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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 17 Zucchini: What to Do Before They Escape appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. It’s July in Redmond and I have a problem. Specifically, I have seventeen zucchini on my counter, three more hiding under leaves the size of a kindergartner, and my daughters have stopped making eye...
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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...