[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/post/fall-gardening-projects":3,"/blog/post/fall-gardening-projects-surround":92,"/blog/post/fall-gardening-projects-related":103},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"badge":10,"body":12,"date":80,"description":81,"extension":82,"image":83,"meta":85,"navigation":86,"path":87,"seo":88,"stem":89,"tags":90,"__hash__":91},"posts/3.blog/post/fall-gardening-projects.md","Fall Gardening Projects",[7],{"name":8,"to":9},"Teija Johanson","",{"label":11},"Landscaping",{"type":13,"value":14,"toc":73},"minimark",[15,19,24,34,45,49,52,56,64],[16,17,18],"p",{},"Now that summer is over and the days are getting shorter, it’s all too common for people to allow their gardens to go dormant until spring. But just because it has gotten colder doesn’t mean your yard has to lie fallow for months. There are plants that have adapted to cooler weather and vegetables that thrive in the later part of the year. Planting appropriately can extend beautiful blooms late into the fall and prepare your garden for spring.",[20,21,23],"h3",{"id":22},"vegetables","Vegetables",[16,25,26,33],{},[27,28],"img",{"alt":29,"className":30,"src":32},"Freshly harvested potatoes held in hands",[31],"rounded-lg","https://bprassets.s3.amazonaws.com/blogfiles/assets/images/post/Body%20Pics/09-22-16_images/freshly-harvested-potatoes-held-in-hands.jpg","\nThere are an abundance of fall vegetables that you can grow for yourself, keeping your recipes fresh and your grocery bills low. It’s important to time your planting based on temperatures in the fall. You can grow a large variety of foods as long as you ensure that they have the time to grow to maturity before the first late-fall freeze.",[16,35,36,37,44],{},"The variety of plants that you can grow in the fall is wide. Leafy greens do well, and many greens are frost tolerant. 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