January can be a challenging time for our feathered friends as winter weather limits their natural food sources. As a ...

This is a good time of year in the Chicago area to monitor your plants for animal damage and to do some pruning. Other than ...

The northern cardinal is the state bird and lives in Illinois year-round. Clark Hudmon, owner of Barn Owl Garden Center in ...

Fillers are used by companies because they can add them into a bag of quality seeds — like sunflower and safflower seeds – to increase the weight for less money. It's cheaper to fill out a 20 pound ...

LG has developed a new lamp that doubles as an indoor garden. The lamp, which LG will show off at CES in January, serves as an adjustable grow light for the tray of up to 20 plants beneath it ...

Dietary oils are fats found in foods that are liquid at room temperature. They can be classified according to their molecular composition, the amount of omega-3 and 6 oils content and the degree ...

With some experimenting, we've discovered the remedy for this greasy and lack of flavor challenge to help you make better ...

Light or refined olive oil has a more impressive smoke point of 260°C, but it’s not as good as safflower oil’s 265°C. In fact, Serious Eats puts extra-virgin olive oil right at the bottom of ...

As you're trying to decide what to do with your bird feeder during the winter, consider filling it with safflower seeds for your feathered friends. They are another option that is high in fat and ...

Fried food doesn’t get much respect, at least from anyone who prizes their health. But eating latkes—potato pancakes fried in oil for Hanukkah—is worth the risk of censure from the food police.

Gardening can be labour intensive, but making changes to the way you deal with watering, weeding and pruning, along with clever plant choices, can make your garden more low maintenance. You can make ...

I didn't know that safflowers were thorny until I inadvertently touched one and felt a prick while visiting a safflower field last week in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture. I was also surprised that ...