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Maple Syrup Grades Chart: Color Classes and Taste
Maple syrup has four Grade A color classes, Golden, Amber, Dark and Very Dark, set by how much light passes through the syrup. A chart of each class with taste, light transmission and season timing, the old-to-new name crosswalk, and how to grade your own syrup at home.
How to Start Onion Seeds Indoors (and Trim the Seedlings)
Onion seed goes in 11 to 12 weeks before your last frost and the seedlings go out 2 to 4 weeks before it. Here is the sowing density, germination days by soil temperature, the haircut schedule, day-length types and transplant spacing.
Maple Candy, Cream and Sugar Temperatures (Adjusted for Altitude)
Maple cream, candy and sugar are cooked to a set number of degrees above the boiling point of water where you are. A chart, an altitude calculator, cooling and stirring steps for each confection, and fixes for grainy batches.
How to Start Tomato Seeds Indoors
Sow tomato seeds 3 to 5 weeks before your last frost and plant them out 2 to 3 weeks after it. Step by step, germination days by soil temperature, potting up and burying the stem, and fixes for leggy and purple seedlings.
Herbs That Come Back Every Year: Perennial vs Annual Herb Chart
Chives, thyme, oregano, sage and mint come back every year in most gardens; basil and cilantro do not. A chart of each herb’s life cycle, how cold it survives, winter care and whether it spreads or self-seeds.
Hardening Off Seedlings: A Day-by-Day Schedule
A printable 10-day hardening off schedule with hours outside, sun, wind and overnight for each day, the minimum night temperature for cool and warm crops, when to start for each crop, the cold frame shortcut and the warning signs of sunscald and wind damage.