Learn how to harvest and prune your backyard garden with these guides! In most cases, correctly harvesting or pruning your vegetables, fruits, and herbs helps them produce more. Discover how to harvest your plants for bigger yields and simple ways to preserve your bumper harvest.
Lemongrass is easy to grow, smells amazing, makes delicious tea, and is a natural insect repellant. Discover how to harvest your lemongrass with this easy to read guide! Lemongrass is a tropical herb that comes from Southern India and Sri Lanka. It’s much more widely available now in the west as a dried or fresh…
Are you wondering how to harvest your rosemary without killing the plant? Or maybe you’re not sure how to dry rosemary or just pick some rosemary for cooking. Don’t worry – I have everything you need to know about harvesting your rosemary right here for you! Harvesting rosemary is easy. Done the right way, you’ll…
You’ve finally beaten out the cabbage worms and slugs and your cabbage is ready to harvest. Hooray! Discover how to harvest and store your cabbage so you can enjoy this nutritious vegetable all winter long. One of the reasons cabbage can be such a good vegetable to grow is because many types of it store…
Are you considering cabbage for your spring or fall garden? Discover everything you need to know so you can plant and grow cabbage successfully! Cabbage can be a somewhat tricky vegetable to grow. It can’t be planted too late or hot weather will ruin your crop, and there are several pests that look at cabbages…
Beets are an easy crop to grow in your superfood garden as long as the weather is cool Harvesting is just as easy, and the roots can be kept for months in storage. Along with being edible and nutritious, beets are one of the most colorful vegetables you can grow. The typical dark red varieties…
Thyme is a very easy to grow perennial herb to grow with incredibly versatile flavor for cooking and baking. You can have it in a pot on your porch or let it grow to full size out in your garden. It’s hard to go wrong with harvesting thyme. You can collect small amounts for cooking…
Broccoli is a cool-season crop that can take a bit of practice to grow successfully but is well worth it when you do. Discover these tips for how and when to harvest broccoli, plus the best ways to store it. Spring is the normal planting time for broccoli, but you can also plant it midsummer…
Potatoes are an easy-to-grow and productive crop that you can enjoy harvesting right from your backyard. They go into the ground in early spring, are harvested late summer, and can be stored through fall and winter. Harvesting your potatoes can be a fun family activity with the reward of tender, tasty tubers to cook afterwards….
Although its cousin, the pumpkin, gets most of the attention, butternut is a favorite storage squash for many gardeners. The rich taste of it works equally well in sweet and savory dishes, and its thick skin helps it last months after being picked. Discover when to harvest butternut squash and how to store your butternut…
Turnips are easy to grow and harvest, nutritious, delicious, and turnip roots can last for months when stored correctly. Discover how to harvest and preserve this often overlooked crop! Turnips are an easy-to-grow cool season crop. They reward you quickly by producing both edible leaves and roots that come to maturity before many other garden…