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11 Mistakes Gardeners Make When Storing Produce

October 9, 2025 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

Some gardeners make mistakes while storing produce.

You’ve spent all season nurturing your garden—watering, weeding, and proudly watching those tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots grow into perfection. Harvest day feels like victory… until a week later, your beautiful bounty turns mushy, moldy, or strangely flavorless. What happened? The truth is, storing produce is its own art form, and even the greenest of thumbs…

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Why Unharvested Fruit Can Damage Trees in Fall

October 7, 2025 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

Unharvested fruit can damage trees in Fall.

You’ve done it—you planted your fruit trees, nurtured them through spring blossoms, and watched them proudly bear fruit through summer. But now fall is here, and the harvest window has passed… yet those apples, pears, or plums are still hanging there, soft and overripe. You tell yourself you’ll get to them “next weekend,” but next…

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Filed Under: garden tips Tagged With: autumn, control pests, dangerous pests, fall, fall garden, fall planting, fruit, fruit trees, fruits, fungal infections, orchard, pest control, pests, rodents, rotting fruit

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