The blog
Long, sourced articles about the vegetable garden: what to plant and when, which pairings actually hold up, how to read a sowing calendar.
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Sunlight is the one garden constraint you cannot amend or irrigate your way out of. Here is how to actually measure the light on your plot, and what each level of exposure will genuinely grow.
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Blossom end rot is not a disease, not a fungus, and almost never a shortage of calcium in your soil. It is a water supply problem inside the plant, which changes entirely what you should do about it.
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Crop rotation rests on two specific mechanisms, not on a magic rule. Here is how to think in botanical families, why nightshades deserve your attention first, and how to make trade-offs when your plot is only a couple of hundred square feet.
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October is the month the garden changes gear: the sowing window is closing, the planting window is opening. What still goes in, what needs covering, and what is better left standing.
Marmanda turns this advice into a dated, placed plan for your own plot.
