At my local grocery store, out here in the middle of nowhere, a head of cauliflower costs $5 and a wilted ball of lettuce might run you $3. It’s a far cry from the vibrant fruit and vegetable markets ...

Q. I have recently started to include bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts in my diet. I seem to have more energy but would like to start sprouting my own as they are expensive to buy. Which are the best ...

In Prairie winter households, local, fresh produce can be in short supply. This doesn’t have to be the reality. Local greenhouses continue to expand their growing seasons and the supply of fresh ...

Bacterial infection of mung bean seeds can cause outbreaks of food poisoning when the sprouts are eaten. Now research by a microbiologist from Nottingham University, UK has shown ways of disinfecting ...

Choose seeds that have been packaged for fresh sprouts. Food grade seeds have been tested for salmonella and E. coli. You can ...

Bacterial infection of mung bean seeds can cause outbreaks of food poisoning when the sprouts are eaten. New research has shown ways of disinfecting the bean seeds using natural methods and which do ...

I look out my window on a classic foggy Bay Area morning and see a family of deer chomping on some recently planted baby kale peaking its head out of the earth. “ Nooooooo!” I yell as I burst out of ...

Where did that warm golden autumn disappear to? Winter is lashing Australia’s eastern seaboard with floods and driving rains. So, as the weather swirls and howls outside, why not move your gardening ...

The first thing my city friends asked when I told them I had bought a 19th-century farmhouse on several acres was, "what are you going to do with all that land?" The idea of owning acreage is alien to ...

Planting a seed is an act of faith. After all, what could seem more far-fetched than dropping a shriveled, apparently lifeless speck of something into a hole in the ground, then expecting to return ...