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Comfrey (Symphytum spp.) is one of our most distinctive weeds, with its broad hairy leaves, tall flower stalks and deep taproots. It’s also one of the most persistent. Many varieties don’t spread by seed, but they do spread laterally in ...

Along with the rising popularity of gun mufflers, usually called suppressors or silencers, has come an increased interest in subsonic ammunition. Often, though, there are more questions than answers. This article seeks to inform the reader with basic knowledge of ...

Spring is here, which means homeowners and homesteaders across the country are checking the blades and changing the oil on their mowers. But before you cut the grass for the first time, make sure you aren’t mowing over beneficial weeds ...

Weeds are an absolute menace to most gardeners. They seem to grow 10 times as fast as the veggies you have planted, covering the entire garden and spoiling all of your plans. But in hindsight, weeds have gotten a bad ...

Summer is a time when backyard gardeners can enjoy the fruits of their labor, but it’s also a time when many of us enjoy going on vacation and seeing another part of the country or the world. Unfortunately, gardening and ...

The traditional garden is a thing of beauty indeed — a well-tended patch of cultivated ground with neat, straight rows of lush, green vegetables. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that image, and many gardeners would have it no other way. ...

I grew up in Chicago and remember seeing plantain growing in yards and parkways along city streets. What always caught my eye were the slender seed stalks emerging from a nest of green leaves. I had no idea they were ...

Weeds! The pesky plants keep gardeners busy from early spring until frost nips the garden in autumn, and in a few months, it all starts over again. If you’re like most gardeners, you’ll never attain a garden completely free of ...

Every week, homeowners across North America spray their lawns with chemicals, killing plants that their grandparents and great-grandparents would have picked and eaten. In fact, most homeowners likely don’t even realize that those “pesky weeds” are actually edible – and ...

For many people, the annual war on dandelions has begun. We spray them, dig them up, toss them, burn them and everything else we can think of to get rid of them. What we should be doing is eating them. ...