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Tips to Prepare Garden for Winter

10 Tips to Prepare Your Garden for Winter

How do you put your garden to bed for winter? See 10 tips on how to winterize your garden beds—from...
Hokkaido Pumpkin Squash

The Many Health Benefits of Pumpkin and Winter Squash

Time to turn to pumpkins and sweet, orange-fleshed hubbards, buttercups, butternuts, and acorns for...
Pumpkins

Pumpkins

Whether you use them for carving or cooking, pumpkins do not disappoint. Here’s how to plant, grow...
Garlic Bulbs

Planting Garlic in the Fall

Garlic is incredibly useful in the kitchen and surprisingly easy to grow in the garden. The best...
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How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

When temperatures begin to drop, tomatoes stop ripening, so it’s time to take action! We will show...
Celery Stalks

Celery: Bland and Boring? Not So Fast!

Celery is one of the most underrated vegetables. Most people would never think of this humble stalk...
Beets from the Garden

Storing Beets with Wood Chips in the Root Cellar

Though I have used sand to store my beets in the root cellar for many years, this year I decided to...
Potatoes in root cellar

Getting Potatoes Ready for the Root Cellar

Digging potatoes has got to be one of the most pleasurable aspects of gardening. It’s buried...
Kale Salad

10 Salads That Are Hearty and Healthy

Want a healthy salad that’s also satisfying? Here are 10 salad recipes that are filling and hearty...
Sweet Potato Fries

Garden Guide Recipe Contest Winners

Enter the annual Almanac Garden Guide Recipe Contest—and enjoy winning recipes from past Garden...
Tomatoes

Vegetable Growing Guide

In one handy chart, the Almanac Vegetables Growing Guide summarizes when start seeds indoor and...
Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

These Sputnik-shaped vegetables may look alien, but their fast growth and great taste make them...
Types of Lettuce

Lettuce

Lettuce is one of our favorite garden greens because it is far superior—in both taste and vitamin A...
Tomatoes on Vine

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are not hard to grow; they’re incredibly productive, versatile in the kitchen, and so...
Cabbage plant

Cabbage

Traditionally, cabbage seeds were planted on St. Patrick’s Day in northern zones. Old-time farmers...
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How to Grow Bean Sprouts Indoors

It’s so easy to grow bean sprouts inside, especially when the weather’s wintry or unpleasant...
Cutting Onions

Why Do Onions Make You Cry? | More Onion Facts

Why do onions make you cry when you cut them? How do you slice onions without tears? Are leftover...
Growing Lettuce in Winter

Grow Fresh Salads Indoors All Winter

Seriously, it’s not that hard to grow salad all winter long. Enjoy fresh, tender, delicious salad...
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Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable famous for its tart-flavored pinkish-green stalks, though it’s...
Storing Carrots in Sand

Storing Vegetables Over Winter

How do you keep vegetables stored properly over winter? There are a variety of ways to properly...
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Best Sweet Potato Recipes

Here are some delicious sweet potato recipes, including sweet potato fries, biscuits, casseroles,...
Yam Vs Sweet Potato

How Are Yams and Sweet Potatoes Different?

Are sweet potatoes the same as yams? No… and yes. When orange sweet potatoes were first introduced...
Perfect Pumpkin Recipes

15 Favorite Pumpkin Recipes: Both Sweet and Savory!

We’ve added MORE pumpkin recipes to our collection! See top-rated recipes for Pumpkin Walnut Cake,...
Giant Pumpkin Compared to Regular Pumpkins

How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin

Giant pumpkins are in the news at harvesttime. Wondering how to grow a huge pumpkin? See the record...
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Crop Rotation: How to Rotate Your Vegetable Crops

Crop rotation is key to a successful vegetable garden after the first year. It’s important to grow...
Pumpkin Pile

How to Cook a Pumpkin

Here’s how to clean and cook pumpkins two different ways. Plus, if you’re cooking your own pumpkins...
Storing Vegetables

How to Store Vegetables and Fruit to Keep It Fresh

Not all produce should be stored in the refrigerator! Learn how to properly store different types...
Onions

Onions

Onions are a cold-season crop, easy to grow because of their hardiness. By midsummer, you can begin...
Eagle Pumpkin

How to Carve a Pumpkin

How do you carve a pumpkin? Whether you are a beginner or an expert, “Farmer Mike” Valladao has...
Gourds

Gourds: Types of Gourds, Growing Gourds, Curing Gourds

Good Gourd! What’s with the bumpy, weird-looking decorative squash? We get many questions about...
Pothos houseplant

Houseplant Care Guide

Here are quick tips to keep your houseplants happy and healthy. From knowing how often to water to...
Cabbage Patch

5 Reasons You Should Eat Cabbage

If you haven’t eaten cabbage in a while, we urge you to look again at this healthy, unsung hero of...
Pumpkin Patch

5 Tips for Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

One of many traditions is to pick pumpkins for Halloween! Here are 5 tips on how to pick the...
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How to Make Pickled Peppers Recipe

Interested in pickling? See how to pickle peppers in this video! Pickled peppers are a great way to...
Growing Zucchini

Summer Squash (Zucchini)

Summer squash, especially zucchini, are a garden staple and vigorous grower. Each plant will...
Tomato Varieties

What To Do With All Those Tomatoes

Days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder, and in many parts of the country, frost is...
Pac Choi

How to Plant a Fall Vegetable Garden

Plant a fall vegetable garden—to extend the growing season and your harvest. See our fall planting...
Pickles in progress

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles

I thought it was about time I learned about pickling after a coworker brought in her homemade sweet...
Brussels Sprouts Ready to Harvest

How to Freeze Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts freeze well, as long as you follow a couple tricks. Freezing properly preserves...
Celeste's Peppers

How to Freeze Peppers

Peppers are the easiest thing in the world to freeze. They need no blanching whatsoever. Wash, dry...
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How to Harvest and Store Onions

Harvest onions when their tops begin to turn yellow and fall over. Then onions need to be ‘cured’,...
Butternut Squash on Vine

Winter Squash

Growing winter squash requires some patience, but their delicious fruits are well worth the wait!...

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