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Sustainable gardening might seem intimidating at first, but it doesn't have to be. All you need are a few toilet paper rolls.
If you grew up in the '80s or '90s, you may remember cookie-sized, woody lotus flower seed pods intermingled with potpourri in grandparents' homes. But beyond the dish of dried flowers, the pods were ...
A. For the very best, crisp and tender green (snap) beans, harvest while the pods are still young and slender, before the ...
HARVEST HERBS: Remember to harvest herbs such as mints, basil, rosemary, lemon balm and Mexican tarragon regularly to keep ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia seized nearly 300 pounds of dried opium poppy pods.
Seed companies grow plants and then collect and dry the seeds to sell. Some seeds can last for a couple of years, while others can last longer. They don't exactly expire but the germination rates can ...
Look for these signs: pods or seed heads are dry and brown, seeds easily come free from the plant and flower petals have faded or fallen off. Here’s a quick guide to collecting seeds from some popular ...
Master Gardener Helen Willoughy-Peck walks the viewer through the process of “smoking” the seeds (which she shakes from an adorable dried seed pod). It looks like something I could do without burning ...
Milkweed are going to seed Look for milkweed’s silky fluff popping from dried seed pods along roads, in meadows or along the edge of woods. You can harvest some of the seeds to start more plants ...
Native shrubs are hanging on to their leaves, germinating plumeria seed pods Properly stored plumeria seeds can last up to 2 years ...