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The post Let It Bolt: Free Seed from Lettuce and Cilantro appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Every July I watch at least one person in the neighborhood Facebook group post a sad photo of their lettuce sending up a two-foot flower stalk, asking what went wrong. And every July I have to...
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The post Cheap Shade Cloth for Hot PNW Summers appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. We got four days in a row above 90 degrees last July and I lost two full rows of lettuce and every single pea plant I had. Just stood there in the garden looking at a pile of yellow sadness. That loss is...
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The post Cure and Store Garlic the Cheap Shed Way appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I pulled my hardneck garlic last week and my neighbor immediately asked if I was going to braid it. I told her I wasn’t. She seemed disappointed. I was not. Garlic braids look great in a kitchen...
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The post Store Apples and Pears Through Winter Without a Root Cellar appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Every fall I end up with more apples than my family can eat in a week. And every fall I used to watch half of them turn into sad brown mush by November. Felt wasteful. Felt...
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The post Save Squash Seeds and Grow the Same Variety Next Year appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Last year I saved seeds from what I was pretty sure was a beautiful Delicata squash. Grew them out this spring. What came up looked like a Delicata that had a bad dream about a...
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The post Deep Watering: Smarter Summer Watering on a Budget appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. July in Redmond means we finally get actual sun, and within about a week I remember that my garden has a drinking problem. Not too much. Not enough. Just constantly wrong. My first couple...
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The post Free Grass Clippings Mulch: How to Do It Right appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Every July I watch my neighbor bag up his grass clippings and haul them to the curb. Every July I walk over and ask if I can have them. He always looks at me like I’ve just asked for his...