Growing Scallions: Onions That Never Bulb
Scallions skip the bulbing stage entirely, and that single fact changes how you grow, harvest, and think about them compared to every other onion on this…
Overwintering Onions for an Early Harvest
Planting onions in fall instead of spring lets the crop overwinter as a small plant, then finish bulbing weeks ahead of anything started fresh in spring.
Growing Onions in Containers
Onions grow well in containers as long as the pot is deep enough and the compost never dries out between waterings.
Why Onions Bolt, and What to Do With One That Has
A bolted onion has shifted from growing a bulb to growing a flower stalk, and once that stalk shows up, the bulb is done getting bigger.
Watering a Young Apple Tree: How Much and How Often
Explains how much and how often to water a young apple tree by growth stage and rootstock size, not a fixed calendar schedule.
Apple Varieties: Choosing by Taste, Season and Climate
How to choose an apple variety by matching bloom group, pollen compatibility, and rootstock size to your yard.
Thinning Apples: One Fruit per Cluster and Why
Explains why apple growers thin each fruit cluster down to one apple, when in the bloom cycle to do it, and what happens if you skip it.
Summer Pruning: Why It Does the Opposite of Winter Pruning
Summer pruning slows a tree’s growth instead of stimulating it, because cuts land while leaves are still making sugar, not while the tree is dormant.
Storing Apples: What Keeps Until Spring and What Does Not
Apple storage life depends on the variety: some keep firm and crisp into spring, others must be eaten within weeks of harvest.
The Spray Schedule Read Off the Tree, Not the Calendar
Apple spray timing should follow what the buds are actually doing, not a fixed date, and here’s how to read each stage.