Home Gardener’s
Weekly
Issue
No. 134
July
25, 2025
Weekly Garden Tip
If you live in a place with a short warm season or you want to extend your season, building garden beds with dark rocks can warm the soil up earlier in the season for you and keep your soil warmer before winter hits.
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3 Empowering Benefits of Container Gardening
🌱 3 Empowering Benefits of Container Gardening — Learn how container gardening lets you grow picky plants, maximize your space, and make gardening more accessible for those with limited mobility. Discover the flexibility and control containers bring to your gardening experience.
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When: July 23-29, 2025
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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
Feeling overwhelmed this pest season? Not all garden visitors are created equal—some are helpful heroes, while others compete with your crops for space and nutrients.
Check out the Garden Dwellers Resources inside Harvest Club. Get to know the most common garden dwellers—so you can welcome the beneficials and learn how to manage the pesky ones—featuring: Aphids, Caterpillars, Pollinators, Slugs, Squirrels, Hummingbirds, Tomato Hornworms, and more!
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Dear Arti:
Question: How do you know how long a plant will last? After days till maturity, how long before you have to cut it down to replant, as it will stop yielding? Thank you. – Donna M., Northern Ireland
Answer: Hi Donna,
So, the answer here is that it depends on your climate, when you planted, and the crop. Each crop is different. For example, if you’re growing determinate tomatoes, they all come in over about 2-3 weeks, then they’re done producing. If you’re growing indeterminate tomatoes (vining tomatoes), they will produce until the weather is too cold for them to produce any longer, so in some places, you can actually grow them for many years and consistently harvest!
Another example is kale. If you plant kale on time, it can produce through one season if the weather doesn’t get too hot. If the weather gets too hot, they sometimes go to seed or sometimes keep producing, but the leaves aren’t as tender and flavorful.
Perennials, on the other hand, can produce many years, going dormant in the winter months and coming back each year.
So, each plant is different and will act differently in different climates. You’ll want to make a list of crops you want to grow, then look at them each individually.
I hope that helps get you started, Donna!
GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins is growing cabbage this year—and it’s officially harvest time! With firm, full heads and crisp green leaves, her cabbage is ready to shine in the kitchen.
Whether you’re turning yours into slaw, stir-fry, or starting a batch of homemade sauerkraut, harvesting at the right time means peak flavor and nutrition.
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