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Vegetables
Crop-by-crop guides to what grows well, where, and when.
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6 Crops You Can Still Start in a Pot This Month, Ranked by How Fast They Feed You
September sowing on a balcony works, but the deadline isn't frost. It's daylight. Six container crops ranked by days to maturity, and how much to add for a fall sowing.
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Sow Spinach Now, Ignore It All Winter, Cut It in April
Spinach sown in late summer sits out the winter alive and starts growing again before you can dig. The timing, the mulch, and the varieties that survive it.
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Container Vegetable Gardening: What Actually Grows Well in Pots
Nearly every container failure comes down to pot size. What grows well in pots, how big each one needs, and the mistakes that kill patio crops.
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Tomatoes Are Fruit, Zucchini Is Too: The Produce Aisle Has Been Lying to You
Botanically, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and squash are all fruits. The rule is one sentence long, and it predicts which crops need bees to produce.
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