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Sometimes referred to as the cut-and-come-again method, picking the outer leaves of a lettuce plant and leaving the younger ...

Make the most of every square inch of garden space and containers with succession planting. As you harvest your first crop of ...

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Start harvesting dill fronds when plants reach 5 to 6 inches tall with four or five leaf-bearing stems. This herb grows rapidly, so you can start snipping fairly early in the growing season.

Dill plants can benefit from multiple harvests to promote new growth and fuller, bushier plants. Begin harvesting when the plants are around 5 to 6 inches tall with four or five sets of fronds.

“Zucchini is a dream plant for May because it grows fast and yields heavily — you’ll be harvesting in just 45–60 days,” says Sims. After growing just a few plants, I had a bumper crop ...

According to farmers, some planting practices can dry the ground out more, and it’s usually best to avoid practices like tillage during drought season. “We plant the seed,” Parkinson says.