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      <image:title>Deep Mulch and Living Soil Through Sacramento-Sierra Heat</image:title>
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      <image:title>Heat-Tolerant Crops in the Valley and Shorter-Season Choices in the Foothills</image:title>
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      <image:title>Drip Zoning for Valley Heat, Foothill Slopes, and Water Limits</image:title>
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      <image:title>Mites, Stink Bugs, Rodents, and Heat Stress in Sacramento-Sierra Organic Gardens</image:title>
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      <image:title>Sacramento-Sierra Shade, Harvest Turnover, and Fall Preparation During Fire Season</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cucumber vines supported on garden netting during summer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Southwest&apos;s Second Spring: Rebuilding Soil and Restarting Food Production After Extreme Heat</image:title>
      <image:caption>Basket of cool-season vegetables and garlic for a Southwest fall garden</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Repairing Desert Soil After Heat and Monsoon Stress</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gloved hands applying soil amendment around a young desert-garden plant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Harvesting Monsoon Water and Resetting Irrigation for Southwest Fall</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Brown rodent in grass representing a confirmed Southwest garden pest pressure</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Purple-striped garlic bulbs arranged for Southwest fall planting choices</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Frost-covered cabbage illustrating two different Southwest winter garden tracks</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Protecting Southwest Soil Through Low-Desert Production and High-Desert Freeze</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gloved hands applying a soil amendment around a protected winter plant</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Winter Vegetables in the Low Desert and Protected Growing at Higher Elevations</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assorted vegetables representing Southwest low-desert winter crop choices</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Low-Evaporation Irrigation and Winter Salt Management in Southwest Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Drip emitter wetting mulch during low-evaporation winter irrigation</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Freeze Injury, Rodents, Aphids, and Winter Disease in Southwest Organic Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hand inspecting aphids on a leafy winter vegetable</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Low-Chill Fruit, Bare-Root Planting, and Perennial Protection in the Southwest</image:title>
      <image:caption>Young bare-root trees in nursery pots awaiting a suitable planting window</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>The Compressed Window Between Frost and Extreme Heat: A Southwest Spring Garden Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emerging seedlings representing a compressed Southwest spring planting window</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Building Heat-Ready Southwest Soil Before Temperatures Spike</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gloved hands applying soil amendment around a young plant before desert heat</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Fast-Maturing Crops and Heat-Ready Transplants for Low and High Deserts</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hands sowing seeds into a plug tray for Southwest spring transplants</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-spring-emitter-audit-mulch-wind</loc>
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      <image:title>Emitter Audits, Mulch Timing, and Wind Loss Before Southwest Summer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Water flowing from a drip emitter onto mulch before Southwest summer</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-spring-aphids-flea-beetles-whiteflies-ipm</loc>
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      <image:title>Aphids, Flea Beetles, Whiteflies, and Beneficial Insects Before Desert Heat</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hand inspecting aphids on tender spring vegetable growth</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Shade Structures, Supports, and Perennial Establishment for Southwest Spring</image:title>
      <image:caption>Young bare-root trees awaiting a suitable Southwest spring planting window</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-summer-grow-rest-cover-monsoon-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>Grow, Rest, or Cover: A Regenerative Plan for Southwest Heat and Monsoon Season</image:title>
      <image:caption>Raised beds representing grow, cover and rest choices for Southwest summer</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-summer-desert-soil-biology-extreme-heat</loc>
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      <image:title>Protecting Desert Soil Biology Under Extreme Heat</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gloved hands tending covered soil around a young plant during desert heat</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Which Desert Southwest Beds Should Grow, Carry Cover, or Rest Until Fall?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assorted vegetables representing Southwest summer bed production choices</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-summer-pulse-irrigation-monsoon-salinity</loc>
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      <image:title>Desert Southwest Pulse Irrigation, Monsoon Infiltration, and Salinity Control</image:title>
      <image:caption>Water flowing from a drip emitter onto mulch during desert pulse irrigation</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/southwest-summer-mites-whiteflies-ants-storm-disease</loc>
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      <image:title>Spider Mites, Whiteflies, Ants, and Storm-Related Disease in Southwest Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Curled leaves with yellow stippling inspected for spider-mite damage</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Starting the Southwest Fall Garden Under Shade</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vines climbing garden netting on a support structure during summer</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-fall-first-hard-freeze-soil-harvest-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>Working Backward from the First Hard Freeze: A Fall Soil-and-Harvest Plan for the Interior West</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fall vegetable garden beds prepared for cold weather</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-fall-cover-soil-before-freeze</loc>
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      <image:title>Covering Interior-West Soil Before It Becomes Too Cold to Establish Roots</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cover crop seedlings protecting garden soil</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-fall-garlic-roots-final-succession</loc>
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      <image:title>Interior-West Garlic, Roots, and Final Succession Crops Before the Hard Freeze</image:title>
      <image:caption>Garlic bulbs ready for planting</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-fall-reduce-irrigation-protect-high-desert-soil</loc>
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      <image:title>Reducing Irrigation Without Leaving High-Desert Soil Exposed</image:title>
      <image:caption>Drip irrigation tubing delivering water along a garden bed</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-fall-rodents-grasshoppers-freeze-damage</loc>
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      <image:title>Rodents, Grasshoppers, and Freeze-Damaged Plants in Interior-West Fall Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rodent beside garden plants in a cultivated bed</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Harvest, Storage, and Perennial Protection Before Interior-West Winter</image:title>
      <image:caption>Protective fabric covering garden rows before cold weather</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-winter-dormancy-short-season-garden-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>Using Dormancy to Build a Better Short-Season Garden in the Rockies and Interior West</image:title>
      <image:caption>Snow around dormant garden beds in winter</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Snow Cover, Bare Soil, and Freeze-Thaw: Protecting Interior-West Soil</image:title>
      <image:caption>Protective fabric covering garden rows during cold weather</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-winter-seeds-indoor-starts-short-season</loc>
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      <image:title>Planning Seeds and Indoor Starts for a Short Interior-West Growing Season</image:title>
      <image:caption>Seed-starting supplies arranged for indoor propagation</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Using Interior-West Snowpack and Water Outlook to Plan Next Season&apos;s Irrigation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Garden irrigation fittings and watering equipment</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Rodents, Storage Losses, and Dormant-Crop Problems in an Interior-West Winter</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rodent beside garden plants in a cultivated bed</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-winter-bare-root-alkaline-soil-orchard-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>Interior-West Bare-Root Ordering, Alkaline-Soil Testing, and Dormant Orchard Planning</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bare-root fruit tree with exposed roots ready for planting</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-spring-late-snow-soil-ready-garden-plan</loc>
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      <image:title>Wait for the Soil, Not the Calendar: A Late-Snow Spring Plan for the Interior West</image:title>
      <image:caption>Seedling trays prepared for a condition-based spring start</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-spring-thaw-drainage-alkaline-soil-readiness</loc>
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      <image:title>Thaw, Drainage, and Alkaline-Soil Readiness Before Interior-West Planting</image:title>
      <image:caption>Soil amendment material beside a garden bed</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/rockies-spring-low-tunnels-transplants-fast-crops</loc>
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