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Tomatoes, zucchini, bush beans and Chinese pole bean are growing rapidly in the summer heat in the vegetable plots that Phil and Mary Anderson tend at the Allen J. Ogden

Most everyone know that beans are the musical fruit, but do you know why they make us so melodious?

Captured weapons—especially AK variants—quickly became important parts of U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Navy SEAL Teams’ combat arsenals.

The AK-47's dependability and the ability to surprise enemies were both factors in why American soldiers sometimes used the Soviet assault rifle.

It’s often because the commandos hated their own U.S.-made guns.

The University selects six vegetables varietals and two flower varietals each year. Written By: By Katie Drewitz, University of Minnesota Extension | 11:00 am, Feb. 16, 2021 × Young seedling cucumbers stand in growing pots.Photo illustration, Shutterstock, Inc. ST. CLOUD - The University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteers have been running a flower and vegetable varietal trial since 1962. Extension Master Gardeners around the state devot...

To cheer up and share the goodness of life, this January, I planted a flat of radishes. The little recycled-plastic tub of dirt goes outdoors by day for a cold sunbath, but back inside at night, as my radish variety wants a soil temp of 40+ degrees. Still, these amazing root veggies can survive a freeze and flourish in clammy cold air that I consider spine-chilling. They somehow condense the minimal warmth and vague light of a mountain winter into little subterranean fireballs that can burn you...