Outdoors

In an effort to curb the impacts of climate change, offshore wind turbines are popping up off the coast of New England. This hour, we unpack how this form of renewable energy works and why it’s facing opposition.

Humans may need a break from the heat, but melons like cantaloups, honeydews and watermelons thrive during hot, wet summers.

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," except when that rose is a rose of Sharon, which is neither a rose nor from Sharon; it's actually a shrub in the hibiscus family. You can use the edible blooms to make tea.

Much like cilantro, people either love okra or hate it. Harvest the pods when they're less than 4 inches long for the best flavor and texture. Young okra pods are more tender and have less of a “slimy” mouthfeel. Eat them in soups, stews, fried or sautéed. Okra is in the hibiscus family, so the flowers are edible and delicious stuffed or used as a garnish.

Known as the “lilac of the South,” crepe myrtle has traditionally been successfully grown in warmer climates. But now with new hybrid, sterile, varieties, we can grow crepe myrtles in Connecticut.

Oh, dear. What to do about deer? The latest (surprising) finding: Mixing Half & Half with equal parts water worked as well as expensive lanolin sprays for deterring deer.

We’re talkin’ about beer-can chicken with PBS host and James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen. Plus, the Seasoned team gathers to reflect on the show's four-year run.

If you can grow bush beans, you can grow edamame. Once harvested, steam the pods in salty water and eat them as a snack. They're also great cooked with other vegetables, in potato salads and as a topping on summer salads.

After spring flowering shrubs, such as lilacs, forsythia, rhododendrons, weigela, nineback and bridal wreath spirea have finished blooming, you have about 4- to 6-weeks to prune before flowers form for next year.

Chef Chrissy Tracey shares stories and recipes from her book, 'Forage & Feast' and "The Chicken Chick" Kathy Shea Mormino explains exactly what chickens need—and don't—to be safe, happy, healthy backyard pets.