Well everyone must have some knowledge about Pomegranates. Which is a thick-skinned super seedy fruit, with a dazzling red hue which is now touted as a sensational fruit by scientific researchers? The beverage carries only the goodness of the fruit and doesn't have any preservatives or added colors.
The mouth-watering pomegranate red pearls can be squashed to make a...
There are numerous health benefits to bananas. This is the most well-liked fruit all over the world; it occupies major world trade. Bananas are a tropical plant that requires a warm subtropical climate for cultivation; it doesn’t need much effort for cultivation, and the most recommended soil for bananas is a mixture of sand and clay soil. The top...
I have great respect for Broccoli because it appreciates the cool climate in which we live. In a long, cold spring, a summer with little sun, or a fall with no Indian summer, there is always Broccoli and all it asks is that I keep up with the picking. Gladly I can keep up with the picking and make...
Blueberry is a wonderful plant. Not only do they live for decades and bear delicious fruits that need almost no care. But they also are beautiful in themselves, with white, bell-like flowers in spring and handsome oval leaves that turn orange-scarlet in fall.
The berries are pretty, ripening slowly so that clusters are green, red, and blue all at once....
The Strange Satisfying Food Photos - The food presentation, or “plating” has long been a vital aspect of dining across many cultures. The dawn of the Instagram era has seemingly taken it to another level. So, in recent times, dining out can feel like a trip to a tourist landmark. Thus, dishes are wisely documented and curated for the...
Amorphophallus bulbifer is ripening a lot of fruit these years, at the UConn EEB greenhouses. Despite Amorphophallus Bulbifer appearance, and the fact that birds or some other animal disperser perhaps eats them. It’d probably be a bad idea for a person to sample these berries. Amorphophallus is an aroid (family Araceae), a group famous for being toxic to humans.
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Control Diabetes with Bitter Gourd Juice - Many people are searching for holistic and natural approaches to cure and control diabetes. The only natural cure which is getting a substantial amount of attention is the usage of bitter gourd juice. It is sometimes recognized as an Ampalaya. It has an acquired taste, buts bitter melon’s effects as an agent...
Blueberries are so healthy, highly rich in nutrition, and decrease the risk of colon cancer. It is excellent for brain power and decreases belly fat. The antioxidants in the blueberry increase our energy levels and immune system.
This is really the world’s best healthy food. Blueberries seeds are inside the fruit, and it takes very small work to separate...
There are countless health benefits of Pomegranates. This is a magical fruit that is often forgotten by most people when they buy their weekly groceries. This super delicious fruit contains tiny seeds that are actually richly healthy and assist in preventing the onset of particular common diseases. Pomegranate has a leathery texture on the outside that may be orange-yellow,...
Fresh pomegranate is very important to the human body. Below are the top 10 health benefits of fresh pomegranate. I hope that by reading about these health benefits, you will consider the importance of this fruit in your life.
Antioxidants: These help to wrangle the hoards of free radicals in your system. Free radicals have an uneven number of...
Lemons are packed with plentiful health-benefiting nutrients. The fruit is low in calories, only 29 calories per 100 grams, one of the lowest among the citrus group. Lemon contains no saturated fats or cholesterol but is wealthy in dietary fiber (7.36% of RDA). Its acidic taste is due to citric acid. Citric acid is present up to 8% in...
Japanese pastry-maker “Qu’il Fait Bon” captured the art of love and scent in a single, delicious treat. Their fruit tart is made with a sweet white strawberry called “Hatsukoi no Kaori”, which exactly translates to White Strawberry The Scent of First Love.
After 20 years of research done by plant suppliers and fruit breeders in Japan. The first white strawberry...
Tarragon is a hardy perennial that becomes a woody shrub, normally about three tall.
Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus), is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America. The plant is cultivated for culinary and medicinal purposes in many lands. It is long, slender, dark green leaves...
Some vegetables, like lettuce and asparagus, are grown for the thrill of an early harvest of fresh-tasting produce for the table. Brussels sprouts are a late thrill. The ultimate cool weather crop, their flavor is actually improved by a touch of frost. Hence, plantings are timed to mature just when days are still warm and sunny but night frosts...
Like fruit, Eat More Vegetables are packed full of antioxidants that help our bodies fight free radicals. The catch is that as soon as they are harvested. They begin to lose their essential nutritional value and when they are cooked, they lose more. To get the full benefit, it is important to buy them as fresh vegetables. Then use...
The creamy, crispy, and crunchy cashew nuts are cherished for their succulent flavor. They are eaten as a snack, whether roasted, salted, sugared, or covered in chocolate, and are often used as a flavorful complement to appetizers, main dishes, and desserts. Slightly sweet in taste they are relished as the garnish in sweets and desserts. Along with almonds, they...
Papaya Shrinks Prostate Cancer Risk by 63 percent and that’s the benefit seen by men in this study. When they ate 390 grams of papaya per week that’s half a large papaya and carries just 200 calories. How does papaya provide such health benefits? It is an extremely rich source of the three anti-cancer super nutrients beta-carotene, lycopene, and...
Harvesting Drying and Storage of Herbs
The oils which give herbs their delightful aromas and flavors are volatile, i. e they’ll readily escape from leaves, stems, seeds, or other parts once these have been injured, and will then be further reduced by evaporation. Moreover, any cuts bruises, or other injuries to plants result in oxidation of the injured surface by...
Sweet potatoes are tubers that grow under the ground just as white potatoes do, but there the resemblance ends. Above ground, the plants are sprawling vines that can take up a lot of room in the garden. Sweet potatoes are also a warm-weather crop. Hence it is needing four or even five months of fairly high temperatures to mature....
Heart-Shaped Watermelon - Japanese people are so innovative and quality conscious as well; the best example is shown by Japanese farmer Hiroichi Kimura, who has finally harvested the world's first heart-shaped watermelon, after several years of hard research.
When upon a neighbor's request, Hiroichi Kimura started his research about a heart-shaped watermelon. After sensibly considering all the factors that affect...
Chia seeds come from a flowering plant in the mint family that's native to Mexico and Guatemala, and history recommends it was a very imperative food crop for the Aztecs. Chia seeds remained in regular use in their native countries but were largely anonymous in North America until expert Wayne Coates started studying chia as an alternative crop for...
Top 10 Foods That Help You Burn Fat
Apples: Apples are rich in powerful antioxidants and other supplements. However, it contains pectin, which helps decrease the number of fat cells in the body.
Green Chillies: Green chilies contain capsaicin, which helps maintain the body's growth cells and burn calories in rapid time.
Wheatgrass boosts our metabolism and helps to...
Well, crops in Succession Planting is a good way to make the most of your precious garden space. Sometimes it means planting several successions of the same crop. However, in the small plan, there is a spring carrot crop planted together with radishes to shade the carrot seedlings, then a summer carrot crop planted in another spot to mature...
Apples are a potent source of antioxidants with polyphenols, flavonoids, and vitamin C. Therefore Apples are a good source of fiber, and potassium and there are only 47 calories in an average-sized apple.
The undisclosed secret behind the antioxidant capacity of the apple is in its skin. The apple skin alone gives 2 to 6 times the antioxidant activity...
Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a flower; the big, lumpy white ‘head’ that we eat is a cluster of flower buds nested inside a cabbage-like plant. It is believed that cauliflower is the sweetest, mildest-tasting member of the cabbage family, but home gardeners grow it far less often than the other brassicas.
Perhaps it won’t tolerate either very hot or very cold weather,...