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Continue reading →: Fall Gardening: Dealing with Late Summer Heat
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Okay, I know this is a little bit after the fact, but now you know, right? Dealing with Late Summer Heat When establishing vegetables during late summer heat, there are several techniques that can make your plantings more successful. Using shade cloth, mulches, transplanting,…
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Continue reading →: Video Wednesday: Harvesting Lettuce
If you planted some lettuce back in August (or transplanted some), you might be getting close to harvest time!
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Continue reading →: Fall Gardening: When to Plant
Part 1, Part 2 When to Plant The general recommendation for planting a fall garden is to plant most vegetables starting in late July through mid-August. A few vegetables that need colder temperatures and grow quickly, such as lettuce, radishes, spinach, and turnips are generally planted from mid-August to mid-September.…
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Continue reading →: Video Wednesday: How to Test Your Soil
As the garden is winding down for the fall, it is a great time to do a soil test to give you plenty of time to plan and make any corrections needed for next year.
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
It is fun watching a lot of the flowers and other plants recover and look great now that the worst of the heat is gone. The fall plantings are also growing by leaps and bounds! This ‘Hawaiian Blue Eyes’ Evolvulus is not a flower that I was familiar with, but…