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  A major food shortage that has emptied supermarket shelves in Venezuela and forced some in the city to eat dogs and cats has led others to forage – and some are doing it successfully. Fruit trees, in fact, are ...

Anyone can have beautiful fruit trees on their property, and it doesn’t have to take up a lot of space. It is called “espalier trees,” a growing method that goes back to 1400 BC, when it was used in ancient ...

How much food does your family eat in a year? The answer may surprise you, unless you’ve been planning a garden to feed them. Deciding how much to plant can make the difference between a lean year and a fat ...

Feeling hungry for some gardening adventures this winter? What could pass time and fill your belly with healthy food better than growing your own fruit? You can grow fruit anywhere in the house. If there is a sunroom, porch, conservatory ...

Are you looking for something new for your gardening tastes? Why not try figs? Figs are well-known as being easy to grow indoors. They only take one or two years to mature and fruit, which is great for those gardeners ...

If you love Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum, you’ll most likely love Jackfruit. Word has it that Wrigley took inspiration from the jackfruit to flavor his world-famous chewing gum. Sweet and fruity, the flavor of jackfruit has been compared to bananas, ...

Despite what you often see on TV and in the movies, stockpiling food is not only for those with conspiracy theories or living through a zombie apocalypse. It is now a part of life for those of us who are ...

My first job right out of high school — and one I was destined to work at for a number of years — was becoming the sole employee of a small farm in upstate western New York. Apple orchard country. ...

Many people consider autumn to be the beginning of the end when it comes to gardening. Considering the fact that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, you might consider sitting back and enjoying your harvest during these last few months ...

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been canning and preserving food from your garden for years … decades even. I remember helping my great-grandmothers shell peas and stem green beans way back when I was 3 or 4 years old. ...