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Companion planting is a technique gardeners can use to increase their yield, boost soil fertility, and reduce weeds and pests.

Buckets of water and fleece blankets can slow the freeze-and-frost process

Wilting and yellowing vegetation must be trimmed off fast — before they succumb to slugs and fungus.

You can plant lettuce, mustard greens, spinach, kale and radishes right now. They will either be ready for a fall harvest or will tolerate the winter’s cooler conditions and have a head start next spring.

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski encourages gardeners to continue watering and protecting their tender plants from near-frost conditions this week.

Removing a zucchini plant’s female flower, for example, can prevent the spread of fungus into the rest of the plant and the developing zucchini.