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Warm Weather, Frost & Tender Crops

Guide: Beans, Peppers, Corn, Potatoes, Cucumber, Squash, Eggplant, Tomatoes  Warm season, frost tender plant plants are often killed by a light frost (O°C), although some varieties may be more hardy than others. While many warm weather vegetable varieties require a soil temperature of at least 10°C to germinate, temperatures closer to room temperature are ideal. [...]

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Protecting Soil

Our soil is a non-renewable resource. It takes thousands of years for rocks to weather into soils, and hundreds of years for rich organic matter to build up. Entire civilisations can rise and fall depending on their soil quality. Soil can be protected from erosion and compaction by avoiding tilling; instead, plant in raised beds. [...]

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