Some of the best mustards to sow in November include the very hardy 'Ruby Streaks', 'Green Wave', and 'Red Giant'. Mustards ...

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From the New Yam Festival in West Africa to the Persian festival of Mehregan to Germany’s Erntedankfest, most cultures around ...

Sweet corn is a perfect food for summer, but behind that simple pleasure is decades of plant breeding, market research, and ...

A corn hybrid with poor yield potential or mismatched traits can’t always be improved with better management. That’s why hybrid selection is such an important decision. Match hybrid corn traits with ...

Grass seed does better when the weather is cooler. Fall has the perfect combination of air temperature and soil temperature to grow grass. Daytime air temperatures hover between 60 and 75 degrees ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — After years of struggling with varying cotton yields and low market prices, West Texas farmer Brady Askew made a big change this season by planting corn for the first time on his ...

In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and basic industry. They found so many interesting ones along the way that ...

Every spring, the Texas roadsides burst into a sea of blue. But the state’s signature flower doesn’t bloom by chance. It takes timing, know-how and a little luck. According to the Texas Department of ...

It’s about to happen: That one morning in the third or fourth week of October, when you wake up and the air feels different — cool, maybe a bit damp … and you know fall is here. • Cut melons when the ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

When it comes to gardening, knowing the best month to plant perennials can be difficult. You might assume that spring is the best time, since it coincides with warmer weather and longer days, but ...