It may be a surprise to some listeners that, not only are hops relatively easy to find a place for in the home garden, but they are also beautiful and really rewarding to grow. I love the way hops look and smell! As with many crops we discuss during the fall, now is the time to harvest hops if you have already have them growing in the garden, so we'll cover how to do that today, but we'll also discuss a little bit about how to grow them and how to use them.

Fall weather means one thing… cozying up with a good book and a cup of squash soup. It’s too late to plant winter squash this season, but it’s never too late to learn all about this awesome storage crop.

This week we’ll be talking about fall salad greens. Even though it’s mid-August and we are in the midst of record high temperatures here in Seattle, it’s a perfect time to be thinking about fall and winter harvests.