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5 Garden Hacks for July
5 Garden Hacks for July
For gardeners, the month of July is all about paying attention. Tomatoes are finally ripening, cucumbers seem to appear overnight, and your beans are climbing higher by the day.  July often brings scorching temperatures, heavy thunderstorms, humidity, and longer dry...
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What to Plant in a Raised Garden Bed: Best Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs
What to Plant in a Raised Garden Bed: Best Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs
Imagine stepping outside on a warm morning, basket in hand, gathering ripe tomatoes still warm from the sun, a fistful of basil that perfumes the air the moment you pinch a leaf, and zinnias bright enough to light up your...
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Measures to Deal with Soil Hardening & Compaction
Measures to Deal with Soil Hardening & Compaction
After some years of gardening, I have come to realize how much healthy vegetables depend on healthy soil. One summer, I noticed my tomatoes weren't growing as quickly as usual. The leaves looked healthy enough, but watering seemed strange. Instead...
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How Raised Beds and Greenhouses Help with Drought
How Raised Beds and Greenhouses Help with Drought
For the modern gardener, dealing with drought has shifted from an occasional summertime headache to a perpetual state of emergency. As scorching heat waves besiege much of the US and Europe, particularly the drought-stricken Western United States, water becomes a valuable...
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How to Freeze and Dry Your Herbs
How to Freeze and Dry Your Herbs
There's a point every summer when my herb garden seems to grow faster than I can manage it. One week, I'm snipping a few sprigs of basil for the kitchen. By the next, my basil has become a leafy jungle,...
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3 Ways to Store Your Summer Harvest
3 Ways to Store Your Summer Harvest
If you have been gardening for a while, you’ve probably experienced this. After weeks of watering, weeding, and watching plants grow, all your plants seem to ripen at once. Tomatoes are piling up, cucumbers keep growing faster than you can...
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Tomato plant with blossom end rot showing dark sunken patch on the bottom of the fruit
How to Fix and Prevent Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes
Few things are more disappointing than spotting a large, beautiful tomato, and then noticing a dark, sunken patch developing on the bottom. The first time I encountered blossom end rot, I assumed my tomato was diseased.  Like many gardeners, I...
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The Stormy Weather Checklist for Your Garden
The Stormy Weather Checklist for Your Garden
Summer is the season when gardens look amazing and full of life, but are also at their most vulnerable. Especially when the weather forecast changes. Thunderstorms might move through the area, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds, and suddenly you're...
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Beginner's Guide to Plant Supports
Beginner's Guide to Plant Supports
Plants almost always grow bigger than you expect. Every spring, I tell myself I'll stay ahead of my tomatoes. Install supports early, tie up the vines regularly, and keep everything neat. Every year, I'm reminded that giving vegetables proper support...
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When Should You Harvest Summer Vegetables?
When Should You Harvest Summer Vegetables?
One of the biggest surprises for new gardeners is realizing that growing vegetables is only half the job. Knowing when to harvest them is just as important. Pick a tomato too early, and you'll miss out on its full sweetness....
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