How to Preserve Herbs From the Garden: Freeze or Dry
Freezing and drying a balcony herb harvest, with the extension-published temperatures, times and storage windows, and how to save a handful at a time.
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Why Did My Lettuce Bolt? Bolted, Bitter or Woody, and What to Do
It went tall and tastes horrible. What bolting is, why bitterness follows it, and the one check that tells you whether a pot is finished or still worth eating.
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How to Harvest Basil So It Keeps Growing
Cut basil stems above a leaf pair, not leaf by leaf: the two buds at that node become two branches. Where to cut, how much to take, and the flower question.
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Cut and Come Again Lettuce: Weeks of Salad From One Pot
How to harvest cut and come again lettuce so it regrows: where the growing point is, which cut to make, and how many pickings one pot honestly gives.