Are you looking for the best fruits and vegetables to feed your goats as tasty treats? If so, you’re on the right track. Can goats eat carrots? Carrots are an ideal treat for goats as the entire vegetable is edible. Goat handlers should feed carrots to goats in moderation, as too much of a good …
Gardeners are known for using any food scraps and leftovers to make compost or even apply them directly to the soil. One of those famous leftovers that have gained legendary status as adequate fertilizer is coffee grounds, but when you have orchids, you need to think twice before using coffee grounds as fertilizer. Do orchids …
Cilantro is a robust herb that vaguely resembles flattened parsley. It is grown in gardens around the world and is fairly easy to maintain throughout the growing season. What does it mean when cilantro bolts? When cilantro bolts, it is a signal that the plant is coming to the end of its life cycle. Bolting …
“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” as the famous Coleridge poem goes. This is true unless you take thorough measures to make it drinkable. Some assume that simply boiling seawater will make it safe for human consumption, but is there any truth to this? Can you drink ocean water if you boil it? …
Infusing honey with herbs, spices, and other aromatics is incredibly easy and satisfying, and it usually beats any store-bought infusion. Because honey is already packed with nutrients and medicinal properties, these infusions are not only super tasty but also super healthy. General Instructions & Guidelines Infusing honey is as simple as adding some flavorings to …
Cucumber seedlings are quite finicky and sensitive. They need to be transplanted at just the right time. If you transplant them when they’re too young, they won’t take, and if you wait too long, the roots will die out of exposure during transplanting. When should you transplant cucumber seedlings? The best time to transplant cucumber …
Pineapples are tropical fruits that grow mainly in Latin America with Costa Rica responsible for 84 percent of the global production. Although many people enjoy eating pineapples regularly, most know very little about how they are grown. Do pineapples grow on trees? Pineapples don’t actually grow on trees. They grow on a plant with a …
Alpacas are slightly smaller and cuter but otherwise very similar to lamas. They are often bred for their highly valuable fleece. Handling alpacas means you may need to get into spitting distance of them… literally. Do alpacas spit? Alpacas are known for spitting at one another, especially in the case of females spitting at males …
Arugula is a cool-season plant that doesn’t do well in hot temperatures, full sun, or dry soil. Any or all of these conditions can cause the plant to bolt or go to seed. Once it starts to flower, the stems and leaves of arugula turn bitter, and there’s no stopping the bolting process. Why is …
Broccoli is packed with nutrients, and the veggie is easy to grow. However, there’s a recurring issue with growing broccoli that many gardeners complain about, and that is broccoli bolting. That’s when the broccoli heads start to flower, which means they’re no longer form tight heads and they will have a bitter taste. Why is …