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The Joyful Botanist: Banking on it

There are many places and things that you can bank on in our world. You can call bank on a basketball court or pool table. You can carve a bank on a skateboard. You can donate food to a food bank or blood to a blood bank. You can upload data to a data bank that runs on multiple levels of memory banks. You can climb down the riverbank to take a dip.

Partner content: Fiber for constipation?

Question: I have been having issues with constipation and my doctor told me to get more fiber in my diet. What foods have fiber and how much should I get?

Start seeds with confidence

Learn how to grow plants from seed with a program slated for 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Haywood County Cooperative Extension Center in Waynesville.

Notes from a plant nerd: You reap what you sow … if you’re lucky

Whoever first wrote down the phrase, “You reap what you sow” was definitely not a farmer or gardener. I’ve started following that phrase with, “…if you’re lucky.”

Notes from a plant nerd: Going to seed

Want to hear a corny joke about an oak tree? That was it.

There are so many different native plants and flow...

Up Moses Creek: Walking the log

I’d no sooner opened my book of Robert Frost’s...

Up Moses Creek: The Window Strike

One day last December, a flock of robins descended...

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Ask Leah! The Ingles Dietitian

Partner content: Sensationalism and Seed Oils

These days there’s a lot of negativity about “seed oils”. According to some of the social media “influencers”, seed oils are ones made from: canola, corn, cottonseed, soybeans, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, flaxseed, and sesame seeds.

Ask Leah! The Ingles Dietitian

Partner content: When Following Food Advice May Not Be the Best Idea

Often we see articles in magazines, posts on social media, reels or videos that feature a celebrity talking about what they eat in a day or week. This person may be an actor, an athlete, or an influencer-- but in most all cases the message is, ‘Eat like me and you could look/perform like me’.