Winter Squash – An Overview

By Getty Stewart, Professional Home Economist Every autumn the most famous representative of the squash family, the pumpkin, is dressed up and put out on stoops throughout North America.  It …

Tips for Storing Tomatoes

by Getty Stewart, Professional Home Economist We’ve pulled all of our tomato plants (sigh) and took home a bunch of green, somewhat orange and red tomatoes.  Looks like we’ll have a …

Storing Vegetables for Winter

By Alma Copeland, Home Economist TEAM Resources Pumpkins, winter squash and root vegetables can easily be stored for winter use. Even apartment dwellers can be successful at storing some vegetables …