Microgreens for Winter Health & Taste For Your Good Health Unlike sprouts, microgreens are vegetables or herbs that are grown in a shallow container of media (also known as seed-starting mix) by a sunny windowsill or under fluorescent lights. Microgreens are harvested when plants are small and immature, with just their first pair of leaves, called cotyledons. In this tender young stage, nutrients are concentrated, textures are delicate, and...

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Zinnias make excellent cutting flowers. Don’t you just love fresh flowers at home? Cosmos on the dining room or coffee table, bachelor’s button by the bathroom sink, or sunflowers on the bedroom bureau-but they can wilt after only a day or two. Follow these steps and watch your cut flowers stay stunning for over a week!   –  Harvest the flowers when the buds are just starting to open. If possible, harvesting in the early morning...

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Celebrate roots!  Roots are delicious! For Your Health Celebrate roots.  Now is the time to seed these delicious options to have a late fall bounty. Turnips, rutabagas, carrots, beets, parsnips, and radishes are all root crops that love cool weather, store well, and provide colorful, bountiful fall harvests right up until your first fall frost and even beyond. Cold-hardy crops, such as most root vegetables, are better able to survive...

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Outdoor Decor in 4 EASY Steps … STEP 1 Fabrics So let’s start with outdoor furniture. Yes, it can get expensive … but here’s some fun ways to keep it budget friendly. Shop your favorite flea markets for inexpensive furniture that you can paint and repurpose. Dress up the pieces with outdoor fabrics and even an outdoor rug to give it the polished look – almost instant and pocketbook friendly! STEP 2 Mood Lighting Forget open flames …...

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  By Megan Kennelly, Plant Pathologist Several tomato diseases and disorders cause leaf spots and fruit rots. Typically, these diseases do not kill the plants, but they can lead to significant yield and quality losses. Many disease-causing microorganisms can survive in plant debris,on seed, or in the soil. Proper sanitation is one of the best ways to prevent or reduce losses. Gardeners should remove all tomato debris in the fall and avoid...

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