Straw bale gardening is an innovative and accessible way to grow vegetables and flowers, especially if you have poor soil conditions or limited space. This method involves planting directly into bales ...

It was with this in mind that scientists recently developed a new material that does something special when exposed to liquid – it rolls itself into a straw-like tube.

Manufacturers are producing carbon-storing, plant-based building materials sourced from the farms, forests, and factories of rural America.

Others, like my husband, who is far from lazy, uses three stakes to support each plant, each about 6 inches from the young tomato plant. He then selects a strong side branch to tie to each stake.

Straw flies as fresh rice is loaded into a bank out wagon during harvest in October 2013 at Gorrill Ranch in Nelson. If plans for a medium-density fiberboard plant near Willows bear fruit, in a ...