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Hot Weather Gardening Part 3: Tips and Gear to Beat the Heat
September 4, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
What can you do to optimize safety while working outdoors during hot weather? What gear is useful for sun protection, hydration, and comfort?
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Hot Weather Gardening Part 2: Mindset and Acclimation
August 30, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Like almost everything about gardening, safe and successful work outdoors during hot weather depends on the gardener's mindset and self-knowledge as much or more as it does on gardening knowledge or skill.
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Fall and Winter California Gardening Part 2: Benefits and Challenges
August 29, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Is there a catch to gardening from fall through spring? Depending on your local climate, environment, and garden, there might be a few. But the main one is sunlight.
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Hot Weather Gardening Part 1: Bikram Gardening
August 20, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
In hot-summer California areas, the period of high heat from mid-or-late-summer until weather cools during fall is the slowest period of the year for gardening.
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Fall and Winter California Gardening Part 1: Introduction
August 20, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
California marches to its own seasonal gardening drummer, one that's different almost everywhere when compared to the rest of the United States.
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Summer Gardening in Southern California’s Hot Inland Areas
August 7, 2020
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By: Ann Clary
In the well-planned hot-summer Mediterranean-climate vegetable garden, all cool-season and most warm-season crops will be be harvested well before the arrival of high heat in midsummer and late summer.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Decompact Soil Slowly
August 6, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Slow methods for soil decompaction rely on soil life rather than mechanical loosening or human effort.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Decompact Soil Quickly
July 14, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Planting in compacted soils almost guarantees plant problems and little or no yield.
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Planning for New Vegetable Gardens: Introduction to Soil Compaction
June 28, 2020
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By: C. Darren Butler
Soil compaction is the process by which soil particles become pressed together so that soil becomes more dense,
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