When to Harvest Garlic in Connecticut, and How to Cure It
In Connecticut, garlic planted the previous October or November comes out of the ground when the lower leaves start browning back, usually over a stretch…
When to Pick Tomatoes in Colorado, and Ripening the Rest
The short answer: pick tomatoes as soon as they show any blush of color, and don’t wait for full red on the vine.
Which Kind of Cucumber to Grow, and Why It Matters
The variety name on a seed packet matters less than the type behind it. Cucumbers split into four working categories, pickling, slicing, burpless and…
When to Harvest Garlic in Colorado, and How to Cure It
Garlic in Colorado comes out of the ground by the look of its leaves, not by a date on the calendar.
When to Pick Tomatoes in California, and Ripening the Rest
Pick when the fruit shows full color and gives slightly to a gentle squeeze, not by the calendar.
Growing Cucumbers Up: What It Changes
Grown up a trellis, a cucumber vine behaves like a different crop. Leaves dry within an hour of dew instead of staying damp all morning, fruit hangs…
When to Harvest Garlic in California, and How to Cure It
Most California gardens lift garlic sometime between late spring and midsummer, and the trigger isn’t a date on the calendar.
When to Pick Tomatoes in British Columbia, and Ripening the Rest
The short answer: pick British Columbia tomatoes before the first fall frost hits your specific location, not on a calendar date.
A Second Sowing, and Why It Usually Out-Yields the First
A single cucumber planting rides a curve: slow start, a few weeks of heavy picking, then a fade that no amount of watering or feeding reverses.
When to Harvest Garlic in British Columbia, and How to Cure It
Garlic goes in the ground in British Columbia in the fall, roughly six weeks before the soil locks up, and comes out of the ground the following summer…