Fruit day · descending moon, waning crescent

Hang bunches of freshly harvested chillies upside down in a dry, airy room to preserve their heat and colour naturally through winter.

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Harvest squash before the first frost: timing and curing guide
Scindapsus pictus
Bletilla striata
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Why autumn wasps are abandoning your garden—and what replaces them
Pile of golden, lace-edged fried sage leaf fritters on a wire rack and rustic plate, lemon wedges, flaky salt, fresh grey-green sage sprigs beside
Dodecatheon meadia
Spring Bulb Blindness: Why Your Tulips Won't Flower Next Year
Syngonium podophyllum
Stop Planting Spring Bulbs in Soggy Ground: The Timing Problem

Scindapsus pictus
Syngonium podophyllum
Stromanthe sanguinea
Philodendron hederaceum
Maranta leuconeura

Dodecatheon meadia
Spring Bulb Blindness: Why Your Tulips Won't Flower Next Year
Stop Planting Spring Bulbs in Soggy Ground: The Timing Problem
Spring bulbs in heavy clay: the planting trick most guides omit
Stop Watering Your Newly Planted Bulbs—Here's Why and When to Resume

Medicinal plants

Close-up of fresh lemon verbena leaves being harvested by hand in a summer garden
Fresh elderflower clusters in full bloom on a Sambucus nigra shrub in summer garden
Close-up of overgrown flowering thyme with woody stems in a summer herb garden
Fresh aloe vera leaf broken open revealing thick clear gel on sunburned skin
Freshly harvested lavender and chamomile bundles laid on a rustic wooden surface in summer sunlight

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