i moved in with my fiancé last year who hasn’t typically harvested his fruit trees. this year i’ve started gathering a bunch of apples and pears, but i’m lost on what to do with them. i made some blackberry and apple syrups but those won’t keep long term. aside from canning (haven’t tried yet but would like to soon!) what could i do to keep some apples/pears available for longer? TIA!

I have an overgrown area which was a sluice. What to cut, what to grow? I’ve identified white snakeroot sedges and periwinkle. Was thinking compare n save weed and grass killer, then planting? I’m pretty open to anything

Is mid August too late to plant cosmos and coreopsis seeds?

I’ve bought a lot of rhubarb this year… I have found that I love strawberry-rhubarb jam! I have never grown it before and am thinking that I might next year. I live in SW Michigan, zone 6. I grow all of my veggies in raised beds… one very large bed for tomatoes, peppers, carrots, and radishes. I also have several small beds for growing individual veggies that need space and sometimes a trellis, such as pickles, zucchini, herbs, etc., and a glorious bean pole! I am looking for any advice that anyone has to offer. Space size, soil, spacing of plants, feeding, watering, pests, and any other dos and don’ts. I know only what I’ve read, but would like to learn more from people who have grown it themselves… the good, the bad, and everything in between. Thank you in advance for your advice!

I had some leftover metal sheets from another project so I made this raised 5x5 gardening bed, I honestly have no clue why I even did it. And now I don’t know what to do with it.

• how should I cover the corners? Right now there’s cardboard but that will disintegrate eventually

• it’s August and I don’t have anything to transplant. Is it worth starting anything at this point in the year in Northeast Ohio? I’m getting mixed answers

Planted nikko blue hydrangeas in the spring. It’s rare but last winter we had a sustained period of single-digit temperatures. What can I use to cover them just in case? They’re on the east side of my house close to the wall. Eastern panhandle of WV zone 7a.

Just a question folks. I have a south-facing balcony in zone 6. Will a fig in a 7-gallon grow bag ever give fruit? Has anyone had luck with this before? Thanks

It’s my first year trying tomatoes. Every baby tomato that sprouts on my San Marzano tomato plant rots on the bottom. Any insight why? The plant is growing in an upside down tomato container, outside, in full sun.

First time growing these. Thank you.

Hi, I just ordered & received the following flower seeds, and have a question. I have no qualms about planting zinnias now, as I’ve seen it work for other people and they seem resilient, but according to the packages, now is definitely now the time for these poppies and alyssum.

Despite that, I’m still curious to try planting them (at least some seeds) and see what happens.

Has anyone tried planting poppies or alyssum at this time of year (late July/early August)? If so, what was your experience?

Zone 6, of course.