When to Carve a Pumpkin in Alabama
Around Huntsville, the mean first fall frost lands somewhere between November 2 and November 16, according to NOAA’s 30-year climate normals.
Growing Onions in Alabama: Which Varieties Actually Bulb
Onions bulb by day length, not by how warm it gets, and Montgomery’s longest day tops out at 14 hours and 19 minutes.
Growing Spinach: a Race Against the Day Length
Spinach bolts when days get long and temperatures climb, not on a fixed date on your calendar.
Pumpkin Carving: What the Research Says, and What It Does Not
Neither University of Illinois Extension nor Utah State University Extension publishes a shelf life for a carved pumpkin. That’s the honest answer.
Growing Onions: Why Day Length Decides Everything
An onion bulbs when daylight hits a specific threshold, not when the weather warms up.
How to Grow Garlic: The Complete Guide
A full walkthrough of growing garlic from clove selection through curing and storage, built around the cold requirement that decides bulb size.
Yellow Leaves on Garlic: Normal Ripening or a Real Problem
Learn to tell normal garlic ripening from early stress or disease by reading how many leaves are yellow, and when it started.
Garlic That Grew One Round Bulb Instead of Cloves
Learn why garlic sometimes forms one solid round bulb instead of separate cloves, what it means for this year’s crop, and how to fix it next planting season.
Split Garlic Wrappers: Why Bulbs Burst Before You Lift Them
Garlic wrappers split when bulbs sit in wet soil past maturity, and split bulbs are still edible but won’t keep in storage.
Garlic Bolting Early: What the Scape Tells You About the Bulb
Learn what an early garlic scape reveals about bulb development, when the cause was set months ago, and what you can still do before harvest.