Homestead farmingGrowing apples in a cold climate: a city forester's advice for home trees
After wind and a late frost cost her apple harvest, a South Dakota columnist asked a city forester how to choose, plant and protect backyard fruit trees.
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Homestead farmingHow to grow garlic: plant cloves in autumn, harvest next summer
University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein explains that garlic, a cool-season crop, is planted in September in well-drained, organic soil and harvested the following July or August.
CropsNine flowering plants to set out in Ashar, the first month of Bengal's monsoon
The rain and humidity of Ashar make it a good time to plant new seedlings, Jagonews24 reported on 12 June 2026, naming beli, jui, gandharaj, dolonchampa, hasnahena, rain lily, balsam, sthalpadma and allamanda for gardens and pots.