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Next June's Strawberry Harvest Is Decided in September, Not Spring
Strawberries set next year's flower buds in early fall. What you do to the bed this month matters more than anything you do in April.
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Green Tomatoes on the Vine? The Frost Timeline You're Ignoring
Tomatoes stop ripening once nights drop below 50°F, weeks before your actual frost date. What to pick now, how to ripen it indoors, and what to do with the rest.
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Freshly Dug Sweet Potatoes Taste Like Cardboard. The Week After Is What Fixes That.
Sweet potatoes are not sweet the day you dig them. What happens in the warm week afterward is what makes them worth growing, and most gardeners skip it.
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The Weekend Box That Keeps Your Garden Growing After Frost Takes Everyone Else's
A cold frame is a bottomless box with a clear lid, and it buys hardy greens weeks of extra growing time. What to build it from, where to put it, and how not to cook the lettuce.
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Your Winter Squash Will Rot by Thanksgiving Because of How You Cut It Off the Vine
Squash that goes soft in November was lost the day you picked it. How to tell when it's ripe, how to cut it, and the one type you should never warm-cure.
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Everyone Amends Their Soil in Spring. That's Months Too Late.
Lime takes months to move soil pH, so April is the wrong time to apply it. Test your beds in September, amend in October, and let winter do the work.
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