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With warm soil and just-warming air temperatures, June is the perfect time to get these annuals, herbs, and vegetables into ...
Solynta’s work has caused a great deal of excitement in the traditionally staid world of potato breeding. HZPC, a Dutch company that has bred potatoes the traditional way for more than a century ...
A couple who created Scotland’s first ‘champagne’ from an old potato field have had their first glass – and say it has a ...
You might want to consider planting a Hawaiian heritage plant that can add an attractive ground cover that is good for your garden while providing an edible staple that is good for you.
When your plant reaches about 6 inches tall, Henry recommends "hilling" the potatoes. "Soil is gathered and piled on top of ...
Southeast Idaho farmer Tanner Funk digs potatoes June 23 in a field where no frost damage was found ... basically you start all over,” he said. Digging under the potato plant this time of year ...
A Scottish farming couple are celebrating the production of a sparkling wine - on an old potato field in the Borders. Lorna and Trevor Jackson decided to plant the vineyard on spare land they had ...
Colorado beetles severely weaken crops, such as potatoes and aubergines. Gardeners who spot the insect are urged to catch it ...
McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with the Farming Smarter Association, using one of its commercial plots to do a ...
On a cape just outside Souris, the East Point Potato plant is in full swing – just as it is for 11 months of the year. Potatoes are washed, sorted, bagged and stacked onto pallets, headed for ...