'I grew a whopper of a carrot in my garden'

A woman has credited her homemade compost for "supercharging" her vegetable patch - leading to a "whopper" of a carrot. Diana ...

The EPA Approved a New PFAS Pesticide — Will It Show Up in Your Produce?

The Environmental Protection Agency approved new pesticide products containing isocycloseram, a type of PFAS — or “forever ...

Plant This Everyday Garnish To Keep Aphids Out Of Your Vegetable Garden

Aphids can be a menace to your home garden, causing discoloration and even the death of some plants -- but they're no ...
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Homemade Living: Fall root vegetables are perfect for pickling and snack chips

PURPLE HAZE: Western North Carolina's rainbow of fall and winter root vegetables, like these purple carrots, turnips and beets, make nutritious and tasty snack chips and pickles. Photo by Glenn ...
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Butternut Squash vs. Sweet Potato: Which Is Better for Blood Sugar and Nutrition?

Butternut squash and sweet potatoes are both rich in vitamin A, but sweet potatoes have more of it. Butternut squash is lower in calories and carbohydrates. It also has a lower glycemic index, meaning ...
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Dozens of pesticides enter the body through contaminated fruits and vegetables, study finds

Eating a lot of fruits or vegetables with higher levels of pesticides may raise the levels of dozens of pesticides in your urine, according to a new study."We compared the amount of pesticides on ...