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This hour on Where We Live, PBS chef and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich shares some of her American story and answers your cooking and turkey-roasting questions ahead of Thanksgiving. What are your family food traditions?

Plant hard- and softneck garlic and mild-flavored shallots in the fall for an early summer harvest.

Bring these cook's favorites indoors for the fall and winter: parsley, rosemary, geraniums, chives, thyme and oregano. Once inside, mature potted herbs will continue to send out shoots and leaves into November, and under grow lights, your herbs will continue growing into winter.

Charlie's tips for harvesting apples and pears.

Fall in 黑料吃瓜网 feels longer and warmer. It's an opportunity to garden more, so start planting quick maturing, cool weather loving greens like spinach, lettuce, arugula, escarole, kale and Swiss chard.

Humans may need a break from the heat, but melons like cantaloups, honeydews and watermelons thrive during hot, wet summers.

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," except when that rose is a rose of Sharon, which is neither a rose nor from Sharon; it's actually a shrub in the hibiscus family. You can use the edible blooms to make tea.

Raccoons may be clever and nimble, but don't let that stop you from growing corn in your garden. There's an electric fence that'll help keep raccoon hands off your ears.

Chef and video star Sohla El-Waylly joins 'Where We' Live to talk about her first cookbook, 'Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook.' Plus, NYC's 'Soup Doula' describes her work and the healing power of soup.

Much like cilantro, people either love okra or hate it. Harvest the pods when they're less than 4 inches long for the best flavor and texture. Young okra pods are more tender and have less of a 鈥渟limy鈥� mouthfeel. Eat them in soups, stews, fried or saut茅ed. Okra is in the hibiscus family, so the flowers are edible and delicious stuffed or used as a garnish.