Yellow or splotchy leaves are pretty common on tomato plants and indicate a problem that, in most cases, can easily be fixed. If your tomato leaves are turning yellow but you're not sure what that means, here are eight reasons why that happens and what you can do to help your plants recover.

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CSA boxes can be a fun little surprise at each delivery, or a daunting task to figure out what to do with all the vegetables you end up getting. No need to meal plan: this guide will help you use up all that fresh produce (even if you don't know what that mystery veggie is) without needing a proper recipe.

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Powdery mildew can spread fast across your zucchini, cucumbers, melons, and other plants. If left unchecked, the fungal disease can stunt plant growth and affect flower and fruit development. If you start to see the telltale white patches on your leaves, here's what you can do to get rid of powdery mildew fast (and keep it from coming back).

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Spinach is notoriously tricky to germinate in warm soil, which makes it all the more challenging to sow seeds in summer if you want to grow spinach in your fall garden. Here's my foolproof technique for starting spinach from seed, even when it's hot outside.

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Summer isn't always kind to your vegetable garden, because most plants love warm weather, not hot weather. If it's sizzling where you are and your garden seems to be shutting down, it's time to break out the shade cloth. Here's how you can protect your plants from excessive heat, add shade to a garden, and find the best materials to use.

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