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Articles

Helpful Herbal Hints
Drying herbs can be done with these simple steps.

Sunflowers: More than a Beautiful Flower
Tips for harvesting, drying and roasting sunflower seeds.

Soothing Solutions for Dry, Itchy Skin
Your skin needs moisture to stay smooth and supple, and retaining moisture is especially difficult in winter.

How to Dry Gourds
When should you pick gourds? How can you dry them to use for crafts and decorations?

Parsley Growing Like a Weed?
Easy ways to preserve an abundant herb crop. Herbs are great year-round. Here are some easy ways to preserve your herb crop this summer.

Harvesting Tips For Watermelon and Corn on the Cob
Check our hints for harvesting two favorite summer vegetables-- watermelon and corn on the cob right here.

Winter Feeding Mistakes
Try these solutions for Cattle Feeding foul-ups.

Easy Ways to Save Seeds
Garden Seed Harvesting Love your cucumbers this year? Learn how to save their seeds and plant them next year.


Did Smelly Feet Ruin Valentine's Dinner?
Ahh Valentine's Day. A day to rekindle the romance. The flowers are on the table, the candles are lit, but what is that smell?

Fall Garden Cleanup Checklist
Here’s a basic checklist to use as you put your gardens to bed for the year.

A Gardener's Guide to Frost
How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it It's fall. Temperatures begin to cool down, but your gardens still look so nice. How do you know when frost may hit ? Learn the signs and precautions you should take.

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Secret Ingredients for Better Tasting Dishes
Almanac Approved!

Easy Ways to Preserve our Earth
We can all do something to help preserve our earth. It doesn't have to be difficult.

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Blanching Basics for Vegetables
You can still keep vegetables and fruits fresh tasting, even if you freeze them. Learn how.

5 Ways You May Be Inadvertently Hurting the Earth
Find out if your everyday actions may be hurting the earth.

Products

Lifeguard's Choice Lip Balm
Guard your lips from the drying effects of the sun, wind and sea. Lifeguard's Choice Lip Balm is similar to our beeswax lip balm, with added titanium dioxide for extra protection. While the lifeguards are out saving lives, we're out...

Weather Chatter

Hunter's Full Moon
October 26, 2007 9:26 AM

Water
October 19, 2007 9:49 AM

Energy Efficiencies - 4 Ideas
July 31, 2008 4:50 PM

All About Frost
September 27, 2006 7:49 AM

Blog


Harvesting and Drying Herbs
October 4, 2005 9:12 AM

Cold Weather Leaving You Dry?
January 2, 2008 9:19 PM

Gardener’s Soap Recipe
June 21, 2006 8:04 AM

Selecting and Storing Melons
August 9, 2006 10:50 AM

Cooking With Zests of Citrus
December 26, 2005 2:16 PM

Planting a Strawberry Pyramid
March 29, 2006 4:30 PM

Hanging Basket Plant Care Tips
August 2, 2006 8:05 AM


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Easy Ways You Can Make A Difference
Little Things Add Up. Here are some asy ways to help preserve the earth from the Farmers’ Almanac. Recycle those plastic bags you get from the produce department at your local store. To keep them neat and easy to find, make...