A common question from gardeners is when to harvest different fruiting crops. A fruiting crop is not fruit, but a vegetable that bears "fruit" that you eat, instead of eating the leaves or root of the plant. Peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant are all fruiting crops. Knowing when to harvest them will help you get the maximum fruit from your labor.
While everyone's busy worrying about Ebola... Sneezing, sniffling, coughing, aching head - the dreaded cold season is suddenly upon us! And none of us is immune. So Farmer Adrienne (Green City Growers' Director of Education) shared her fail-safe hyperlocal herbal FARMacy cheat sheet to get us all through unscathed.
Kale is a fabulous cool weather crop, one that actually tastes SWEETER when the weather turns cold, losing the bitter taste it can have when grown in warmer months. And unless you're installing cold frames on your garden this week or next, a crop that you should harvest before the first hard frost.
Crock, the pot not the shoe. October, as in the month we're currently in. Fest/Feast, because the fall harvest is in full swing which is truly cause for festing and feasting.
The days are turning cool and the nights even cooler... Summer is officially over. You might think it's far too late to START gardening in mid-September. Not so! Just a few simple steps and you'll be enjoying your first fall harvest before you know it.
