Rebecca Pettiford - Harvesting

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Ask: Have you ever picked berries
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without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pettiford, Rebecca, author. Harvesting / by Rebecca Pettiford. (Way to grow! Gardening) Includes index. (Way to grow! Gardening) Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-62031-230-8 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-62496-317-9 (ebook) 1. HarvestingJuvenile literature. I. Title. II.

Series: Pettiford, Rebecca. Way to grow! Gardening. SB129.P495 2015 631.55dc23 2015000297 Series Editor: Jenny Fretland VanVoorst
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You worked in your garden all spring
and summer. Now its time to harvest
your plants.

How do you know when
to cut your flowers? 4 CHAPTER 1

How do you know when to
pick the berries and pull up
the carrots? Lets find out! CHAPTER 1 Do you want fresh flowers for a vase?
Gather flowers in the morning
before it gets hot. 6 CHAPTER 2 Try to cut them before
the blooms are fully open.
They will open in water. CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2 Cut the stems with a sharp knife
or garden shears. Gently lay them
in a box or basket. Put the cut
flowers in a vase of fresh water. Your cutting blade should be sharp.
A dull blade can crush the flowers
stem.

This makes it hard for it to take
in water. CHAPTER 2

Look at the fruits and
vegetables in your garden.
Are the colors bright? 10 CHAPTER 3 If they look good enough to eat,
they are often ready to pick! CHAPTER 3 Pick berries and grapes when
they are fully ripe . They should
come off the plant easily. Pick fruits like oranges and
cherries when they are ripe
on the tree. You can pick other tree fruits
just before they are ripe.
Pears, peaches, plums, and
mangoes will all continue
to ripen inside. When will your
carrots and radishes
be ready? Read your
seed packet.

It will
tell you. CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 For the best taste, gather most
vegetables before a frost.
But some vegetables can handle
a bit of cold weather. In the case of Brussels sprouts,
cabbage, and kale, frost
actually improves the flavor! Fruits and vegetables go through
four stages between planting
and harvesting. 1. seedling 2. flower stage 4. fruit stage CHAPTER 3 You can leave many
root vegetables in
the ground during the
winter. fruit stage CHAPTER 3 You can leave many
root vegetables in
the ground during the
winter.

However, they must
have a heavy layer of
mulch on top of them. CHAPTER 3

mulch CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 Vegetables like garlic, onions,
and winter squash must
be cured after you pick them. What does that mean? It means storing them