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.

Today’s episode is all about planting garlic! In most climates, garlic is planted in the late fall and harvested mid-summer the following year. That means this is perfect time to start sourcing garlic seed, and we’re here to help you get ready. 

This week my new co-host, Kellie Phelan, and I will be talking about how to identify and prevent leaf miner damage. 

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.

It’s mid August, the time of year when, in many climates, peppers are starting to ripen. So, I want to talk a little about how to know when your peppers are ready to harvest. We’ll also discuss a little bit of the science behind pepper’s characteristic heat.