Moisten the soil with 1 inch of water and hand pull goldenrod to remove and kill it. Discard debris in the trash. You can also use a spade or hoe to dig and remove goldenrod from the soil. Wait six to eight months for your goldenrod to die before removing the cardboard. Dicamba, for...
Don’t use cold water.Flowers like to be warm and prefer water that is 80° to 110°F. The water in the vase does not need to be maintained at that temperature, but always start cutting flowers in warm, not cold, water. Cold water has a higher oxygen content, which can cause air ...
goldenrod, turmeric, or annatto to achieve everything from a soft pastel shade to electric yellow. Many of the shades listed for orange can give you shades of yellow if you use less of the ingredient.
At first honey was extracted from beehives in a very crude way. It left the comb and brood destroyed. But the 19th century saw the invention of the movable comb hive by Lorenzo Langstroth. His hives made it possible to harvest honey without harming the bees, comb, and brood. Langstroth’s...
honey before its moisture is reduced it'll be prone to fermentation. That may taste fine if you lick the honey straight from the comb, but stored honey with a high moisture content will spoil. That's why experienced beekeepers know not to harvest honey until bees cap the cells with wax....
Switchgrass reseeds prolifically. You may just need to look around the plant to find a collection of new seedlings ready to be transplanted. However, you can harvest switchgrassseedsby cutting a seed head and stem after the bloom is spent but before the seed disburses. Put the stem and head...
Nectarine trees respond well to fertilizer. Provide this in early spring. Use a high phosphorous fertilizer that is low in nitrogen. Pruning is important for both the health of the tree and for a bumper harvest. Prune in winter when the tree is dormant. You should first prune away any dise...
I have several pieces of shade cloth that I use to cover summer lettuce that I plant by direct seeding. The good news is that this gives me a later harvest than spring-planted lettuce. The bad news is that lettuce is a favorite of red-winged blackbirds. ...
I use that term loosely because it’s an unmown area, kind of a big island of unmown wild things, and a lot of little bluestem and so forth. Even before it starts to color up, before the bluestem gets its fall coloration, before all the goldenrods, which are just starting to come...
To make lemon balm tea from fresh herb: Harvest lemon balm and any additional herbs you wish to use. Herbs are generally at their peak for harvesting in the late morning after the dew has dried. You'll need about 1/4 cup of fresh lemon balm leaves per cup of water. To make 3 cups...