Harvesting broccoli too early will make it chewy and dense; waiting too late will make it taste bitter. The best time to harvest broccoli, generally, is when its head reaches 6 to 8 inches in diameter ...

If you planted greens in September, your broccoli heads should appear and will reach maximum size in one week. If you wait to harvest them, the blooms will open. The blooms opening will not ruin the ...

The growing season may be winding down, but it's not the end of tasty produce. In fact, the end of the growing season is ripe with fall vegetables that can add flavor and nutrients to your plate.

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! What a beautiful mild week of weather for the middle of August. I stopped by a local farm stand this week loaded with fresh tomatoes and peppers. One of my ...

This is the annual column where I tell you to get harvesting. What are you waiting for? The moose to do the job? If you are not already, start harvesting! Some crops, in particular, are growing so ...

As our garden season winds down, I’m already reflecting upon the lessons I learned this year and how I can build upon them so my 2022 garden will perform much better. I don’t think anyone could have ...

As we are clear the vegetable patch of spent bean vines, corn stalks and mildewy squash vines these days, it is time to plant a fall crop of broccoli. A trip to the nursery will reveal a bountiful ...

Take a trip to the nursery these days and you will find a huge selection of broccoli starts. There are so many varieties from which to choose and not all are the typical big, green-headed variety that ...

Take a trip to the nursery these days and you will find a huge selection of broccoli starts. There are so many varieties from which to choose and not all are the typical big, green-headed variety that ...