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Buy This in August or Your Fall Garden Ends on One October Night
Row cover is what stands between a fall garden that quits in October and one you harvest into December. Which weight to get, and why August is when to get it.
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Those White Butterflies Over Your Fall Kale Aren't Just Passing Through
August-planted brassicas get shredded worse than spring ones, and the cabbage worms doing it are nearly invisible. How to spot them and what actually stops them.
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Your Onions Rot in Storage Because of What You Did the Week You Pulled Them
Onions that go soft at the neck in November were lost back in August. How to cure onions and garlic properly, what to sort out, and where to keep them.
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Your Squash Leaves Turned White Overnight - Don't Pull the Plant Yet
Powdery mildew hits squash every August. The leaves it takes are gone, but the plant usually has weeks of fruit left. What to cut, what to spray, when to quit.
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Stop Leaving Your Garden Beds Bare Over Winter - Sow This Instead
The bed your beans just finished in doesn't have to sit empty until spring. Which cover crop to sow in August and September, and how to pick between them.
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The One Tomato Trick That Means You Never Buy That Seed Packet Again
How to save tomato seeds from this year's best fruit, right now, so next spring's seed order is one line shorter. A jar, some water, and four days.
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