Onion Plants. The secret to growing the largest, most flavorful onions is to start with onion plants, rather than sets or seeds. Putting established plants in the ground gives you the tremendous advantage on the growing season. Onions are categorized into three growing types: Short-day, Intermediate-day, and Long-day.
At the same time, the public largely values the role prescription drug companies play, with most (62 percent) saying that prescription drugs developed in the past two decades have made the lives of people in the U.S. better, including about 4 in 10 (42 percent) who say a lot better.
In 2014, the health-care inflation rate is projected to slow to 6.5 percent, according to the Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers report by PwC's Health Research Institute. That's 1 percent less than the 7.5 percent inflation rate for 2013 that HRI projected last year.