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Fall Garden Health & Harvesting

Fall Garden Health & Harvesting

The rains of July and August have promoted plant diseases, weeds, soil nutrient loss, and some pests.  While harvesting onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables it’s important to keep weeding and begin soil preparations for next year’s garden. Potatoes, onions, and winter squashes will store better if they are “cured” in a warmer space before storing.  Pest control in Brassicas is still needed to protect our late harvests from cabbage worms and aphids.  Finally, it’s time to harvest some herbs…

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Plant Health & Seed Saving

Plant Health & Seed Saving

Plant Health & Seed Saving Recent rains have been welcome but have promoted plant diseases, weeds, and some pests.  As harvesting of onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables continues it’s important to apply sanitation practices to limit damage to our hard-earned harvests. Also, while harvesting veggies, herbs, and flowers is the best part of gardening, don’t overlook another valuable crop you have and might want to harvest… seeds for next year.  The easiest seeds to save include peas, beans, heirloom…

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Garden Health & Seed Saving

Garden Health & Seed Saving

The rainy weeks of August have promoted plant diseases, weeds, and some pests.  As harvesting of onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables continues it’s important to practice prevention to limit damage to our hard-earned harvests. While harvesting veggies, herbs, and flowers is the best part of gardening, don’t overlook another crop you might want to gather… seeds for next year.  If you’ve grown peas, beans, tomatoes, or lettuce these are the easiest to save and assure you will have good…

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