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Deep purple-red roots emerge above the soil in a sunny garden bed, with reddish stems and crinkled green leaves—perfect for those who plant in July and grow vegetables for fall harvest.

9 Vegetables to Plant in the July Garden

Planting vegetables in July allows you to enjoy a second flush of summer favorites and get ready for a fall harvest. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn a few veggies to plant during the heat of summer.

A pile of unusually shaped and multicolored gourds with warty, ridged, and curved forms arranged in rustic baskets for fall decoration.

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11 Unusual Gourds to Plant Now for Fall

Gourds are perfect for filling empty spaces in the garden. They sprout off of long, rambling vines that love the sunshine. These 11 unusual varieties are knobby, warty, and colorful! They’re perfect for crafts and decorations.

A close-up shot of several freshly harvested fruits, showcasing black purple tomato varieties

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11 Black and Purple Tomato Varieties You Have to Try

Add some interest and color to your vegetable garden and your dinner table with pretty purple and bold black tomatoes. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at different varieties to grow this year.

Close up of a gardener's hands holding a bunch of freshly picked carrots with bright orange elongated tapered roots covered in soil residue, with lush green lacy foliage, showing time to harvest carrots.

Vegetables

5 Signs It’s Time To Harvest Your Carrots

As we prep our palettes for the carrot harvest, a few tricks of the trade help gauge peak readiness. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines when to harvest carrots for the best taste, texture, and maximum sweet crunch.

Freshly picked immature red and yellow tomatoes in a large wicker basket in a sunny garden, demonstrating how tomatoes ripen faster.

Vegetables

7 Unexpected Ways to Ripen Your Tomatoes Faster

Vine-ripened tomatoes are delicious, juicy, and flavorful! Though you may think there’s no other way to get this flavor, there are many ways. Try these seven unexpected methods to ripen your tomatoes faster than ever before.

A small composition of developing green legume pods, alongside its vines and leaves, showcasing how to plant peas in July

Vegetables

5 Reasons to Plant a Second Round of Peas in July

Peas are super easy to grow! They’re one of the best vegetables for the home garden. You may not like the taste of store-bought peas, but I promise you’ll love the flavor of homegrown ones. It’s not too late to grow them—here are five reasons why you should plant a second round this July.

Freshly picked bright orange and green pumpkins with glossy, lightly ribbed and heavily ribbed skins lie in a large field among dry stems and leaves, showing off the fast growing pumpkins planted in July.

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9 Fast-Growing Pumpkins You Can Plant in July

If your pumpkin seeds aren’t in the ground yet, there’s still time for easy seeding this month. Fast-growing pumpkin varieties to plant in July might be smaller than giant jack-o-lanterns, but they pack the charm. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores varieties to plant now for an autumn bounty.

A colorful assortment of heirloom squash varieties displays diverse shapes, textures, and rich hues of orange, green, cream, and mottled patterns.

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13 Varieties of Heirloom Squash You Should Grow This Year

Heirloom squash brings generations of time-tested growing and production. Their landscape performance, flavor, uses, and beauty earn them a spot in the garden. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights revered squash varieties to sow now to diversify the edible landscape and the dish.

A tomato-growing trick meant to hold the plant upside down, using hooks and buckets with holes

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The Surprising Tomato-Growing Trick That Prevents Pests and Diseases

Traditional tomato-growing methods are tried and true for a reason. But there are other ways to grow those delicious summer treats. Experienced gardener, Sarah Jay outlines a surprising tomato cultivation method that promotes healthy growth and limits pest and disease issues.

Zucchini plant with broad, jagged green leaves and pale stems shows small forming fruits with withering flowers on their ends, a sign of zucchini not thriving.

Vegetables

7 Reasons Your Zucchini Plant Isn’t Thriving This Year

Zucchini is usually an easy-to-grow crop and a prolific producer, but the cucurbits aren’t without their challenges in some growing conditions and areas. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines common zucchini problems and remedies to get them thriving.

A close-up shot of several wilted green crops, on rich soil, showcasing why your vegetable garden is not producing

Vegetables

5 Reasons Why Your Vegetable Garden Isn’t Producing

There’s nothing worse than walking through the garden to find lackluster harvests. Small pea pods, tiny cabbage heads, and stunted carrots are no fun! Instead of wallowing, try fixing these five common problems to promote healthy vegetables in the future.

Three apple tree seedlings grew from seeds with smooth, oval-shaped green leaves sprouting from fresh soil in terracotta pots on a sunny windowsill.

Fruits

Can You Grow an Apple Tree From Seed?

Eat an apple and you’ll find a bunch of seeds inside! Plant these seeds, and apple trees will grow. But, how long will it take for them to grow apples? The answer may surprise you. Join former nurseryman Jerad Bryant in answering the question: Can you grow an apple tree from seed?

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