By Keith Hansen, Contributing Writer Growing your own food is once again gaining in popularity and eating healthy is a hot topic these days. One of the foods frequently promoted for good health are blueberries. They are very high in antioxidants, which are considered important…
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By Patty G. Leander Contributing Editor Americans love their tomatoes, especially when sliced on a hamburger, chopped in a salad, spread on a pizza or processed into ketchup, juice or pasta sauce. But to a vegetable gardener, the fruit of Solanum lycopersicum (formerly classified as…
By Steven Chamblee Contributing Writer Texas is blessed with wonderfully mild winters that are punctuated with a dozen or two days of Arctic misery. The winters allow Lone Star gardeners to grow color plants year-round. The reliable terrific trio of pansies, kale and snapdragons fill…
Winter is not a favorite time of year for most folks when it comes to gardening. The bright flowers of summer are a faded memory. The colorful leaves of fall have mostly dropped to the ground. The days grow shorter as we approach the winter…