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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 Midsummer Berry Care for PNW Gardeners appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My blueberries are turning that deep indigo-purple right now and I have about four days before the birds figure it out. Every year I tell myself I’ll get the netting up early. Every year I’m out there...
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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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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 July Seeds for Fall Harvest: The Window Most Miss appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Every July I watch my neighbors wrap up their spring planting and mentally check out until next year. And I get it. It’s warm, the tomatoes are finally doing something, and starting seeds...