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Autumn is here! And autumn means harvest time has come and is in full swing. To me, fall has always meant lots of apple pies, apple butter and apple sauce, as well as jugs full of apple cider and juice. ...

Like most children, my kids consume a lot of apple products—fresh apples, applesauce, and apple juice. I love the health benefits apples offer. Cornell University in particular has conducted several studies on apples and found that the antioxidants in apples ...

  Trees on a fundamental level provide shade from the sun and when mature, firewood. But certain trees also can serve as a food source or offer medicinal benefits. The seven trees below will grow across most parts of North ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks that hackers could use a smartphone to bring down the electric grid. Cook made the admission during a wide-ranging interview with Time in which he defended the company’s stance on encryption and its opposition to ...

For weeks, the FBI has wanted Apple to build a backdoor into the encryption on an iPhone for use in a criminal case, and on Wednesday Apple CEO Tim Cook released the company’s official answer: no. The controversy involves a ...

Vinegar has many uses, many of which can be attested to by our grandmothers as well as modern day make-do and naturally minded folks. But where does vinegar come from? How is it made? Whatever will we do if for ...

In planning your homestead garden, you may not have considered growing fruit. To the inexperienced, it may seem like a challenging task, but growing fruit trees is not as difficult as you may think. And the return on your efforts ...

It’s a safe bet you will have heard, perhaps paraphrased many times over, Benjamin Franklin’s observation: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Why would I make such a ...