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

Back-To-School Breakfast Fun!
Your children will have fun helping make these quick and easy breakfast recipes.

Exploring Different Varieties of Honey
Here are some facts about honey that may delight you.

The Meaning of Flowers
Want to send the right flower for the right occasion? A red rose means love, but what about a white one?

Plant for Taste
Looking for something else to grow and eat besides vegetables? Consider adding flowers to your list of potential snacks, or as additions to your salad bowl. Here are a few tips and rules for your health, when it comes to munching on flower blossoms.

The Year of No Summer
In prolonged human suffering, no other disaster in New England in history matched the frigid summer of 1816, the coldest in American annals. To this day, no accurate record exists as to the number who perished, or what the financial loss might have been in a winter that lasted from November of 1815 until April 1817. No other event, other than the Gold Rush of 1849, had as much impact upon westward migration as did the "Year of No Summer."

Fresh Apple Cake
When apples are in season, there's nothing finer than a simple apple cake. Although easy to make, this cake is anything but ordinary.

Butterfly Garden
July 19, 2006 7:56 AM

Winter Wild Bird Care
February 22, 2006 8:36 AM