Tips for Apple Harvest and Apple Storage
Homegrown apples are delicious if picked at the right time and kept in good storage conditions. Here's how to harvest your apples to enjoy them at their best.
Z recipes-edibles
How to Dehydrate Fruits and Vegetables
Learn how to dehydrate fruits and vegetables to preserve them for the long term. Make tasty snacks and save storage space, too.
All About Growing and Using Herbs
No Till Gardening
How to Grow Asparagus in the Home Garden
Growing Your Own Garlic
Planting garlic cloves in fall will result in a bounty of garlic bulbs in the summer. Learn how to grow a successful crop of garlic in your garden.
Growing Raspberries
Growing your own raspberries is one of gardening’s most rewarding tasks. We’ll show you how in five easy steps.
Extend the Growing Season with a Cold Frame
Many vegetables grow better in cooler temperatures. A cold frame will extend your cool-season harvest or create a space for starting plants earlier in the spring.
Vegetable Choices for Cold Frames
Cold frames are perfect for growing vegetables that thrive in cool temperatures or for starting seeds and cuttings so you can get a jump-start on spring.
Origins of Common Fruits and Vegetables
As American as…gooseberry pie? We examine the globetrotting history of some of our favorite fruits and vegetables. They may be homegrown, but odds are, North America wasn’t their first home.
Cover Crops for Home Vegetable Gardens
Every winter, winds and storms batter the empty vegetables beds in the garden. Protect the soil from erosion and weeds by growing a cover crop in that space. The cover crop not only protects the soil surface but adds nutrients for next spring too!
Summer Squash Chips
Roasted squash chips are a great way to use some of your summer squash harvest. They make a great snack or serve them up with your favorite dip.
Blackberry Muffins
Here’s the first thing we do with our summer blackberry crop—whip up a batch of these easy and scrumptious blackberry muffins. Here’s the second—freeze a batch to savor come winter.
All About Mint
Take a minute and “refresh” yourself on one of the easiest-to-grow herbs – the mint plant! We cover all the basics of growing and harvesting mint and we’ll introduce you to 28 different varieties of mint. You’ll want to try them all!
Get to Know Leafy Salad Greens
The days when iceberg lettuce set the standard for a leaf salad are long gone. Get in on the latest salad trends with these 16 leafy options that will bring fresh color, flavor, textures, and added nutrients to your next salad.
Plant a Stir-fry Garden
Use the square-foot method to simplify gardening and harvest loads of vegetables for homemade stir-fries.
Succession Planting for Vegetables
Is it possible to get lettuce and other vegetables all through summer? Yes, if you follow these steps for succession planting. See which vegetables can be used for succession planting to give you fresh vegetables for your summer recipes.
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Yellow Zucchini, Summer Squash ‘Golden Zebra’ (Cucurbita pepo)
‘Golden Zebra’ produces golden yellow zucchinis that are tender and sweet. They have a slender form that is ideal for making even, uniform slices for frying, steaming or sautéing. Bushy plants make it easy to see and harvest the brightly colored zucchinis. Can be harvested as small as 5” (12cm) for baby use.
Yellow Zucchini, Summer Squash ‘Golden Zebra’ (Cucurbita pepo)
‘Golden Zebra’ produces golden yellow zucchinis that are tender and sweet. They have a slender form that is ideal for making even, uniform slices for frying, steaming or sautéing. Bushy plants make it easy to see and harvest the brightly colored zucchinis. Can be harvested as small as 5” (12cm) for baby use.
Yellow Zucchini, Summer Squash ‘Golden Zebra’ (Cucurbita pepo)
Yellow Zucchini, Summer Squash ‘Golden Zebra’ (Cucurbita pepo)
Yellow Zucchini, Summer Squash ‘Golden Zebra’ (Cucurbita pepo)
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