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- In late July slow down on watering cabbage to prevent the heads from splitting.
- Apply fish emulsion when pepper plants begin to bloom.
- You can begin to harvest some of your string beans now. They will have a fuller flavor when they are bigger but the smaller beans are quite nice too.
- Harvest broccoli before the buds begin to loosen and the yellow flowers begin to appear.
- Clip the flower stalks off garlic. Once the leaves have turned brown garlic can be harvested.
- Spread a couple of inches of compost over asparagus beds. Remember to keep the soil moist.
- Harvest corn when the husk fits tightly around the ear.
- Cut sprigs of Rosemary and freeze whole for future use.
- Cut back about three quarters of the new growth on your thyme plants regularly throughout the summer.
- For a nice fragrance in your kitchen. Tie several branches of sage together and hang it upside down in your kitchen.
- Pinch the stems of basil regularly to prevent flowering. Harvest about once a week.
"Never pick cucumbers in hot sunlight"- Douglas of Sardinia, Ohio
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Tips for vegetables
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