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When To Start Seeds Indoors Based on Growing Zone - Garden Guidance
Let’s start this discussion as broad as we can and then narrow it down with guidance for specific plant species in the garden. In general, you should start most seeds indoors 4–12 weeks before your last expected spring frost, and...
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Developing a Raised Bed Garden Plan for the Season
Developing a raised bed vegetable garden plan starts with understanding your space, soil, and crops, then building a simple, repeatable layout that you update each season. For those of you just getting started, go to whatsmygrowzone.com and enter your zip code...
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How Frost Damages Your Garden: Prevention Tips and Soil Testing for Homeowners
Frost can harm garden plants through freezing and thawing of cells or by causing ice crystals to form inside plant cells disrupting fluid movement, think of this like pipes bursting in your house during a hard freeze. Damaged plants may...