Puffball mushrooms are a type of fungi that can produce up to seven trillion spores. When they mature, clouds of spores (or "puffs") explode out of the mushroom when they're disturbed. Then, the wind carries these spores, which travel and land on the ground to eventually create new puffb...
Cannabis is a weed in the wild that adapts to many climates. Cannabis plants can actually be really easy to grow if you have the right information and know what to do. It can seem impossible to get started if it’s your first time growing, but this website will walk you through every...
Cultivating our own mushrooms was something we stumbled into quite by accident. At this year's Telluride mushroom festival we bought a Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceous) mushroom growing kit.
Fairy ring spots are 3 to 20 feet in diameter. Sometimes, they’ll appear as rings of dead grass, but oftentimes, they’ll develop abnormally as green and dense grass. It’s not uncommon for mushrooms to grow around the perimeter. What if I can’t identify my lawn disease? Many lawn ...
It’s easier to remember new vocabulary when you’re studying real English conversation. Today we’re studying 10 conversations: we’ll chat with my mom, my dad, my uncle John, we’ll visit Colorado, Michigan, and you’ll meet some of my very best friends. Let’s get started with our...
course, the amount of time it takes for mushrooms to get to that cracker-dry consistency partially depends on climate. Mushrooms drying in Denver, Colorado, for example, may dry a lot faster than mushrooms drying in Hawaii. If using a flour sack towel, remember to change it once per day....
Blue Apron Celebrates the Heroes Among Us Fall Foodie Giveaway Official Rules How to Create a Balanced Meal (That You’ll Look Forward to Eating), According to Dietitians Colorado’s Best-Kept Secret Isn’t in the Mountains — It’s on Local Menus...
It helps that we’ve lived in Colorado all our lives, and so we’re used to cold winters. As I’ve gotten older, summer without A/C I don’t tolerate well at all. Hopefully, they’ll get the power back on for those folks hit hardest by Ida. ...
Aster leafopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus). Photo via Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University Bugwood.org, viaCC BY-SA. Cropped. The pathogen responsible is found in the sap of infected plants. When the insect feeds, it sucks up this phytoplasma, transmitting it to nearby plants. The lea...
I still get nightmares about rice weevils and maggots in my basmati bags…It’s not pretty, and it’s a real bummer.Luckily, rice storage is straightforward if you know what you’re doing.And there are only a few things to remember before filling your emergency stockpile with 50-pound ...