Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm regions have become more common, with predictions saying there’s more to ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

If you live in an arid climate without easy access to water or just want to skip the work of running drip lines, it’s worth exploring if you can dry farm tomatoes. This type of growing involves ...

Give your bees water and an internal feeder to ensure they have it for more than 24 hours of sealing. Put a mesh screen at ...

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

One farmer developed a simple wheeled seat that rolls down a rail in his greenhouse path. Rather than constantly bending over or crawling along the ground, he can sit on the low seat and easily ...

Many pests that attack slow-to-mature brassicas like cabbage and cauliflower also attack other members of the brassica genus. If you’re in a cooler area where brassicas grow into the summer, planting ...

In an era of unpredictable weather patterns, adaptability is key to success. As temperatures rise, rainfall becomes erratic, and growing seasons shift erratically, introducing climate-resilient crops ...

When it comes to eating meat, there are many variables to consider. We often question whether we want to consume meat and, if so, whether we want to have steak, chicken, or pork chops for dinner. But ...

This changed in 2018 when the borer’s resurgence was first discovered in Nova Scotia in 2018. Farmers noticed a resistance to Cry1F Bt corn – the best treatment for ECB.Subsequent discoveries of ...

Naranjo and her husband Hutch cultivate chicos (a type of corn that is dried, steamed, and rehydrated for stews or as a side dish), tomatoes, watermelon, and the three sisters (the Native American ...