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A person talking about their gardening mistakes.

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North Carolina gardener shares the preventable mistakes that doomed his container garden

A person near sweet potato leaves.

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Gardeners share which leafy greens thrive in desert heat when lettuce and spinach fail

A person saying plants don't like extreme heat.

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Gardeners who quit in August could miss the simplest season for fast-growing crops

A person with plants.

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From rainbow roses to giant tomatoes, an eBay seed experiment separates hype from harvest

A community garden.

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South Africa garden helps people facing homelessness grow food, income, and a path to recovery

Pineapple plants in a garden.

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Even in peak heat, this Jamaica container garden is still turning out a steady harvest

Three images of a man discussing various structures on a homestead: a greenhouse, a rabbit barn, and a walk-in cooler.

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Homesteader uses salvaged materials to build a custom greenhouse, coop, and more

A zucchini plant with large leaves and yellow flowers in a garden.

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Gardener warns one easy-to-miss summer disease can wreck squash before harvest

A person picking produce in a garden.

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'There's nothing better': After waiting all summer, gardener's tomato haul finally arrives

A butterfly pea flower being steeped to make electric-blue tea.

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Butterfly pea offers electric-blue blooms, herbal tea, and a lemon-triggered color change

A gardener examining a strawberry plant.

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Those long strawberry stems can turn into free plants every year — here's when to snip

An aquaponics system featuring fish swimming in water, a water pump, and various leafy plants growing in planters.

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Arizona aquaponics systems grow food with 90% less water, even through summer heat