Potato Maturity Chart
Growing potatoes can be an anxiety provoking exercise, plant them in the spring, send them down into the ground, then sit back for months. How … Read more
Growing potatoes can be an anxiety provoking exercise, plant them in the spring, send them down into the ground, then sit back for months. How … Read more
Dig a hole for new orange tree, set the roots, plant it, and water it in. Maybe you’re dreaming of winter fruit and sticky-sweet juice? … Read more
Peaches are not ancient-oak-type trees, don’t make them act like one. They’re meant to bear quickly but not necessarily live long. How much longer? The … Read more
What makes a good potato? How do you know which one is going to be waxy for baking or boiling? How do you know which … Read more
In early spring, you plant your bare-root tree and then sit back and wait for fall’s first nippy nip. Next year: You wait some more. … Read more
Potatoes seem simple, until you realize there is an entire grading system in place by the industry. Potato size can mean the difference between a … Read more
A cherry sapling goes into ground in the spring, with dreams of snacking and pie come summertime, but it might take three or four years … Read more
GARLIC, GARLIC: If you’re like me, you likely believe there’s no such thing as good garlic, bad garlic; all garlic is basicly equal. That’s what … Read more
When looking at that little nursery tree, you dream of a large crop, or maybe even some oil! Who wouldn’t love such an image (but … Read more
It is an expensive mistake we all make each spring. We purchase some sprouting tubers at the grocery store and plant them hopefuly. Then we … Read more
In late winter, you order or go to nursery to buy a bare-root whip with dreams of eating it in summer. And then you wait; … Read more