Harvest & Kitchen

Keep a Strawberry Water Record That Improves Next Week's Harvest

Keep a Strawberry Water Record That Improves Ne...

Keep a simple watering log for home-grown strawberries. Record soil moisture, amount given, weather and plant response to improve fruit quality and avoid overwatering.

Keep a Strawberry Water Record That Improves Ne...

Keep a simple watering log for home-grown strawberries. Record soil moisture, amount given, weather and plant response to improve fruit quality and avoid overwatering.

Small-Harvest Spinach Soups That Keep Their Green

Small-Harvest Spinach Soups That Keep Their Green

Turn a modest spinach harvest into a colorful soup. Learn why cooked spinach dulls, how to blanch and add leaves late, and which ingredients make green stand out.

Small-Harvest Spinach Soups That Keep Their Green

Turn a modest spinach harvest into a colorful soup. Learn why cooked spinach dulls, how to blanch and add leaves late, and which ingredients make green stand out.

Drying Home-Grown Parsley: Handling and Storing the Finished Material

Drying Home-Grown Parsley: Handling and Storing...

How to dry flat-leaf parsley and handle the finished material: choosing leaves, air or dehydrator drying, crumbling, packing airtight jars and storing for best flavor.

Drying Home-Grown Parsley: Handling and Storing...

How to dry flat-leaf parsley and handle the finished material: choosing leaves, air or dehydrator drying, crumbling, packing airtight jars and storing for best flavor.

Organize Your Basil Harvest for Tender and Woody Herbs

Organize Your Basil Harvest for Tender and Wood...

Learn a practical harvest order for home-grown basil and woody herbs: choose tender upper growth for the kitchen, make a regrowth-friendly cut, and match storing and use to texture and...

Organize Your Basil Harvest for Tender and Wood...

Learn a practical harvest order for home-grown basil and woody herbs: choose tender upper growth for the kitchen, make a regrowth-friendly cut, and match storing and use to texture and...

Why Blanching Home-Grown Beets Is Worth the Extra Step

Why Blanching Home-Grown Beets Is Worth the Ext...

A practical guide to blanching home-grown beets: what the step does for color, peeling, freezing, and texture, when to skip it, and the simple equipment that makes it consistent.

Why Blanching Home-Grown Beets Is Worth the Ext...

A practical guide to blanching home-grown beets: what the step does for color, peeling, freezing, and texture, when to skip it, and the simple equipment that makes it consistent.

Peeling Home-Grown Sweet Peppers: Comparing Effort, Convenience and the Quality of the Result

Peeling Home-Grown Sweet Peppers: Comparing Eff...

Compare methods for peeling home-grown sweet peppers, from char-roasting to steaming and knife work, and choose based on ripeness, effort and the texture your dish needs.

Peeling Home-Grown Sweet Peppers: Comparing Eff...

Compare methods for peeling home-grown sweet peppers, from char-roasting to steaming and knife work, and choose based on ripeness, effort and the texture your dish needs.