How to Tell If a Pear Is Ripe, According to a Fruit Farmer

But it can be tough to know when a pear is ready to eat, or how long you’ll have to wait for the pears you buy at the grocery ...
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Buying Unripe Pears? Also Add This To Your Shopping List For A Quicker Ripen

Is there anything worse than waiting for fruit to ripen? Here's the trick to take pears from hard and unappetizing to ...
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How to ripen pears and speed up the process (if you must)

As ubiquitous as they are come fall, pears remain a bit of an enigma. Why are they so hard when you buy them? Why do they seemingly take forever to ripen? Why do they finally ripen exactly when you ...

The Trick to Buying the Tastiest Pears That Most People Don’t Know

Are you skipping pears at the grocery store because they’re hard as rocks? That’s a mistake! Here's why pears are picked ...

How to ripen your pears, the magic of the moving Mimosa plant, and Kumquat curiosity

Ruth Bramley from Farmyard Nurseries shows David some of her favourite indoor plants including Mimosa, also known as the sensitive plant, which moves when it’s touched. In studio, Anna Hudson joins ...
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Garden apples 'will last until Christmas' if you do 1 thing right after picking them

For those without suitable storage areas, small batches of apples can also be kept in plastic bags with holes in the fridge, ...