Our first long hot spell took us beyond the fear of frost. It was time to plant our hot-weather seedlings.
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Our salad greens are beginning to burst forth. We don’t pull out lettuce heads. Instead, we pinch off outer leaves or give greens a “haircut” from the top to keep them producing.
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Flowers from out in the “Back 40” beyond the garden fence, where plants are popping, too.