There is an area in the garden that I will not be able to plant this year. Instead of letting it stay fallow and grow weeds, I planted buckwheat. It's something I've done through the years whenever ...

Planting new plants in your yard or garden takes a bit of planning outside of the aesthetics you're hoping to achieve. Native plants are generally encouraged for better ecosystem viability, and it's ...

My collection of vintage recipes booklets is an inspiration for many of these weekly columns. During this time of uncertainty we seek comfort and security, and often it is comfort food, especially ...

Heavy May and June rains have delayed planting in northeast North Dakota, and some farmers there are considering fast-maturing crops such as millet and buckwheat. Before planting such crops, however, ...

I’m a big fan of cover crops on the farm and in the garden. Cover crops are not harvested. Instead they’re used for other purposes, such as preventing erosion or improving soil tilth. One of my ...

When I think of buckwheat, I first think of the dark, thin pancakes my grandfather used to make once in a while. They tasted weird but good. Buckwheat has been a diet staple world-wide for almost ...

Rhyolite Ridge in Nevada is one of the only two major known global deposits of lithium-boron. It’s also the location of the only known population of the Tiehm’s buckwheat plant, a rare wildflower ...