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Summer Gardening in Southern California’s Hot Inland Areas
August 7, 2020
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By: Ann Clary
In the well-planned hot-summer Mediterranean-climate vegetable garden, all cool-season and most warm-season crops will be be harvested well before the arrival of high heat in midsummer and late summer.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Decompact Soil Slowly
August 6, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Slow methods for soil decompaction rely on soil life rather than mechanical loosening or human effort.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Decompact Soil Quickly
July 14, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Planting in compacted soils almost guarantees plant problems and little or no yield.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Introduction to Soil Compaction
June 28, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Soil compaction is the process by which soil particles become pressed together so that soil becomes more dense,
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Common Causes of Soil Toxicity
June 11, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
It's common for gardens to fail as a result of toxic metals or other toxicities.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Introduction to Soil Toxicity
June 7, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Soil toxicity is anything in soil that is harmful or could be harmful to plants, people, pets, or wildlife.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Timing
April 24, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Intuitive recognition of environmental conditions and patterns, and experience with the "feel" of successful timing in a given season, climate, and area is as important or more important than fact-based knowledge or anything that can be learned from research.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Seasonality
April 18, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Much of California has a dry Mediterranean climate with mild, rainy winters and warm-to-hot dry summers, often with little or no rain from spring to fall or winter.
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Saving Seeds: Grocery Store Produce vs Home Grown
GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Can you save the seeds from the vegetables you purchased from the grocery store or farmer’s market and use them to grow your summer vegetable crop? Probably not. Most vegetables purchased at the grocery store are hybrids, […]
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