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Planting guide · In season now
Plant garlic at the right moment, not the first cold morning.
Give cloves six weeks to root before the ground freezes. Here is how to find the date for your garden.
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Seasonal garden
Right now in the garden — September
The jobs that are genuinely time-sensitive this month. Everything else can wait for a dry Saturday.
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Lift and cure onions and shallots
Give them two dry weeks under cover before moving them into cool storage.
Sow spinach and mâche for winter
Both germinate in cool soil and will sit under cover until early spring.
Plant daffodils and alliums
Set each bulb three times its own height, with the pointed end facing up.
New gardener?
Start with three good decisions.
No equipment list and no jargon. These short guides establish the only foundations a first garden really needs.
Fresh from the garden
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