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Top 20 Proven Benefits of Ginger Plant

Top 20 Proven Benefits of Ginger Plant

Ginger is an ancient spice with powerful anti-inflammatory properties. The top health benefits of ginger include its ability to help with arthritis and osteoarthritis, relieve nausea and pain, prevent cancer, improve respiratory conditions, and reduce flatulence. Ginger also helps boost bone health, strengthen the immune system, and increase appetite. This spicy root is also good for enhancing…

How to Store Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs

How to Store Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs

All featured products are curated independently by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, we may receive a commission.Knowing the best way to store fresh fruit, veggies, and herbs so they last longer is only half the battle; actually doing it is also kind of important. Right now, with so many people…

How to Make an Avocado Tree Bear Fruit

How to Graft an Avocado Tree to Produce Avocado Fruit

Image Credit: dimarik/iStock/GettyImagesAvocado trees grown from a seed from a grocery store avocado may produce a tree if you plant it, but its fruit may be different or even inedible, due to the fact that the tree grown from seed will be genetically different than the original tree that produced the fruit.The new tree will,…

Sheep 101: Wool production

Sheep 101: Wool Production Complete Guide

Real men wear wool One sheepApproximately 90 percent of the world’s sheep produce wool. One sheep produces anywhere from 2 to 30 pounds of wool annually. The wool from one sheep is called a fleece; from many sheep, a clip. The amount of wool that a sheep produces depends upon its breed, genetics, nutrition, and…

9 Impressive Health Benefits of Onions

9 Impressive Health Benefits of Onions

Though all vegetables are important for health, certain kinds offer unique benefits.Onions are members of the Allium genus of flowering plants that also includes garlic, shallots, leeks and chives.These vegetables contain various vitamins, minerals and potent plant compounds that have been shown to promote health in many ways.In fact, the medicinal properties of onions have…

How Long Does It Take a Hazelnut Tree to Produce Nuts?

How Long Does It Take a Hazelnut Tree to Produce Nuts?

Hazelnut trees (Corylus avellana) are deciduous trees that thrive in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9. The trees have a fast growth rate and reach heights of 15 to 40 feet with a spread of 10 to 12 feet. It is multi-trunk tree that is often pruned down to a single…

How to Make an Avocado Tree Bear Fruit

How to Make an Avocado Tree Bear Fruit

Avocados are healthy and delicious, so it can be disappointing when your tree fails to produce a crop. The three species of avocados that are commercially grown are Persea nubigena var. guatamalensis, Persea americana var. drymifolia and Persea americana var. americana, all hardy in USDA zones 10 through 11. If you live in a colder…