When to Pick Tomatoes in Montana, and Ripening the Rest
The short answer: pick tomatoes as soon as they show any blush of color, and pull everything left on the vine, green or not, the week before your area’s…
When to Harvest Garlic in Montana, and How to Cure It
Montana garlic is ready to lift when the lower third to half of the leaves have browned off while the top leaves stay green, usually landing in July…
When to Pick Tomatoes in Missouri, and Ripening the Rest
Pick every tomato still on the plant before Missouri’s first fall frost, whether it’s blushing red or hard and green.
Growing Cucumbers in Kansas
Kansas gardeners get a green light for cucumbers once the last frost has passed and the ground itself has warmed, typically from mid to late April…
When to Harvest Garlic in Missouri, and How to Cure It
Garlic in Missouri comes out of the ground by leaf color, not by a date on the calendar.
When to Pick Tomatoes in Mississippi, and Ripening the Rest
The short answer: pick when fruit shows the first blush of color, not when it’s fully red on the vine.
When to Harvest Garlic in Mississippi, and How to Cure It
Garlic planted in Mississippi the previous fall is ready to lift from late May through June, once the bottom third to half of the leaves have browned off.
Growing Cucumbers in Iowa
Iowa gardeners can put cucumber seed or transplants in the ground once soil temperatures hold reliably above 60°F, a threshold that typically arrives in…
When to Harvest Garlic in Minnesota, and How to Cure It
Garlic in Minnesota comes out of the ground by leaf color, not by a date circled on the calendar: once the lower leaves have browned and dried while the…
When to Pick Tomatoes in Michigan, and Ripening the Rest
Pick every tomato left on the vine, ripe or green, before the first fall frost hits.