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How to Keep Your Garden Watered While You're on Vacation
Keep beds and pots watered while you travel. Pick deep watering and mulch, shade, a wick, or a hose timer by trip length, with settings from extension sources.
September 13, 2026
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What to Plant in August for a Fall Vegetable Harvest
Vegetables to plant in August for fall: lettuce, spinach, radishes, turnips, kale and more, with planting windows and the frost-date formula to time them.
September 13, 2026
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How Deep to Plant Garlic in the Fall, How Close, and When
Plant garlic cloves 1 to 2 inches deep in fall, pointed end up and 3 to 6 inches apart, from late September to November. Depth, spacing and timing by state.
September 13, 2026
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Winter Sowing in Milk Jugs: Steps, Timing and What to Sow
How to winter sow seeds in milk jugs: cut and fill the jug, what to sow from December to April, how cold stratification works, and when to open the jugs in spring.
September 13, 2026
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Best Cold Frame for Your Garden, Plus Row Cover Types
What makes a good cold frame: a 3 by 6 foot size, a sloped south-facing lid and easy venting. Plus row cover weights compared by frost protection.
September 10, 2026
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Best Drip Irrigation Kit for Gardens: How to Choose
Match a drip kit to a small garden: inline tubing, point emitters, drip tape or soaker hose, plus the regulator, filter and backflow parts every kit needs.
September 10, 2026
Buying guide Seasonal
Best Grow Lights and Heat Mats for Late-Winter Seed Starting
A heat mat gets seeds to sprout and a grow light keeps seedlings short. How to choose each, with germination temperatures, light heights and hours per day.
September 10, 2026
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Best Mulch for a Vegetable Garden: Straw, Leaves, Compost and More
Straw is the best mulch for most vegetable gardens. Compare it with leaves, grass clippings, compost, wood chips and plastic, with depths for each.
September 10, 2026
Buying guide Seasonal
Best Seed Starting Trays: Cell Sizes, Types and What to Buy
The best seed starting trays pair a sturdy flat with cells sized to the crop: 3 to 6 square inches for greens, 9 to 16 for tomatoes and peppers. Types and sizes compared.
September 10, 2026
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When and How to Divide Perennials in Fall
Divide spring and summer bloomers in fall, at least 4 to 6 weeks before the ground freezes. See which perennials to split, which to leave, and the steps.
September 10, 2026
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Fall Garden Bed Prep: Clean Up and Feed Soil for Winter
A fall bed routine in five jobs: what to pull, what to leave standing, when to test and lime, how much compost to spread and which cover crop to sow.
September 10, 2026
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How to Harden Off Seedlings Without Losing Them to Shock
Harden off seedlings over 1 to 2 weeks: a few hours in shade on day one, more sun each day, then 24 hours outside. Temperature limits and transplant steps.
September 10, 2026