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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well.
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This Old House Roger Cook	May Is for Mulching Decorate and protect your beds now, before the heat of summer sets in.
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