'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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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 ...