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A gardener tending to plants and vines on trellises.

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Gardener says messy summer beds can still produce, and shouldn't be cleared in one sweep

A box filled with green bell peppers.

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Virginia gardener's one-day bell pepper harvest has growers asking, 'How many plants?'

A barn and tomato seeds.

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One Iowa farm is guarding 20,000 food varieties as seed giants dominate the market

An August harvest of tomatoes, beans, and cucumber.

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Gardener's August haul shows how hand-started seeds can pay off, even after setbacks

A person harvesting produce.

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Gardener's colorful harvest turns heads as corn, squash, and Brussels sprouts pile up

A person harvesting tomatoes, eggplants, and cabbage.

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Backyard gardener returns after weeks away, and one 'alien' carrot steals the show

A gardener picking and eating a fig.

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Gardener picks ripe fig from home garden, shows why store produce falls short

A homesteader showing off her bean harvest.

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Gardener eagerly picks 200 green beans, and TikTok debates whether they were ready

A patch of overgrown vegetation with various plants and a white stake in the foreground.

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Power company kills homesteader's cherry trees and berry bushes with no warning

A person talks about making homegrown tea.

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Gardener says tea bags can shed microplastics, and shares 5 herbs to grow instead

A variety of tomatoes and peppers piled beside a kitchen sink.

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Maryland gardener's midsummer harvest sparks envy: 'Bruh, genuinely jealous'

A garden filled with various plants, including climbing vines, vegetables, and flowers.

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Gardener ignores spacing instructions every year, and the vegetable patch becomes a 'jungle'