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Three toasted English muffins topped with melted cheese and slices of red and yellow tomatoes, seasoned with herbs.

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Gardeners say a thick slice of homegrown tomato on toast is exactly 'why we do this'

An excavator pulling up aquatic plants.

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Video of excavator clearing aquatic plants has composters eyeing a mountain of garden gold

A woman in a garden.

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Minnesota gardener says August is 'go-time' as she races to preserve year's worth of food before freeze

A hornworm on a plant.

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Gardener shares photo of hornworm, and commenters spot a second one covered in parasitic wasp eggs

A person holds orange peppers in a garden, surrounded by green plants and vegetation.

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One bite of an unknown garden pepper leaves gardener reeling from Scotch bonnet heat

A wooden crate filled with ears of corn in a field.

Food

Homesteader freezes 60 pounds of corn, cans soup, and races to save the rest of the harvest

An egg among bedding material in a compost pile.

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Los Angeles gardener's stalled compost tumbler sparks a simple diagnosis

A red velvet ant on a person's hand.

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Video spotlights red velvet ant, and experts say its 'cow killer' sting is no joke

A person holds food scraps in a bowl and adds them to a compost bin in a garden setting.

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Gardener shows why she never throws away common kitchen scraps: 'Nothing goes to waste'

A hand holds a large, two-lobed tomato beside a basket filled with various ripe and unripe tomatoes.

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South Louisiana gardener says spring tomatoes are 'done for now' after a huge harvest

A woman standing in a garden.

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3 August garden threats can stall tomatoes, spread mildew, and quietly wreck plants

An infested leaf covered with numerous small black larvae.

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Gardener finds 'wormy' larvae on tomato plant, and commenters debate sawfly or hornworm