been used to reduce the concentrations of toxins in a variety of crops. But in the case of poison hemlock, the opposite is true — making silage out of it actually increases one of its toxic alkaloids.
Controlling thrips (onion and western flower) is becoming increasingly difficult for commercial onion growers in the Treasure Valley. One of the problems is resistance to some of the commonly used insecticides. The objective of ...