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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.
How to Overwinter Rosemary (Indoors or Outside)
Rosemary stays out over winter only where lows stay above about 5°F. Everywhere colder, bring a potted plant into a cool, bright room and water it only when the pot is dry.
How to Cure and Store Potatoes From the Garden
Cure potatoes about two weeks at 50-60°F and high humidity in the dark, then store them at 38-40°F and 90-95% humidity. Here is when to dig, why the fridge and light ruin them, and where to keep them without a root cellar.