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Harvesting potatoes can feel like a guessing game. It’s far easier for me to tell when tomatoes or peppers are ready to be picked. As for potatoes… the crop is hidden underground, so you can’t tell how large the potatoes are simply by looking at the plant.
Fortunately, potato plants provide several clues as the tubers mature. You just need to know whether you want t...
Onion seedlings are not exactly known for standing tall and proud. They emerge as thin green loops, straighten into what look like blades of grass and often begin leaning long before they are ready for the garden. A tray can look perfectly healthy one day and strangely flattened the next. Fortunately, a fallen onion seedling is not always
Harvesting onions is only half the job. If you want those bulbs to last through fall and winter, they need time to dry and form a protective seal before going into storage. This process is called curing.
Curing dries the onion’s neck, roots and outer layers. Done properly, it helps prevent moisture and disease organisms from entering the bulb. Done ...
Onions are fairly good at announcing when they have finished growing. Their upright green tops begin to soften, yellow and eventually fold over at the neck. The tricky part is knowing whether those changes mean the bulbs are mature—or whether wind, drought, disease or another problem has simply knocked the leaves down.
This distinction matters if you want onions tha...
all cleanup always leaves me with the same choice: cut everything down now, or pause long enough to see what the garden is trying to give back.
Those dry, slightly scruffy flower heads may not look like much, but many are packed with seeds for next year. A few minutes with a pair of snips and a paper bag can give you enough marigolds, cosmos, zinnias, sunflowers, an...