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OSU Extension offers tips to help gardeners prepare for spring planting, including seed starting, soil selection, and light requirements.

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Eliseo Curcio, director of clean technologies at Blend Tiger, discusses the relative advantages of the range of alternative ...

Kashmir's saffron and willow trees, Nepal's Rudraksh, Thailand's dragon fruit, Australia's avocados, Italy's olives and Mexico's dates - all now thrive on the same hillock where once upon a time ...

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And you don’t have to fight alone. Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles, but the growth of housing in fire-prone areas also played ...