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The post Mâche and Claytonia: Cold-Hardy Winter Salads Worth Growing appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I spent three winters buying sad plastic clamshells of mixed greens from the grocery store before I realized I was an idiot. Not a dramatic idiot. Just the regular kind who didn’t...
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The post Overwintering Brassicas: Start Now for Spring appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Last March I walked out to the garden and the sprouting broccoli was just going absolutely berserk. Purple side shoots everywhere, the plant looking somehow smug about surviving three months of...
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The post Sow Fall Carrots and Beets in July (Don’t Wait) appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I missed this window for two years straight. Not because I didn’t know fall carrots were a thing, but because July felt wrong for planting. Everything’s already in the ground, the tomatoes...
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The post Direct Sow Asian Greens in Late Summer for Fall appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. If you want to direct sow Asian greens successfully, the secret is timing. Late July through mid-August is the window, not April. I used to only think about Asian greens in spring. Plant...
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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...