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The Kitchen Garden Letter

One short email every Sunday for backyard vegetable growers: what to plant this week, how to fix what is wilting and a recipe for the harvest. Read by 12,400 gardeners.

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Heirloom tomatoes, green beans, carrots and basil on a garden table

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Three short parts, five minutes to read

This week in the garden

A short to-do list by growing zone, so you plant and harvest on time.

Fix it

One reader question answered, like yellow leaves, split tomatoes or squash bugs.

From the harvest

A simple recipe for whatever is coming in, tested in my own kitchen.

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