Growing and Harvesting Tips
Featured Growing and Harvesting Tips
Storing and Using Rose Hips - Follow the article tutorial for harvesting rose hips, preparing rose hip tea and using rose hips for other purposes.
Caring For Garden Tools - Use our tips and ideas for caring for and cleaning your garden tools!
Autumn Garden Chores - Let us help make your Autumn garden chores less work with our tips and ideas!
Easy Annuals From Seed - Enjoy planting and growing easy annuals from seed with our tips and ideas!
Self Fertilizing Vegetable Container Garden - Create a self fertilizing container vegetable garden with our tips and tutorial.
Fall Planting of Wildflowers - Enjoy pretty wildflowers in the spring by planting them in the fall!
Growing and Harvesting Tips
Summer Harvest Tea
Before the cool weather sets in, enjoy the bounty of your herb, flower and vegetable gardens by giving a Summer Harvest Tea Party. Plan your theme around the garden, invite friends and family. Don't make it a formal affair, but rather a way to celebrate everyone's gardens and share produce, flowers, seeds and advice.
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Harvesting and Using Summer Squash
Summer squash is one of my favorite vegetables. I love the yellow summer squash in particular. They should be harvested while still tender, when they have a "glossy" appearance and are still small. You will most likely need to harvest daily once they start to appear.
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