There are differing peak seasons for oranges depending upon variety. Valencia oranges are in season from late spring to mid summer. Navels are best from mid winter to early spring and blood oranges are at their peak from early winter until early spring. Sour oranges are harvested beginning in late fall and the harvest continues
Cabbage planted in late summer for spring harvest February is late summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Autumn will come officially to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile on March 21. Planting slows down in the late summer garden. Spring cabbage can be sown this month and so can parsley for winter harvest.
Preparation for spring can get under way in your kitchen garden this month in cool- and mild-winter regions. There may still be snow on the ground in some areas, and freezing weather and the danger of frost can continue into March. But if the weather is turning towards spring, now is the time to ready
Preliminary preparation for the spring kitchen garden can begin this month in cold-winter regions. Snow and freezing weather is likely to persist in these areas for another month or two. But begin thinking about spring now and when the weather turns your garden will be ready. In the northern hemisphere, cold-winter regions include zones 3-6.
Savoy cabbage salad with corn, onions and bell pepper Savoy cabbage is considered by many to be the best eating cabbage. It has a very delicate texture and a flavor most consider much superior to smooth leaved cabbage. The savoy cabbage has a yellow-green nearly round head with wrinkled leaves. Because savoy cabbage is so
Planting Brussels Sprouts: Start Brussels sprouts seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before transplanting to the garden. Plant Brussels sprouts so that they come to harvest in cool weather. Planting Calendar. Brussels sprouts are best grown in cool weather, usually in early spring or autumn. Sprouts require from 80 to 110 days with daylight temperatures
Broccoli planted for cool-weather harvest. Broccoli needs cool weather to grow–warm weather will cause the buds to “rice” or open as flowers. Broccoli is suited for springs that are long and cool or autumns where there is no Indian summer. Where winters are mild, start broccoli in fall for harvest in spring. Planting Calendar. Broccoli
How to Grow Cauliflower:Cauliflower requires 55 to 100 days of cool, even temperatures to reach harvest. Cauliflower can be expensive at the produce counter, but it can be a staple of the kitchen garden with cool weather and regular water. Cauliflower requires two months of cool weather to reach harvest. Protected from frost it is
Red onion braids for winter storing When harvest time comes for each crop, be thorough. The best specimens will go right to the table. What you can’t use fresh store for later use. Crops that are damaged should still be picked and sent to the compost pile. Harvest varies from crop to crop and also
Blackberry. Brambleberry, dewberry, boysenberry, loganberry, marionberry, olallieberry. Blackberry is the collective name for a large group of fruits in the same genus. Blackberries are also called brambles and brambleberries, particularly in England. The boysenberry, loganberry, marionberry, and ollalieberry are common names for popular blackberry varieties or hybrids ‘Boysen’, ‘Logan’, ‘Marion’, and ‘Olallie’. Dewberries are almost
