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A pot containing dry, brown plants and soil.

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A plant may look dead after a heat wave, but green stems and pale roots can signal a comeback

A man in a garden.

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Your summer garden may be slowing, but seeding now can keep harvests coming for months

Hands harvesting plants in a field, with text identifying them as food rather than weeds.

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Southern California forager says the 'weeds' most people walk past were once food

A person talks about a chicken coop.

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DIYer builds chicken coop using 100-year-old ideas, with easy-clean droppings zone

A man stands in a greenhouse surrounded by plants and a partially visible exterior wall with windows.

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Ohio homesteader was told a winter greenhouse 'wouldn't do much' — now it's growing bananas

A person works in a garden with plants and a wooden frame structure in various stages of progress.

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Zero-waste farm rises around geodesic dome, from a compost bin to a papaya tree

A person showing a garden off.

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14-year garden trial finds no-dig beds yield 12% more with the same compost

Wilted plants.

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'Just kept dying on the vine': Gardeners puzzled by poor summer squash harvests

Red apples clustered on a branch with green leaves in a grassy background.

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UK apple tree dispute leaves homeowner with $273,000 legal bill over rotten fruit

A woman holds a plant branch with leaves and flowers while another image shows various harvested vegetables.

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A backyard food forest keeps producing through heat that wipes out garden beds

A person stands in a garden, discussing trellises for growing vining tomatoes among green foliage and tomatoes.

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Gardener warns common tomato cages can topple vining tomatoes by midseason

A person sorts and chops freshly harvested onions in a garden and kitchen setting.

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Gardener says bolted onions can rot from the inside, shares plan to save the harvest