Mar 12, 2014 · In general, the primal pork cuts from the top of the pig (like the loin) are leaner and more tender than those from the bottom. But cooking the tougher cuts (like the shoulder and the hocks) low and slow can make them tender and juicy.

Jul 26, 2018 · You finally wrapped your mind around the concept of Hydroponics (soilless growing). Then all your horticulturally-savvy friends started carrying on about Aquaponics (raising fish in a hydroponic system) So here’s a new buzzword for you: aeroponics. It has nothing to do with raising vegetables in airplanes, though it has been used to grow beans in the zero-gravity …

Dec 19, 2017 · Reading this story is quite a coincidence for me, this school house is only a few miles from my house, and I’ve been there many times, especially when I was little, my father was an avid/professional photographer and we have a million photos of the School House, the Gristmill, and the Martha Mary Chapel, in fact I was in a wedding at that Chapel, what I didn’t …

Mar 27, 2022 · There are ways to improve soil health, control diseases and manage pests without applying heavy amounts of fertilizer or pesticides. For gardeners committed to growing several years into the future, crop rotation is one method to utilize.

Jan 6, 2016 · Perhaps the most common in the US, the potato is native to the Americas and comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, textures, and colors. Potatoes should not be eaten raw, but can be cooked in … you know what, we don’t need to do this.

Aug 9, 2024 · Novelist Paula Whyman wanted to leave her city life and find an acre or two of rural pasture to explore. Instead, she found herself trying to restore 200 acres of farmland on a Virginia mountain top.

Jun 7, 2018 · Prior to European settlement in North America, many Native American groups grew three of their most important crops - corn, beans, and squash - all in one big jumbled bed, now known as a three sisters garden.

Aug 31, 2015 · This is great. I live in SW ohio and have raised beds as well as spaces for ground plantings. I was thinking about using winter rye as a covering until next spring but would like to harvest and use the grain if possible.

Jan 16, 2014 · Beefalo. Ah yes, how fondly we remember the 1970s. A time of afros, Nixon, and of course, the peak of America’s interest in beefalo.English settlers in the American south noticed genetic mixes between American Bison and domestic cattle as far back as 1749, but it would be 100 years until the first intentional hybrids and more than two hundred until beefalo entered …

Nov 15, 2016 · Americans love eggs, at least chicken eggs: on average, a given American eats about 250 chicken eggs per year. And sure, we’ve started dabbling in other delicious and interesting varieties: the rich, enormous yolks of duck eggs, the tiny delicacy of quail eggs, the technically edible emu egg.