Fall is a great opportunity to prioritize planting vegetables that may take a back seat during the summer season. Here are 12 of our favorite annual vegetables that can be planted now to create your beautiful and productive fall garden!
Read MoreCut Back Your Herbs
This time of year many perennial herbs are flowering or just about to flower. It is important to cut back perennial herbs because the stems that flower will soon die and turn woody. If you look closely at a healthy flowering perennial herb plant, you will notice that there is new growth pushing up from the base of the plant. By cutting back the old growth you are making room for those new shoots!
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Curbing Blossom End Rot
A healthy Calliope eggplant puts on new fruit after blossom end rot damaged fruit were removed.
Blossom end rot can be an incredibly frustrating challenge for any vegetable gardener. There is something particularly upsetting about watching a perfectly healthy-looking plant produce damaged and rotten fruits! Fortunately, blossom end rot can be avoided and, once in process can often be overcome.
Read MoreHarvesting Winter Squash
We often refer to Winter squash as “long-season crops”. Long-season crops typically grow slowly and remain in the garden for the majority of the growing season, planted in the spring and harvested in the fall.
Read MoreBonterra's Garden at Queen Anne Food Bank
To our delight, Bonterra Vineyards reached out to us a few months ago with the idea of donating a food garden to a local non-profit.
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