Articles related to "Usda"
Adding Fruits and Vegetables to your Diet
Adding fruits and vegetables to your diet is a must for healthy eating, but figuring out where to start can be daunting.
usda recommendations • usda fruits • usda vegetables • adding fruits and vegetables • healthy eating
Adding fruits and vegetables to your diet is a must for healthy eating, but figuring out where to start can be daunting.
usda recommendations • usda fruits • usda vegetables • adding fruits and vegetables • healthy eating
Mexican Hydrangea - Beautiful but Invasive
The Mexican Hydrangea is an import from China. The flowers smell wonderful, and both the flowers and and the leaves are beautiful.
mexican hydrangea • clerodendrum bungei • perennial • herbaceous • clerodentrum foetidum
The Mexican Hydrangea is an import from China. The flowers smell wonderful, and both the flowers and and the leaves are beautiful.
mexican hydrangea • clerodendrum bungei • perennial • herbaceous • clerodentrum foetidum
Understanding the Term Organic
Healthy living has generated a natural food trend. Knowing the definitions and regulations for 'organic' can help consumers confused by marketing and labels.
organic food • department of agriculture • sustainable agriculture • 100% organic • made with organic products
Healthy living has generated a natural food trend. Knowing the definitions and regulations for 'organic' can help consumers confused by marketing and labels.
organic food • department of agriculture • sustainable agriculture • 100% organic • made with organic products
Harbingers of Fall - Part I - Eupatorium
I don't know about you, but I tend to garden merrily along, somehow feeling that the gardening season will just go on and on until, one day, I look up and certain plants have come into bloom that always warn me that time is getting short. Fall is just around the corner. Eupatorium - Joe Pye Weed - is one of them.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
I don't know about you, but I tend to garden merrily along, somehow feeling that the gardening season will just go on and on until, one day, I look up and certain plants have come into bloom that always warn me that time is getting short. Fall is just around the corner. Eupatorium - Joe Pye Weed - is one of them.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
Eating Healthy Is Expensive
It's not your imagination. Eating right is costly. In fact, you may pay more than $30 more per day on food if you make healthy choices.
eating healthy expensive • healthy foods cost more • eating right costly • higher healthy food choices • food prices rise
It's not your imagination. Eating right is costly. In fact, you may pay more than $30 more per day on food if you make healthy choices.
eating healthy expensive • healthy foods cost more • eating right costly • higher healthy food choices • food prices rise
Low-Water-Use Desert Trees
Here are some evergreen and deciduous trees suitable for some desert gardens.
desert plants • desert • low-water-use trees • evergreen • deciduous
Here are some evergreen and deciduous trees suitable for some desert gardens.
desert plants • desert • low-water-use trees • evergreen • deciduous
Planting A Desert Vegetable Garden
Planting vegetables in desert areas needs to be timed with climate, date of last frosts, and other factors.
usda cold-hardiness zone • micro-climactic • vegetables • cold-hardy plants • warm-season vegetables
Planting vegetables in desert areas needs to be timed with climate, date of last frosts, and other factors.
usda cold-hardiness zone • micro-climactic • vegetables • cold-hardy plants • warm-season vegetables
Start Fall Tomatoes in August
Don't pull out those spent tomato plants and relegate them to the compost heap just yet. They've got one more use before recycling.
tomato • usda cold hardiness zone • seeds • first frost • asexual plant reproduction
Don't pull out those spent tomato plants and relegate them to the compost heap just yet. They've got one more use before recycling.
tomato • usda cold hardiness zone • seeds • first frost • asexual plant reproduction
What is Natural Medicine?
Raw foods, supplements, & holistic health are on the rise, but what do we mean by "natural medicine"? Do the words hold any meaning or are they just another gimmick?
definition of natural and organic • organic label • usda • whole foods • food as medicine
Raw foods, supplements, & holistic health are on the rise, but what do we mean by "natural medicine"? Do the words hold any meaning or are they just another gimmick?
definition of natural and organic • organic label • usda • whole foods • food as medicine
Broad Leafed Evergreens - Hollies
Hollies (Ilex) belong to the family Aquifoliaceae. There are over 350 species native to North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, the Orient and Brazil. They range in size from dwarf shrubs to huge trees. Both evergreen and deciduous ones are readily available from local nurseries and by mail order. The evergreen varieties are the most useful as ‘bones’ for the garden. Many will also provide the added bonus of berries, which can be red or yellow.
holly • ilex • aquifoliaceae • broad leafed • evergreens
Hollies (Ilex) belong to the family Aquifoliaceae. There are over 350 species native to North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, the Orient and Brazil. They range in size from dwarf shrubs to huge trees. Both evergreen and deciduous ones are readily available from local nurseries and by mail order. The evergreen varieties are the most useful as ‘bones’ for the garden. Many will also provide the added bonus of berries, which can be red or yellow.
holly • ilex • aquifoliaceae • broad leafed • evergreens
Ferns For The Shade Garden - Part II
More hardy ferns for the shade garden - hay-scented fern, autumn fern and ostrich fern.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
More hardy ferns for the shade garden - hay-scented fern, autumn fern and ostrich fern.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
Galloping Ground Covers
Ajuga and Vinca cover ground at a gallop.
groundcover • perennials • ajuga • bugleweed • vinca
Ajuga and Vinca cover ground at a gallop.
groundcover • perennials • ajuga • bugleweed • vinca
Harbingers of Fall - Part V - Asters, Part 3
Right now, my garden is frothing with white flowers from the species asters that I grow. I only grow very few of the many that are really worthy of space in the garden. Here are a few more to add to the list of 'must haves'.
aster • varieities • aster frikartii • aster tataricus • aster tongolensis
Right now, my garden is frothing with white flowers from the species asters that I grow. I only grow very few of the many that are really worthy of space in the garden. Here are a few more to add to the list of 'must haves'.
aster • varieities • aster frikartii • aster tataricus • aster tongolensis
Broad Leafed Evergreens - Pieris
One of my favorite broad-leafed evergreens, Pieris or often mistakenly called Andromeda, is perfect for the shady garden. A member of the Ericaceae and closely related to Rhododendrons, it thrives in the same kind of moist, organic, acid soil.
One of my favorite broad-leafed evergreens, Pieris or often mistakenly called Andromeda, is perfect for the shady garden. A member of the Ericaceae and closely related to Rhododendrons, it thrives in the same kind of moist, organic, acid soil.
Broad Leafed Evergreens - Aucuba
If you need an evergreen shrub for that really dark shady spot, then Aucuba is the one for you. Belonging to the same family as Dogwoods (Cornus), Cornaceae, but not resembling them in the least, are a small group of 3 to 7 species of evergreen shrubs native mostly to Japan.
aucuba • shrubs • shade • shade garden • gardening in shade
If you need an evergreen shrub for that really dark shady spot, then Aucuba is the one for you. Belonging to the same family as Dogwoods (Cornus), Cornaceae, but not resembling them in the least, are a small group of 3 to 7 species of evergreen shrubs native mostly to Japan.
aucuba • shrubs • shade • shade garden • gardening in shade
Harbingers of Fall - Part IV - Asters, Part 2
There are many aster species and cultivars that can provide color in your garden.
perennials • aster • aster alpinus • alpine aster • aster dolomiticus
There are many aster species and cultivars that can provide color in your garden.
perennials • aster • aster alpinus • alpine aster • aster dolomiticus
Top 10 Herb Garden Catalogs
Here are recommendations for 10 of the top catalogs that every herb enthusiast should have a copy of.
herb catalogs • garden catalogs • nursery center catalogs • plant catalogs • mail order nursery
Here are recommendations for 10 of the top catalogs that every herb enthusiast should have a copy of.
herb catalogs • garden catalogs • nursery center catalogs • plant catalogs • mail order nursery
Broad Leafed Evergreens - Kalmia
Kalmia, or Mountain Laurel, is one plant whose buds are just as neat and lovely as the open flowers. Sometimes the buds are a completely different color from the open flower, and since the flowers don’t open all at one time, the effect can be very lively. It is one of the most beautiful of native U.S. shrubs in flower.
kalmia • mountain laurel • shrubs • evergreen shrubs • shrubs for shade
Kalmia, or Mountain Laurel, is one plant whose buds are just as neat and lovely as the open flowers. Sometimes the buds are a completely different color from the open flower, and since the flowers don’t open all at one time, the effect can be very lively. It is one of the most beautiful of native U.S. shrubs in flower.
kalmia • mountain laurel • shrubs • evergreen shrubs • shrubs for shade
Even More Galloping Ground Covers
"The first year it sleeps, the next year it creeps and then it leaps." I may not have quoted this saying accurately, but it is exactly what ivy does when planted in the garden.
ivies • hedera helix • hedera canariensis • hedera colchica • algerian ivy
"The first year it sleeps, the next year it creeps and then it leaps." I may not have quoted this saying accurately, but it is exactly what ivy does when planted in the garden.
ivies • hedera helix • hedera canariensis • hedera colchica • algerian ivy
Ferns For The Shade Garden - Part I
No shady garden is complete without some of these most ancient of plants. Ferns are found all over the world in just about every type of climate and growing condition.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
No shady garden is complete without some of these most ancient of plants. Ferns are found all over the world in just about every type of climate and growing condition.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
More Groundcovers
A couple of my favorite groundcovers and a couple of lovely thugs.
groundcover • groundcovers • perennials • hardy geranium • cranesbill
A couple of my favorite groundcovers and a couple of lovely thugs.
groundcover • groundcovers • perennials • hardy geranium • cranesbill
Waterwise Garden Glossary
Here is a resource for Desert Garden readers, along with links to definitions and articles on Desert Gardens topics. Please feel free to use this list.
desert gardens • allelopathy • aeration • hard water • soft water
Here is a resource for Desert Garden readers, along with links to definitions and articles on Desert Gardens topics. Please feel free to use this list.
desert gardens • allelopathy • aeration • hard water • soft water
Groundcovers for The New Woodland Garden
So many lovely perennials, biennials, bulbs and corms either tolerate or demand shade that I had no problem coming up with a list of more than 40 that would be suitable for this new garden.
gardening in shade • perennials • groundcover • pachysandra terminalis • pachysandra terminalis variegata
So many lovely perennials, biennials, bulbs and corms either tolerate or demand shade that I had no problem coming up with a list of more than 40 that would be suitable for this new garden.
gardening in shade • perennials • groundcover • pachysandra terminalis • pachysandra terminalis variegata
What is Soil Testing?
Soil testing is an important aspect for desert gardens.
soil testing • extension service • soil • county agent • ph
Soil testing is an important aspect for desert gardens.
soil testing • extension service • soil • county agent • ph
Bareroot Roses - beginner style!
How to plant the roses that come in those little boxes. They are cheap, and some will tell you they're easy, but there are a few tips and tricks that are good to keep in mind.
rose • planting • bare-root • roots • organic
How to plant the roses that come in those little boxes. They are cheap, and some will tell you they're easy, but there are a few tips and tricks that are good to keep in mind.
rose • planting • bare-root • roots • organic
Hard to Kill Houseplants
Low maintenance houseplants are hard to kill, and thrive with little attention. These are the best types of houseplants for homes with either low sun or a lot of sun.
best hard easy to grow kill low lights maintenance • thrives little attentions • touch life small apartments brings outside worlds • people no greens thumbs bad luck selects amounts d • hardy ornamental varieties popular persian irish a
Low maintenance houseplants are hard to kill, and thrive with little attention. These are the best types of houseplants for homes with either low sun or a lot of sun.
best hard easy to grow kill low lights maintenance • thrives little attentions • touch life small apartments brings outside worlds • people no greens thumbs bad luck selects amounts d • hardy ornamental varieties popular persian irish a
The Honey Bee Crisis
In 2005, there was a honey bee crisis in the United States. The honey bee crisis (40-60% of honey bees in U.S. dead or weakened) negatively impacts wide range of crops.
honey bee crisis • crops • vegetable gardens • agriculture • pollination
In 2005, there was a honey bee crisis in the United States. The honey bee crisis (40-60% of honey bees in U.S. dead or weakened) negatively impacts wide range of crops.
honey bee crisis • crops • vegetable gardens • agriculture • pollination
Bulbs for Shady Places -- Part 2
More early spring bulbs that do well in shady gardens.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
More early spring bulbs that do well in shady gardens.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
Covering Ground At A Trot
Some groundcovering plants that don’t exactly gallop. There pace is more of a steady trot. These are all very easy to control if they put themselves where you don’t want them. Better manners, but steadily increasing cover without any effort on your part.
groundcover • groundcovers • mazus reptans • symphytum grandiflorum • comfrey
Some groundcovering plants that don’t exactly gallop. There pace is more of a steady trot. These are all very easy to control if they put themselves where you don’t want them. Better manners, but steadily increasing cover without any effort on your part.
groundcover • groundcovers • mazus reptans • symphytum grandiflorum • comfrey
Ferns For The Shade Garden - Part III
More hardy ferns for the shady garden - royal fern and Christmas fern, an evergreen native with a tough constitution.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
More hardy ferns for the shady garden - royal fern and Christmas fern, an evergreen native with a tough constitution.
shade • shade garden • shady garden • gardening in shade • perennials
Harbingers of Fall - Part II - Liriope
There are a few more plants whose blooming tells me that the gardening season is winding down. After Eupatorium, the first to nudge me is Liriope.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
There are a few more plants whose blooming tells me that the gardening season is winding down. After Eupatorium, the first to nudge me is Liriope.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
Integrate Poppies in the Landscape
Early season uniform poppy beds require planning and design to focus attention on residential and commercial landscapes. Presented is a planting sequence for Zone 5.
reblooming daylilies • nigella damascene • hesperis matronalis • naturalizing daffodils • buddleia
Early season uniform poppy beds require planning and design to focus attention on residential and commercial landscapes. Presented is a planting sequence for Zone 5.
reblooming daylilies • nigella damascene • hesperis matronalis • naturalizing daffodils • buddleia
Arum italicum 'Pictum'
When the weather is chilly, wet and dreary and leaves are covering the ground instead of tree branches, fresh foliage is hard to find. Arum italicum is just starting to hit it's stride.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
When the weather is chilly, wet and dreary and leaves are covering the ground instead of tree branches, fresh foliage is hard to find. Arum italicum is just starting to hit it's stride.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
Groundcovers - Self-Seeders
Most plants that set viable seed will seed around a bit if they are happy. Some plants can cover a fair amount of ground via self-sown seed.
groundcover • groundcovers • brunnera macrophylla • siberian bugloss • digitalis
Most plants that set viable seed will seed around a bit if they are happy. Some plants can cover a fair amount of ground via self-sown seed.
groundcover • groundcovers • brunnera macrophylla • siberian bugloss • digitalis
Harbingers of Fall - Part III - Asters, Part 1, Etc.
Just coming on now, Asters are plants that really wrap up the gardening season in my USDA zone 7 garden.
aster • eupatorium • liriope • begonia grandis • hardy begonia
Just coming on now, Asters are plants that really wrap up the gardening season in my USDA zone 7 garden.
aster • eupatorium • liriope • begonia grandis • hardy begonia
More Groundcovering Self-Seeders
Hardy begonias and Columbine - two of my favorite self-seeding perennials.
groundcovers • groundcover • perennials • begonia grandis • hardy begonia
Hardy begonias and Columbine - two of my favorite self-seeding perennials.
groundcovers • groundcover • perennials • begonia grandis • hardy begonia
Are Supplements Really Necessary?
Do we really need supplements? And if so, how do we know which ones, how much, or what brand? Here's a breakdown of all you need to know.
vitamin • mineral • supplement • pill • rda
Do we really need supplements? And if so, how do we know which ones, how much, or what brand? Here's a breakdown of all you need to know.
vitamin • mineral • supplement • pill • rda
Finding Your Geographic Zone
Use the USDA's Plant Hardiness Zone Map to ensure the plants you choose for your landscape will survive even the most extreme weather conditions.
planting zone • plant hardiness zone • hardiness zones • choosing plants • what plants are right for my zone?
Use the USDA's Plant Hardiness Zone Map to ensure the plants you choose for your landscape will survive even the most extreme weather conditions.
planting zone • plant hardiness zone • hardiness zones • choosing plants • what plants are right for my zone?
Landscape Garden Chores
Disease and pest damages, mechanical injuries, and moisture and heat stresses initially appear trivial. Inspection keeps minor maintenance from becoming renovation.
garden landscape chores • garden landscape care • garden landscape maintenance • plant moisture stress • pruning gaffes plants
Disease and pest damages, mechanical injuries, and moisture and heat stresses initially appear trivial. Inspection keeps minor maintenance from becoming renovation.
garden landscape chores • garden landscape care • garden landscape maintenance • plant moisture stress • pruning gaffes plants
Bulbs for Shady Places -- Part 4
Bulbs for fall bloom in the shady garden.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
Bulbs for fall bloom in the shady garden.
shade • shade garden • shade gardening • gardening in shade • perennials
Benefits for Grandfamilies
Grandparents raising grandchildren are grandfamilies. This articles lists some resources for financial help, health care, and other support for grandfamilies.
grandfamilies • grand family • grandparents • financial aid • food assistance
Grandparents raising grandchildren are grandfamilies. This articles lists some resources for financial help, health care, and other support for grandfamilies.
grandfamilies • grand family • grandparents • financial aid • food assistance
Desert Garden Soil Problems
A number of soil problems can occur when planting roses in a desert garden. Conditions from iron deficiencies in the soil to excesses of alkali salts can affect roses.
roses • desert garden • soil • iron chlorosis • alkali
A number of soil problems can occur when planting roses in a desert garden. Conditions from iron deficiencies in the soil to excesses of alkali salts can affect roses.
roses • desert garden • soil • iron chlorosis • alkali
Farmers' Market or Walmart?
Our new Farmers’ Market opened last week. Amidst bricklayers, commuters, mesclun greens, I spoke with the Federation Exec. Dir. about the value of public markets.
farmers • public market • walmart • organic vegetables • agribusiness
Our new Farmers’ Market opened last week. Amidst bricklayers, commuters, mesclun greens, I spoke with the Federation Exec. Dir. about the value of public markets.
farmers • public market • walmart • organic vegetables • agribusiness
Hepatitis and Strawberries
Imported strawberries sometimes are more than just berries. Microbial passengers made life miserable for some Michiganders.
hepatitis a • strawberries • strawberry • hepatitis
Imported strawberries sometimes are more than just berries. Microbial passengers made life miserable for some Michiganders.
hepatitis a • strawberries • strawberry • hepatitis
Blocking the Gap : What To Do When The Woods Disappear
I’m facing a long term project in the garden, namely blocking the view of a tennis court that replaced the woods next door. I need something evergreen that grows fairly rapidly to at least 20 ‘ tall while remaining fairly narrow in diameter. Here's what I've found.
evergreens • shade • magnolia edith bogue • ilex x nellie r stevens • nandina firepower
I’m facing a long term project in the garden, namely blocking the view of a tennis court that replaced the woods next door. I need something evergreen that grows fairly rapidly to at least 20 ‘ tall while remaining fairly narrow in diameter. Here's what I've found.
evergreens • shade • magnolia edith bogue • ilex x nellie r stevens • nandina firepower
Even More Groundcovering Self-Seeders
Celandine, or wood poppies, are great at covering ground, as is the biennial Lunaria or money plant
groundcover • groundcovers • perennials • biennials • wood poppies
Celandine, or wood poppies, are great at covering ground, as is the biennial Lunaria or money plant
groundcover • groundcovers • perennials • biennials • wood poppies
Flowering Deciduous Shrubs For The New Woodland Garden
Flowering deciduous shrubs for shady gardens
deciduous shrubs • shrubs for shade • shady gardens • shade garden • gardening in shade
Flowering deciduous shrubs for shady gardens
deciduous shrubs • shrubs for shade • shady gardens • shade garden • gardening in shade
Harbingers of Fall Part VI: Cimicifuga
If there is such a creature as a "perfect plant", I think Cimicifuga simplex var simplex (originally sold to me with the invalid name of (C. ramosa 'Atropurpurea') </i> is the one.
cimicifuga • cimicifuga simplex var simplex • buttercup family • cimicifuga racemosa • bugbane
If there is such a creature as a "perfect plant", I think Cimicifuga simplex var simplex (originally sold to me with the invalid name of (C. ramosa 'Atropurpurea') </i> is the one.
cimicifuga • cimicifuga simplex var simplex • buttercup family • cimicifuga racemosa • bugbane
Thanksgiving Turkey
Cooking turkey is easier than you think, if you follow a few simple rules.
how to cook a turkey • moist turkey • thanksgiving turkey • turkey recipes • cooking turkey
Cooking turkey is easier than you think, if you follow a few simple rules.
how to cook a turkey • moist turkey • thanksgiving turkey • turkey recipes • cooking turkey
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