Now that the heat of the summer months is upon us, some of your vegetable crops are getting ready to be harvested. Although it might seem intuitive as to when to pick a vegetable off the vine, it’s not always so obvious. So, here’s a quick guide to harvesting your vegetables:

Tomato
This is easy, right? When the tomato turns red, it’s time to pick it off the vine and enjoy the fruits of your labor – and what a tremendous treat it is to partake of G-d’s great bounty and taste the incredible flavor bursting out of a

Once you’ve picked a place for your garden, you only need to do two more things to get your garden underway: prepare the soil and acquire seeds or baby plants to populate your garden plot! Preparing the soil is critical – probably the most important step in the entire gardening process – and the next article in this series will be dedicated to soil preparation. But right now is a good time to approach the question of seeds vs. plants, and to decide which vegetable varieties you are going to put in your garden.

  Of course, differentiating between plants

To the novice gardener, the title of this article may sound overly extreme – really, how bad can it get? To the seasoned gardener, the answer is: intense. There’s a war going on out there between you, the gardener, and all the potential enemies that will conspire to take your vegetables away before they can make it to your table! In this article, we’ll discuss some strategies for winning some of these battles, and, hopefully, coming out on top with a successful crop of delicious homegrown vegetables.

The Case of the Missing Eggplants
Let’s start off with a story,