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What to Do With Fall Leaves: 7 Ways I Use Every One
Shred fall leaves with the mower, then use them as a 6 to 8 inch winter blanket on beds, a garlic cover, chicken run bedding, compost browns, spring mulch, and leaf mold. The written version of my video.
How Many Sweet Potato Plants per Square Foot?
One sweet potato slip per 4 square feet, a 2 x 2 foot block with plants 24 inches apart. Extension row spacing works out to one plant per 2 to 6 square feet, never one per square.
Seed Saving Chart: Which Vegetables Are Easy to Save
Beans, peas, lettuce and tomatoes are the easiest vegetable seeds to save. A chart of 17 crops with pollination, isolation distance, wet or dry processing and years viable, plus how to clean, dry and store what you save.
How to Start Cabbage Seeds Indoors
Sow cabbage seeds indoors 8 to 6 weeks before your last frost and plant them out 4 to 2 weeks before it. Germination days by soil temperature, cool growing, hardening off and fall start weeks.
Succession Planting Chart: How Often to Sow Each Crop
How often to sow each crop again for a steady harvest, and when to make the last sowing, counted in weeks before your first fall frost. Sixteen crops, with extension intervals and planner timing.
How Many Tomatillo Plants per Square Foot?
One tomatillo plant per 4 square feet, a 2 x 2 foot block with plants 24 inches apart and a stake or cage. Plant at least two, since tomatillos are not self-fruitful.