Every post we tagged with #herbsternte. Newest first.
4 postsThe kaki carries its orange fruit into November, long after the garden has gone quiet. How to plant the hardy exotic, overwinter it and ripen it properly so it tastes honey-sweet instead of mouth-puckering.
Freshly picked, the medlar is rock hard and bitter. Only bletting makes it sweet. Here is how to harvest, store and use this forgotten autumn fruit the right way.
Why Florence fennel so often shoots up instead of forming fat bulbs, and how you prevent it with summer sowing, bolt-resistant varieties and even watering.
Firm storage varieties last until spring if you harvest and store them right. When white and red cabbage go into storage, why savoy stays in the bed, why pointed cabbage has no business in the cellar, and how the surplus becomes sauerkraut.
