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Day: August 26, 2021

Homemade Oatmeal Creme Cookies

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts.

Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures

The ‘three sisters’ are staple foods for many Native American tribes. Marilyn Angel Wynn/Getty Images Christina Gish Hill, Iowa State University Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared […]

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Growing the big one – 6 tips for your own prize-winning tomatoes

Bigger, bigger, biggest.TheOldBarnDoor/Shutterstock.com Richard G. Snyder, Mississippi State University Growing the big one – 6 tips for your own prize-winning tomatoes. When I answer my office phone as an extension vegetable specialist, from time to time it’s someone asking how they can get recognition for growing a huge tomato, possibly the biggest one ever. When […]

As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards scurried, unnoticed, beneath their feet. Perhaps to avoid being trampled by their giant kin, some of these early lizards sought refuge underground.

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Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues

Long misunderstood, snake tongues have fascinated naturalists for centuries.reptiles4all/iStock via Getty Images Plus Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues Kurt Schwenk, University of Connecticut As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards scurried, unnoticed, beneath their feet. Perhaps to avoid […]