The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019 by Old Farmer's Almanac

Author:Old Farmer's Almanac
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OFA

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GARDENING

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BY SUSAN PEERY

FOOLPROOF ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS, “BLACK THUMBS,” AND ANYONE TRYING TO GROW FOOD.

Remember back to last fall or maybe winter. You were thinking, “I want a garden!” You scrutinized seed catalogs and ordered beautiful things, some with Latin names that you couldn’t pronounce. You strolled down nursery aisles and arrived home with trays of cute, tender seedlings.

When the days got warmer, you marked off a spot, cleared the ground, and turned over the dirt with muscles you didn’t know that you had. Dropped seeds into knuckle-deep holes in neat rows. Tamped the earth around the eager seedlings to help them settle into their new digs.

Through the summer, you yanked weeds, beat back bugs, cursed rampaging rabbits or woodchucks, and toted watering cans or hoses (how much is enough?). You got dirty, sweaty, hungry, and tired, watching and waiting for your plot to become . . . picture-perfect. Like those in magazines and on Facebook and Pinterest.

Then, in August—or maybe even earlier, in July—you bought vegetables at a farm stand, thinking: “Why aren’t my tomatoes (beans, carrots, squash—whatever) like this?”

Sound familiar? Feeling frustrated just thinking about it?

Take a deep breath. We’ve all been there. This season will be different. Follow this guidance to go from grief to glory in the garden!

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