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Hand Pollinating Squash When Fruit Keeps Shriveling

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The post Hand Pollinating Squash When Fruit Keeps Shriveling appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. You plant the zucchini. You water it, you mulch it, you talk to it (don’t pretend you don’t). And then little fruits start forming and you think you’ve got it figured out. Then they turn...

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Quick Refrigerator Pickles from Your Cucumber Glut

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The post Quick Refrigerator Pickles from Your Cucumber Glut appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My cucumber plants this July have exactly two modes: nothing, and way too many. Quick refrigerator pickles are my go-to fix. Last week I picked seven cucumbers in one day. My daughters...

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