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Fall Gardening

  • Time to Start a Fall Garden

    lettuce plants ready to be picked from the garden.

    Just the other day I received an email from a Forsyth County resident about a cucumber plant that was in decline, and he wanted to know what to do to get it back to “normal.” My response to him was there was nothing to do; it’s the end of the season for that cucumber plant,…

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  • PLANT A FALL GARDEN

    Fall vegetables protected from the cold by a hoop house.

    Fall gardens offer several advantages to gardeners. First, the weather is more pleasant for outdoor activities. Second, while cool season crops aren’t pest free, most are leafy green plants that don’t require pollinator insects to produce edible food. This fact allows growers to enclose plants in low hoop houses and very effectively exclude pests.

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