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How to Prepare Your Garden for Spring Before Winter
How to Prepare Your Garden for Spring Before Winter
Some of the best spring gardening work happens before winter even arrives, even though spring might still be months away.  A few hours spent preparing your garden in late fall can mean healthier soil, fewer weeds, less cleanup, and a...
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How to Keep Your Garden Growing After the First Frost
How to Keep Your Garden Growing After the First Frost
While it may seem like the end of the season for some, for many gardeners, the first frost simply means a change of pace. Warm-season plants like tomatoes and peppers may have finished, but kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, and other...
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How to Protect Plants From an Unexpected Frost
How to Protect Plants From an Unexpected Frost
An unexpected frost can prove dangerous for the garden. Maybe the temperature suddenly drops to near freezing, or you notice that your first frost is arriving earlier than expected. Either way, you don't necessarily need to give up on your...
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How to Use a Greenhouse to Extend Your Growing Season Into Winter
How to Use a Greenhouse to Extend Your Growing Season Into Winter
Even after the first frost and significant drop in temperatures, a greenhouse can give you weeks or even months of additional growing time by offering a more protected environment than an open garden. It shelters plants from wind, rain, and...
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How to Grow Vegetables Indoors in Winter With Grow Lights
How to Grow Vegetables Indoors in Winter With Grow Lights
As winter looms and the first frost approaches, you may notice your garden starting to slow down. That doesn't mean you have to stop growing though.  A windowsill with full sun can work for herbs and some greens, but winter...
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What Vegetables Can Survive Frost? A Guide to Frost-Tolerant Crops
What Vegetables Can Survive Frost? A Guide to Frost-Tolerant Crops
Contrary to popular belief, some vegetables tolerate frost surprisingly well. Cool-season crops such as kale, spinach, and Brussels sprouts can often keep growing when vegetables like tomatoes or peppers have already called it quits. The important distinction is how cold...
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Greenhouse vs. Frost Cover: Which Is Better for Extending Your Growing Season?
Greenhouse vs. Frost Cover: Which Is Better for Extending Your Growing Season?
Winter is often referred to as the fallow season – a time when motivation dwindles to the negatives and fields lay barren. While often peddled as a season of cheery Christmas lights and banal platitudes that celebrate the sanctity of...
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How to Prepare Your Greenhouse for Winter: 7 Things to Check
How to Prepare Your Greenhouse for Winter: 7 Things to Check
Winter brings different challenges to your greenhouse. Freezing temperatures, strong winds, and shorter days all affect how well it performs, even if you're just growing a few trays or keeping herbs alive. The month of October is a good opportunity...
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How to Winterize Your Greenhouse and Raised Beds Before First Frost
How to Winterize Your Greenhouse and Raised Beds Before First Frost
Your garden may still have a few things growing, but the arrival of the first frost often changes how you approach the coming season. Vegetables need extra protection, and watering routines start to change as winter sets in. Preparing now...
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How to Grow Vegetables in an Unheated Greenhouse This Winter
How to Grow Vegetables in an Unheated Greenhouse This Winter
An unheated greenhouse can extend your growing season long after your beds have slowed down. You can get more out of the growing season without turning on the heater constantly, while protecting leafy greens and herbs from harsh weather.  Temperatures...
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At Vego Garden, our goal is to redefine Raised Garden Beds. The company was founded with the goal of launching a modular metal garden bed system with a 20+ year life expectancy, utilizing eco-friendly metal materials instead of cutting down trees. We emphasize innovative design and high quality with our products. The name vego carries the spirit of DIY modular raised beds suitable for growing vegetables.

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