Root day · descending moon, new moon

Harvest beetroot and celeriac before heavy frosts arrive, storing them in damp sand to keep roots firm and sweet.

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Dirca palustris
Polka dot plant with pink spotted leaves in a pot
Sweetfern fern-like foliage in close-up
Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up
Mountain mint silvery bracts and flowers
Jeffersonia diphylla twin leaf in woodland shade
Harvest squash before the first frost: timing and curing guide
Scindapsus pictus
Bletilla striata
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Polka dot plant with pink spotted leaves in a pot
Scindapsus pictus
Syngonium podophyllum
Stromanthe sanguinea
Philodendron hederaceum

Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up
Jeffersonia diphylla twin leaf in woodland shade
Dodecatheon meadia
Spring Bulb Blindness: Why Your Tulips Won't Flower Next Year
Stop Planting Spring Bulbs in Soggy Ground: The Timing Problem

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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