Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate completed a safety assessment of milk thistle seed extract. The assessment concluded that information related to chemistry, nutrition, toxicology, and ...

Many of these plants won’t germinate until they have experienced the cold temperatures of winter. Seeds, such as Milkweed, may also undergo hormone changes during this cold period that allow the plant ...

February is a good month to start sowing seed undercover ... For an earlier show of flowers, sow sweet peas and cosmos indoors, ready to plant seedlings outdoors in spring. This time of year is also ...

This document summarizes the safety considerations that informed Health Canada's decision to allow the use of milk thistle seed extract (silymarin) as a supplemental ingredient. The acceptability of a ...

Many people use this famous plant for food, decoration, landscaping, and medicine. If you're wondering how to plant an avocado seed, follow the steps provided carefully, and you'll soon have a ...

So beautiful, in fact, you may be inspired to multiply it! Forsythia isn't easy to grow from seeds, as the process is slow, and some varieties are even sterile. However, luckily, forsythia is an easy ...

Will this year begin another drought cycle? Or will we get unending storms the rest of winter and into spring? We don’t know, ...

Grass tetany is an issue that we typically associate with spring. It occurs when animals are first turned out to pasture and have lush, new growth to eat. New grass ...

get additional tips on creating your bird-friendly habitat, and help us keep track of your contributions to our efforts to get 1 million native plants for birds in the ground. Audubon’s native plants ...

For beginner gardeners, it’s hard to know when to start gardening, and when to finish. The garden is always there – what needs doing when? You may assume that the key gardening seasons are spring and ...