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Food co-op hit by SWAT raid fights back 'Government basically engaged in intimidation' Posted: December 24, 2008 8:21 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh Jacqueline and John Stowers A LaGrange, Ohio, family whose food co-op connecting local consumers with local farmers was raided by sheriff's deputies...

Its starts off with grayish splotches on the plants leaves, which eventually consumes the whole leaf. The leaf then turns yellow and dies. My best efforts to contain this sickness, has been regular and vigorous trimming and careful disposal of any infected leaves and entire branches in some...

has anyone tried this? I made on earlier, with a bit of honey, a splash of milk, a medium sized cucumber, and two very small, very ripe bananas. Oh yeah, i added like two table spoons of oatmeal to improve consistency. yeah, I'm a guy. no, I'm not gay. At any rate, its not for me, well, I'll...

I took the stalk of a store bought head of cabbage and put it in a dish. It started growing leaves so I put it in a pot full of soil. Leaves began to originate from 5 different areas on this one stalk, so I cut it into 5 pieces and planted 4 in the ground and one remained in a 3 gallon pot...

In my zone avocados come in mid to late summer and are usually gone by December. There is a tree on my property has started blooming in late summer, and just gave the last of its fruit two weeks ago. Is this an anomaly or are there specific cultivars that will just come in at different times of...

certain varieties produce edible corm mass that in Puerto Rico at least are refered to as Malanga and Yautia. Its closely related to Taro. Via google, i have not been able to find much good information on growing the plants for the purpose of food. By chance, does anyone here have any experience...

I was in the hardware store shopping for parts for an incubator project i'm working on, and I saw a seed rack, and ravaged it. LoL Pickling Cucumbers Acorn Squash Green Zucchini Yellow Zucchini and Butternut Squash Dont ask me where he heck i'm going to be hosting these vines at. i don't know...

I got rabbits!! one died giving birth so now i have rabbit! Stupid me, i brought a pregnant rabbit here without knowing anything at all about keeping rabbits. probably the worst of my animal husbandry blunders. i'm still quite upset, but thats not what this is about! i have heard that i can...

I saw this contraption on the TV last week and have been thinking about it ever since. for those who have not encountered this thing, its like a bag with holes in it. Some of them have the holes on the side, and some have a hole on the bottom. there is some kinda containment barrier. i imagine...

I have some bell pepper plants whose growth has been stunted by my chickens (now caged). there are only a few fullsized leaves and the stem is thinner than a pencil. I've fertilized and water at least once a day, twice when its really hot and sunny (no clouds). Its about 2 months old at this...

I sowed some seeds two days ago and they have sprouted this morning. i found the unlabeled seeds at the bottom of my dresser drawer. I don't know what they are, but judging by the shape of the sprouts they are tomato or possibly a pepper variety. The problem is that they have emerged from the...

About 1/4 of my property is dry, rock hard ground. The numerous ancient avacado and mango trees make it so. There are open plots of land between trees that are unusable because the ground is solid, dry, and shaded. Inquisitive ol me with all my free time started a project to attempt to grow on...

To anyone who has expirience growing potatoes: Is it worth it? Are they easy to maintain? I'm currently having sucess with yams and yucca, which are also root crops. They are kinda a pain in the buttocks to harvest though. I'm going to see if i can get a small, potato from the supermarket to...

I'm waiting on some Arabica coffee cherries to arrive in the mail and i intend to plant 10-15 next month and was wondering if on the off chance, some one had words of advice or pointers for growing coffee. I've read a number of websites, but i find that when it comes to gardening and farming the...

does anyone have any experience using mycorrhizal fungus products in their veggie gardens? if by chance you don't know what it is...http://www.fungi.com/mycogrow/index.html I saw a segment about it on Modern Marvels, and it seemed impressive. Apparently the evolution of this fungus is what...