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Planting onions: Select a location with full Sun where your onions would not be shaded by other plants.

Rhubarb: Rhubarb can be planted from crowns in spring or in autumn. Choose a sunny or semi shaded spot on rich, fertile soil.

Arrange sunflowers in tall containers that provide good support for their heavy heads, and change the water every day to keep them fresh.

Autumn fruiting raspberries are simple to maintain just shear the canes to ground level each February and look forward to another juicy crop!

Growing strawberries: Roots should not be longer than 8 inches when plants are set out. Trim them if necessary.

Harvesting peas: If you missed your peas peak period, you can still pick, dry, and shell them for use in winter soups.

Plant onions as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, usually late March or April. Make sure temperature does not go below 20 degrees F.

Planting onions: Practice crop rotation with onions.

A fresh, high-quality apple should have a pleasant aroma. This will vary by variety with some apples like Gala having a stronger fragrance than others.

Autumn fruiting raspberries are self supporting so you can plant them in containers or in clumps throughout your garden.

Apples with full color have absorbed lots of sunlight which leads to great flavors.

Planting onions: Till in aged manure or fertilizer the fall before planting. Onion plants need constant nourishment to produce big bulbs.

Planting peas: Peas will appreciate a good sprinkling of wood ashes to the soil before planting.

Bacterium Insecticide: The kurstaki strain controls larval stages of butterflies and moths that feed on apple tree fruits and leaves.

Harvesting Citrus: Harvest the fruit by cutting them off with pruning shears or by pulling the fruit stalk from the tree.

Planting peas: To get the best head start, turn over your pea planting beds in the fall, add manure to the soil, and mulch well.

Planting Cucumbers: A cucumber is of highest quality when it is uniformly green, firm, and crisp.

Growing strawberries: Strawberry plants require 6-10 hours a day of direct sunlight, so choose your planting site accordingly.

Bacillus thuringiensis is a bacterium insecticide designed to target only certain types of pests without harming beneficial and predatory insects.

Selecting the Perfect Apple: Check the apple firmness: Avoid apples that are noticeably soft, discolored, or indent easily after you press the skin.