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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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Best Cover Crops for Small Raised Beds: What to Plant Before Winter
Best Cover Crops for Small Raised Beds: What to Plant Before Winter
When the garden has slowed and the last vegetables are coming out of your raised beds, it's tempting to leave the soil until spring. But leaving your beds empty doesn't have to mean bare soil. Planting a cover crop before...
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How to Prepare Container Plants for Winter
How to Prepare Container Plants for Winter
Growing in containers can give you added flexibility when the weather turns cold. You can move a potted plant to a sheltered place, bring tender plants indoors, or protect the roots with extra insulation. But containers also have one disadvantage:...
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How to Protect Your Raised Beds From Snow and Freezing Temperatures
How to Protect Your Raised Beds From Snow and Freezing Temperatures
Your garden may look quiet as winter sets in, but there’s often still work to be done. Some hardy vegetables might keep growing, and certain plants may need extra protection, and your raised beds need to be ready for whatever...
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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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About Vego

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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