Preserving food from the garden is a great way to reduce food waste and enjoy nutritious homegrown produce year-round. It also has the added benefit of reducing food miles, plus is a great way to save on grocery bills.
Most of us are familiar with canning, even if you don’t know how to do the process yourself (stay tuned next week for more food preservation techniques like canning and pickling) but there’s another way to process and store your...
So when is the perfect time to harvest squash? It depends. Generally, you want to harvest summer squash throughout the summer—whenever the fruits are about six inches long. Winter squash, on the other hand, is a one-time harvest that tends to fall on or just before your area’s last frost date.
Wherever you are in your gardening journey, this is the one pest guide you need to make it through. Keep reading to learn how to identify the most common garden pests, plus tips for how to treat each infestation.
Did you wake up one morning to find your plants dusted with white? No, it’s not Christmas in July—it’s just powdery mildew rearing its ugly head in your garden. Don’t panic—powdery mildew isn’t a death threat to your garden and...
Whether you’re growing flowers for yourself or for market, it’s important to know how to cut stems properly to avoid injuring the plant and to get the longest-lasting vase life out of your cuts.
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to the summer season, and nothing says summer like biting into fresh, juicy watermelon straight from the garden. Of course, you can buy a watermelon at the grocery store, but once you’ve had...
Sure, you could let your cucumbers sprawl on the ground, overflowing into neighboring beds and possibly choking out other crops. They’ll still make fruit, even if the fruit looks odd and rots more quickly. Or, you could trellis your cucumbers...
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