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Seeds of change: Former head of the Kansas Rural Center buys an Italian seed businessTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:18AMThe term “sowing seeds” can make a million metaphors in the business world, but Dan Nagengast and Lynn Byczynski are taking the term to new metaphorical and literal heights.

Learning to love vegiesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:06PMGive peas a chance, and love the vegies you grew up hating, writes Gail Williams.

And the beet goes on: The year is still young enough to sow the UK's favourite seedSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:21PMSuttons Seeds has just issued its official top five bestseller list for the season so far, and it goes like this: at number five is its pack of peppery wild rocket. At number four, an old favourite: "White Lisbon" spring onion. At number three, a recently launched mix of tasty, fast-growing lettuce varieties: "Speedy Veg Leaf Salad Mix". At number two, the sweet-flavoured, unchewy carrot "Nantes ...

Plant pumpkins, squash now to decorate, eat laterFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:56PMLet's think about Halloween and Thanksgiving, even if it is the middle of July.

The Glorious Pasta Of SummerWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:09AMBeat the heat (and the spaghetti-and-meatball doldrums) by pairing fun pasta shapes with fast, fresh sauces — hardly sauces at all, actually, but simple sautes of vegetables and herbs in olive oil.

Celebrity chefs chill with these summer saladsTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:19AMWhether potato, pasta or chopped, salads are essential summer eating when the temperatures soar and the desire to cook a hot meal wanes.

Tweaking the Southern veggie plateMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:27PMMiller Union has become one of Atlanta’s most talked about restaurants, featured in national magazines, such as Bon Appetit and Food & Wine, and beloved of Martha Stewart.

Four Square Garden at the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum attracts more that just bugsSaturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:23PMKaren Greeley had the know-how to get rid of those pesky bugs the old-fashioned way. She just didn't have the children. When early settlers found pests in the garden, Greeley said, they would send in their children to remove them by hand. Greeley is a member of Washington County Master Gardeners, the group that maintains the traditional German Four Square Garden at the Washington County Rural ...

Four Square Garden at Washington County Rural Heritage Museum attracts more than bugsSaturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:23PMKaren Greeley had the know-how to get rid of those pesky bugs the old-fashioned way. She just didn't have the children. When early settlers found pests in the garden, Greeley said, they would send in their children to remove them by hand. Greeley is a member of Washington County Master Gardeners, the group that maintains the traditional German Four Square Garden at the Washington County Rural ...