Garden Tour: How to Get Winter Squash to Ripen Before Frost

Take a late summer walk through my homestead garden with me! 🌱

In this garden tour, I’m sharing practical tips to help your plants thrive as we transition from summer into fall. You’ll see what’s growing in my garden right now (winter squash, melons, peppers, broccoli, cabbage, and basil), and I’ll show you the simple steps I take to keep the harvest coming right up until frost.

👉 In this video, you’ll learn:
- How to get your winter squash to ripen before the first frost
- The surprising trick that finally helped me grow melons in a short season
- Why you should never pull out your broccoli and cabbage plants too soon (second harvests are real!)
- How to spot and deal with sunscald on peppers
- My favorite old-fashioned way to preserve basil in salt so it tastes fresh for months

If you’re gardening in a short growing season or just want to maximize your harvest, these homestead garden tips will help you get more food on the table and less waste in the compost pile.

📌 Related Resources:
- Learn how to preserve basil in salt (blog post): https://melissaknorris.com/howtopreservebasilinsalt/

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Howdy! I'm so glad you're here. I'm Melissa from Pioneering Today and a 5th generation homesteader where I'm doing my best to hold onto the old traditions in a modern world and share them with others.

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