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Late-Season Square Foot Garden: What to Plant & How to Feed

Too late for tomatoes/peppers from seed. Buy seedlings. Still time for: summer squash, beets, lettuce (heat-tolerant), cabbage, beans. Skip corn, melons.

Soil fix: 2" aged manure/peat over whole bed (not trowel-per-hole). Fall: compost + shredded leaves. Mulch now. Intensive planting works if soil is rich.

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