This Week's Bounty: How to Cover a Garden, Store Seeds, Prepare Soil for Winter, Dry Herbs, and More

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( November 14, 2021  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [How to Dry Herbs]( If you were to ask me what part of my garden I love most, I’d emphatically tell you it’s my herb garden. When people visit my backyard, it’s the first thing I love to show off, and I’ve planted it on the pathway to the back door so that anyone coming to visit will get a little infusion in the air as they walk by. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Food Gardening Magazine November 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Open the November 2021 issue of Food Gardening Magazine! In this issue, you’ll learn about “November Gardening Tasks and Chores,” plus you’ll discover videos about "How to Plant Garlic in the Fall" and "How to Dry Herbs"! In the kitchen, you’ll learn how to make "Maple-Roasted Beets and Butternut Squash with Caramelized Onions, Thyme and Cranberries" and you’ll get in-depth articles about Beets, Peas, and Sage. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [How to Cover a Garden Over the Winter]( It’s understandable that most people don’t think about how to cover a garden in the winter. After all, by that time of the year, it’s usually just dirt, and what’s the point of covering that? [Read More...](  [Carrots]( [Crunchy Carrots Guide Available Now!]( Carrots may just be the perfect vegetable: sweet, crunchy, and delicious. They’re easy to grow, and they come in a rainbow of colors from palest white to deepest purple, and in sizes from golf ball to gargantuan! Learn how to choose the carrots that are right for you, whether you have a sprawling garden, a couple of raised beds, or only room enough for container gardening. We’ll get you on your way to a delicious carrot harvest! [Read More...](  Composting [When and How to Use Compost in the Spring]( The great thing about compost is that… wait. Forget that. Everything is great about compost. It’s a great way to reduce the amount of garbage that goes to the landfill. It’s an incredibly healthy addition to your soil. And you don’t need any special equipment to compost. Of course, I’ve been gardening for a while, but when I first started, even though I knew compost was good, I didn’t really know how to use compost. [Read More...](  [Beets]( [Beautiful Beets Guide Available Now!]( Beets are the crown jewels of vegetables. Not only do they come in jewel tones of ruby and amber, but they are easy to grow and so nutritious! A cool weather crop, beets can be enjoyed from late spring into deep fall. Learn what it takes to add beets to your garden. We’ll explain how to choose the beets that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More...](  Seeds & Seedlings [How to Store Seeds Long-Term]( I had the best tomato plant ever this year. The vine grew tall and strong, and once the plant started producing, it didn’t stop until well beyond when every other summer vegetable had died off. The fruit was absolutely delicious, and it got me thinking about how to store seeds long-term. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Basil is one of the most essential herbs and can be found in just about every kitchen. With The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile herb. [Read More...](  Food Preservation [Can You Freeze Spinach and For How Long?]( Because spinach is so easy to grow, I almost always end up with way more than I can eat, no matter how many recipes I have. What to do with all of the extra? Can you freeze spinach? The short answer is, yes, you can. But you can’t just throw your harvest into a freezer bag and forget it. (Well, actually you can, but we’ll get to that in a minute.) [Read More...](  [Lettuce]( [Leafy Lettuce Guide Available Now!]( Growing lettuce is as easy as BLT. A cool-season annual, this leafy crop grows readily from seed, and you can sow seeds every few weeks to have a season full of salad! With hundreds of varieties, there’s a lettuce for you. Grow it indoors or out, in your garden or on your balcony. With this collection, you get all the details that go into growing and harvesting delicious, leafy lettuce. Get recipes that go beyond the salad bowl and see what’s possible when you grow your own lettuce. Get it all in this [Leafy Lettuce]( Collection right now! [Read More...](  Soil & Fertilizer [How to Prepare Soil for Winter for a Better Garden Next Year]( If you’re at all like me, you’re probably thinking about next year’s garden the minute the thermometer starts to drop. Heck, I’m still enjoying garden-fresh Swiss chard, and I’m thinking about what I want to plant in the spring. While fall and winter aren’t really the time to put tomato seeds in the ground, learning how to prepare your soil for winter can give you a big headstart on those delicious garden veggies coming up in spring and summer. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Food Gardening Magazine November 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Open the November 2021 issue of Food Gardening Magazine! In this issue, you’ll learn about “November Gardening Tasks and Chores,” plus you’ll discover videos about "How to Plant Garlic in the Fall" and "How to Dry Herbs"! In the kitchen, you’ll learn how to make "Maple-Roasted Beets and Butternut Squash with Caramelized Onions, Thyme and Cranberries" and you’ll get in-depth articles about Beets, Peas, and Sage. 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