Guides

Crop guides

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  Growing lettuce

  When to sow lettuce around your frost dates, how far apart to space each type, and how to keep it sweet through frost, heat, and dry spells.

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  Growing tomatoes

  Plant after your last spring frost, keep soil evenly moist, and pick fruit that shows color before cold nights or long heat. Timing varies by region.

Fruit-tree guides

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  Growing apple trees

  Check whether apples suit your winters, chill, and spring frosts, learn what frost does at each bud stage, and when to thin, prune, and pick.

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  Growing lemon trees

  Where lemons can live outdoors, how cold hurts flowers, fruit, and wood, how to protect a tree on freeze nights, and how to keep a potted lemon over winter.

Seasonal guides

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  Planting a fall garden

  What to sow and plant from midsummer on, counted back from your typical first fall frost: greens, roots, broccoli, garlic, and a cover crop.

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  Starting a spring garden

  When to start seeds indoors, what to sow before your last frost, and when warm-season crops can go out, all counted from your typical last spring frost.

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