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Subscribe free →September 2026 Garden Newsletter
Subscribe free → Howdy from the Homestead Well, here we are — fall. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago we were putting the first seeds in the ground, and now we’re talking…
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July came in hot and never let up — four or five days over 100 and a rain gauge that stayed empty most of the month. The drip lines earned their…
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July was the garden at full tilt — corn tasseling, tomatoes by the armload, and the counter buried in salsa fixings. Peak Zone 8a summer, in all its…
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June is when the Zone 8a garden really wakes up. The heat rolled in, the tomatoes shifted into overdrive, and the first real preserving of the year…
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It’s been a busy month of planting and planning here at The Rambling Gardeners. From soil prep to the first blooms of the season, we’ve got a lot to…
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It’s been a busy month of planting and planning here at The Rambling Gardeners. From soil prep to the first blooms of the season, we’ve got a lot to…
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