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A hand holds ripe tomatoes while a basket contains various vegetables, including cucumbers and green beans.

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Michigan gardener's August haul overflows with cucumbers as tomatoes stay green

A woman holds a woven basket filled with fruits and vegetables in a garden.

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Gardener heads out for berries, returns with a backyard bounty of zucchini, tomatoes, and squash

A woman shucking an ear of corn.

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First-time gardener's brutal corn reveal turns a backyard flop into next spring's game plan

A tomato plant.

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As salt creeps into farmland, a simple spray could help protect tomato harvests

Two gardeners show off various harvested vegetables, including tomatoes, corn, and a jalapeno.

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Gardener's 'epic harvest' of tomatoes and jalapeños ends with the best part: feeding the chickens

A man stands under a domed greenhouse with plants growing in raised beds around him.

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A single tree can feed, shade, and heal soil, and that's why regenerative gardens endure

A tire planter with wilted, dry plants and exposed soil.

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Ohio grower's ruined zucchini sparked theories about missed watering and squash borers

Several bags filled with dark soil are arranged in a grid pattern.

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Gardeners say bagged 'top soil' is mostly mulch now, and 'nothing will grow in it'

An ear of corn coming out of its husk.

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Gardener feared 'black mold' on corn, then learned it was prized ingredient

A woman holds seed packets while discussing planting beans and sugar snap peas in a garden.

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Garden coach in Illinois says late July is the time to sow fall beans, peas, greens, and herbs

A person holds a tomato plant with ripe tomatoes while using pruning shears.

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New gardeners go to social media for help, and even tomato pruning spirals into confusion

Two people engage in conversation in a garden filled with plants and flowers.

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From Florida to Arizona, gardeners share the August crops that set up a thriving fall garden