Growing Vegetables

White eggplant is a bit smaller and sweeter than the purple-to-black colored eggplant that is more widely available. However, white eggplant actually was the most common eggplant cultivar in the...

Winter squash are Delicious, Super Nutritious, and very pricey IF you buy them in December. But with these tips, you can store them for wonderful winter meals.

Potato plants are fast growing and grow mostly in the spring and during the middle of the summer. Discover why it's best to store potatoes in a cool, dry area with information from an organic...

To harvest walnuts, wait for the nuts to fall from the tree, or tap the walnut tree with a stick to get the nuts to falls. Store harvested walnuts in paper or plastic bags, either in the shells or...

To harvest and store thyme, cut the leaves at any time of the year and either use them fresh, or dry them out by hanging them upside down. Keep thyme as a houseplant to use all winter with advice...

Harvest tomatoes a week after they turn red, and store them in a cool place with lots of air. Avoid wrapping tomatoes in plastic to keep them lasting longer with advice from a sustainable gardener...

Harvest lemons when they reach the brightest color of yellow, and store them in the refrigerator for up to three months. Juice lemons to store just the juice for several months with advice from a...

To harvest and store pumpkins, pick the pumpkins from the vine when they feel hollow inside, and store picked pumpkins in a cold, dry place. Find out how larger pumpkins tend to go faster than...

Harvest shallots when the foliage of the plant begins to yellow towards the end of the growing season. Store shallots in a cool, dry place that has room to breathe. Avoid storing shallots in a...

To harvest and store dry beans, pick the pods off the vine as soon as they start to dry out or open, let the dry out naturally in full, hot sun, and store them in paper bags or jars for years and...

To harvest and store green beans, pick the pods off the vine when they are developed, but not too large, and store them in the refrigerator or eat them fresh. Blanche and freeze green beans to...

To harvest and store chestnuts, shake the nuts out of the tree using a broom handle, dry them out naturally in the sun for a few days, and store them in a paper bag. Keep chestnuts for years,...

When harvesting and storing corn, break the ears off the stalk when the kernels have a thick consistency inside, keep the husk over the corn to keep it moist, and store it in an aerated container....

To harvest and store almonds, pick them from the tree when the shells just barely start to split, dry the nuts out in the sun for one or two days, and then store them in a paper bag or a jar to...

Harvesting and storing beets is simple by pulling them out of the ground when they are mostly matured, washing off the dirt and keeping them in a paper box or in the refrigerator. Store beets to...

To harvest and store blackberries, pick the berries off the vine just a week after they turn black, soak them in some water to wash the dirt off of them, and store them either in the refrigerator...

Onions and potatoes can be stored together if they are used within a few days. To keep potatoes and onions fresh after months of storage, they must be stored separately. When stored together they...

The most important thing to remember when choosing vegetable plants is that it is better to succeed at growing something boring than fail at growing something exciting and exotic. Start with...

You've planted your cabbage and protected it from pests and disease. Perhaps you've added fertilizer and watered it regularly. You know it's worth the work, because fresh-grown cabbage is more...

The "Nutrition Action Healthletter" places spinach in the number-two slot on its list of most nutritious vegetables. Turns out Popeye was onto something after all.