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Growing and saving seeds
When our pioneer forebears prepared for their westward trek, foremost among the few articles they could take with them were seeds. Carefully packed to protect against “varmints” and moisture, the...
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Nothing is simple
Nothing is simple. Everything is interconnected. Do I like strawberries? Only if they’ve been sun ripened, organically or biodynamically grown and are the right variety for that area (warm climate...
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Saving Seeds – Produce plants for seeds
To produce plants for seeds resembling the parent plants, pollination must occur only within that particular variety. Since self-pollinated types do not generally cross, isolation is not necessary unless absolute...
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Saving Seeds – Selecting parent plants
“Healthy soil produces healthy plants and healthy seeds.” So states Robert Johnston in Growing Garden Seeds. As founder of Johnny’s Selected Seeds, a thriving supplier of high-quality seeds in Maine,...
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Saving Seeds – Learn about seeds
In nature, successful plants produce seeds that are best suited to local soil and climatic conditions. The objective is to emulate nature, to learn and work with natural processes that...
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Treating a black eye
If I put an ice pack directly on a black eye in-the-making, will it prevent bruising and swelling in that area? If not, what will? Ice won’t prevent a black...
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Vaccinating for mumps
I have a set of twin boys who are pretty easy to tell apart right now, because one has the mumps and the other doesn’t. How can I make sure...
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Weight-lifting fears
I just started walking to lose 50 pounds. A friend told me that I shouldn’t lift weights until I drop some pounds because it will make me look bigger. Is...