Growing Blooms, Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit
Now that you have patiently waited for your carrots, here are my tips for harvesting, storing, blanching and freezing them. Harvesting Tips: 1) Keep in mind the maturity dates on the seed packet as a rule of thumb. Most carrot are ready in 2 1/2 months.  If you know how wide the tops are supposed […]
If you harvest peas at their peak of freshness, they will be so yummy! Harvesting Tips: 1) Peas are ready to be harvested when the pods are plump and you can feel the peas inside. 2) It’s a good idea to snip the pea pod from the stem with scissors or carefully hold the stem […]
As for storing, you handle sugar snap peas the same way you do snow peas.  The harvesting part is a little different. Harvesting Tips: 1) Sugar snaps are ready to be harvested when they are a few inches long, the pods are slightly plump. 2) It’s a good idea to snip the pod from […]
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