Nutrition & Health

Beans are a warm weather crop that comes in bush and pole varieties. Bush varieties generally produce sooner but may stop after a few flushes, while pole varieties will continue producing into the fall. Pole beans require tall supports (6 to 10-feet) that they can twine around.

Peas are a cool season vegetable in Santa Clara County. There are three types of fresh peas: Shelling peas, where the tough pod is removed before eating. Snow peas, which have edible pods and are harvested flat, while the peas inside are small and immature. Sugar snap peas, which have edible pods and are…

Prune grapes and roses. Cleanup: remove mummy fruit and blighted limbs on stone fruit to reduce brown rot. Remove and destroy fallen leaves to reduce peach leaf curl. Mulch cane berries, cut out all old canes and reset new canes in twine.