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A garden bed with kale.

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Gardener focuses on 'edimentals,' blurring the line between ornamental plants and vegetables

A potato plant.

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Homesteader tossed one sprouting potato into a raised bed, then watched 'Irish bamboo' take over

Lettuce in hanging baskets.

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At 105 degrees in New Jersey, a gardener saved hanging-basket lettuce with one basement move

A tomato plant.

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First-year tomato grower keeps watering through the heat wave, then learns midday wilt is normal

A woman standing in her garden.

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Urban gardener tours backyard in a heat wave, and some beds refuse to quit

Two people stand on a path in a food forest.

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Seattle neighbors turned 7 acres of lawn into a free food forest anyone can harvest

A gardener discussing summer crops.

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Tennessee gardener shares 10 crops you can still plant in July and harvest before frost

A person smelling herbs in a garden.

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Most gardeners fear this brutal herb harvest, but basil, mint, and more thrive on it

A man in a garden with trellises.

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Still planting in July? These 15-plus crops prove it's not too late

A woman holding a pepper next to a basket of veggies.

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She pulled potatoes, snapped beans, and filled a basket with her biggest harvest of the season

A Fruivity seed collection kit.

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Gardener bought Amazon herb seeds, then watched packet after packet sprout mystery plants

A person holds a basket of fresh vegetables, including cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers.

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Hosting a Fourth gathering, gardener shops the backyard, and comes back with cucumbers galore