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How to Handle August Zucchini and Pepper Overload
How to Handle August Zucchini and Pepper Overload
Every August, there comes a point when the garden stops asking whether you want more food. The zucchini that was small a few days ago has suddenly grown big. Peppers seem to ripen in every corner of the plant. Your...
6 min read
How to Keep Your Garden Alive While You're Away
How to Keep Your Garden Alive While You're Away
Leaving a thriving summer garden behind can mean a lot of stress for gardeners. You can spend months nurturing tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, herbs, and flowers, only to wonder whether they'll still be alive when you get back. August makes the...
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Seed Saving 101: How to Harvest and Store Seeds from Your Best Plants
Seed Saving 101: How to Harvest and Store Seeds from Your Best Plants
By August, the garden starts giving you clues about which plants really earned their place. Maybe your largest pepper came from a particularly healthy plant, or your basil has stayed productive despite weeks of summer heat. Instead of letting their...
6 min read
12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
Asking someone their favorite color seems like a grade-school pursuit, idle and childish. Yet, it’s one of those subtle tells that reveal an individual’s psychology. Those who favor purple are often described as highly creative and intuitive, attuned to the...
4 min read
How to Keep Cucumbers Producing All Summer
How to Keep Cucumbers Producing All Summer
Growing cucumbers is a gratifying experience. One day, you notice just a few yellow flowers. A few days later, cucumbers start appearing out of nowhere. Before long, you're harvesting enough for salads, sandwiches, and pickles.  Fast forward a few more...
4 min read
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...
4 min read
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...
4 min read
Tips on How to Train Jasmine Vines to Cover a Porch Naturally and Evenly
Tips on How to Train Jasmine Vines to Cover a Porch Naturally and Evenly
If you want jasmine to transform your porch into a lush, flowering green frame, the key thing to understand is that it won’t do it neatly on its own. Jasmine needs early direction, consistent training, and regular adjustments to create...
3 min read
What to Do About June Bugs in the Garden
What to Do About June Bugs in the Garden
Late spring or early summer is the season for clumsy beetles bumping into lights or hovering around plants, otherwise known as June bugs. They show up every year in many gardens across North America, especially as temperatures warm up toward...
2 min read
How to Build a Pollinator-Friendly Vegetable Garden
How to Build a Pollinator-Friendly Vegetable Garden
A few years ago, I noticed something strange in my garden. One raised bed was overflowing with cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes. Another bed, planted with nearly the same crops, was producing noticeably less. The soil was similar, the watering schedule...
4 min read

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