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How to Keep Container Plants From Drying Out Too Fast

Are you tired of watering your potted plants every day or even twice a day, only to watch them wilt or dry out too soon? Here are 6 common mistakes you might be making, plus the simple fixes that keep container soil moist and healthy all summer long.

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Garden of Eatin’

How to Keep Container Plants From Drying Out Too Fast

All Garden of Eatin’ Articles

Sprouting Squash… From Inside a Squash

Wild Zaatar Oregano: An Update

My Favorite Things About Summer

Fig Beetles: Bumbling Pilots of the Garden

Some Seed Inspiration For You

Golden Bantam Sweet Corn (With a Cilantro-Lime Butter Recipe!)

Baby Opossums

True French Sorrel (and Your Garden on Toast)

My Mammoth Garlic

Anatomy of an Artichoke

Purple of Romagna Artichokes

Malibu Compost Makes Some Sweet Tea (Plus a Giveaway!)

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