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Apple trees are an easy-care addition to any home garden. Beyond providing fruit, apples produce beautiful blooms and larger varieties make excellent shade trees if allowed to reach full height. Unfortunately, scab on apple trees is a common and serious problem. Apple tree owners everywhere should read on to learn about controlling apple scab in their trees. What Does Apple Scab Look Like? Apple scab fungus infects developing apples early in the season but may not become

Southern peas, or cowpeas, are also sometimes referred to as black-eyed peas or crowder peas. Widely grown and originating in Africa, southern peas are also grown in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and throughout the southern United States. With cultivation comes an increase in the incidence of southern peas with wilt. What is southern pea wilt and what causes wilt in southern peas? Read on to learn more. What Causes Wilt in Southern Peas? Southern pea wilt is caused by t

Unless your parents forbade television, you’re no doubt familiar with Popeye’s statement that he’s “strong to the finish, ‘cause I eats my spinach.” The popular refrain plus a mathematical error led millions of Americans to believe that spinach was so high in iron it made you strong and healthy. There’s no doubt that iron rich vegetables are important in our diets, but there are many other vegetables that are higher in iron than spinach. What other vegetables

Unique to Australia, this subspecies of the wolf is considered both a pest animal and a national icon, protected on conservation lands and killed in farm country. These polarizing creatures are often seen as a major factor in one of the biggest farming trends Down Under: the evaporation of sheep farms. But is that fair? Are the wild dogs of Australia devastating that country’s wool industry? Or are they misunderstood scapegoats, taking the blame for an industry suffer