As summer winds down, many gardeners assume it’s too late to plant anything new. However, August is a fantastic time to start a variety of vegetables that will be ready to harvest in the cooler days of fall. These quick-growing crops can provide you with fresh produce well into the autumn months. Here are ten vegetables perfect for planting in August for a quick fall harvest.

10 Vegetables to Plant in August for a Quick Fall Harvest

I love growing tomatoes. When it comes to tomatoes, I find that container gardening works best for me. And the results are the best! Fresh-picked tomatoes are one of the most delicious vegetables out there, but if you’re anything like me, you find that you just can’t eat all the tomatoes you grow before they start going bad.

How To Store Tomatoes To Make Them Last

When the sun is blazing, it’s only natural for that cool ice cream craving to strike. Picking up ice cream during a heatwave is a no-brainer, but what's harder is selecting which ice cream to stock your freezer with. Do you want a pint or quart? What brand? And, most importantly, which flavor?

Turkey Hill Has 7 New Ice Cream Flavors Coming to Shelves Soon

As a child who grew up on frequent snacks of “ants on a log,” a college student who subsisted on a fair amount of celery with hummus during study sessions, and now a kid-at-heart who enjoys all of the above and a wide variety of other celery recipes, I’ve invested in and devoured my fair amount of the vegetable.

How to Store Celery So It Doesn't Go Limp for 3 Weeks

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Among all the delicious snacks of the '90s, Fruit String Thing remains iconic, despite its relatively short-lived glory. Let's look back at the fruity snack.

A Brief History Of The Discontinued '90s Snack, Fruit String Thing

Georgia State

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The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

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Doctor Tests Strawberries To See If Spending More on Organics Is Worth the Price

From late May to September, it's peach season up and down the east coast of the United States. Farmers markets and orchards are suddenly flush with the fuzzy, delicious, juicy fruit piled high in baskets, perfect for eating fresh, baking into peach pies, or canning for cold winter nights when we're reminiscing about the warmer weather. If you trek out to the orchard and fill up a few baskets of peaches, you'll need to store these stone fruits appropriately, even in the short term.

The Best Way To Store Peaches

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This fresh peach smoothie is so tasty and easy to make. Fresh peaches are in season this time of year and we love using them in simple recipes. The texture is smooth and creamy, the color is a beautiful soft peach, and the taste is delicious.

Delicious Peach Smoothie: Easy Recipe with Fresh Peaches

The best way to enjoy an abundance of fresh food during the growing season is by practicing the "cut-and-come-again" harvesting method—and, of course, planting vegetable varieties that are best suited for this practice. Cut-and-come-again is a gardening practice that involves harvesting only the outer, mature leaves of the plant, leaving young leaves or root systems alone. This means numerous small harvests from the same plants, allowing new growth to form and mature. In doing so, you’ll be able to graze on fresh vegetables all season long.

10 Cut-and-Come-Again Vegetables That Supply Fresh Produce All Season

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

An authentic banana natural flavor ingredient extracted directly from fruit processing streams. Can be used as a building block for FTNF or natural flavors or directly as a restoration aroma for juices. You will find source for puree-like, sweet and ripe notes. Use it in your new creations. For the...

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Coconut shrimp is such a treat! It's sweet, savory, golden, crispy goodness is completely addicting. It checks off all the boxes for a great appetizer or the main star of the night. Start to finish, this only takes about 20-30 minutes. Here's what you need to make two servings:

Coconut Shrimp with Sweet Chili Sauce

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RDMedically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RDSquash are vining vegetables that belong to the Cucurbitaceae family. Squash are categorized as winter or summer squash, depending on the stage at which they're consumed.Unlike winter squash, which are harvested and then stored, sometimes for many months, before they're consumed, summer squash, such as zucchini, are eaten when the fruits are still immature.Though most people are familiar with more popular types of summer squash, like zucchini, there are a number of unique and delicious varieties that are packed with nutrients that can benefit overall health.Here are 10 types of summer...

10 Types of Summer Squash To Try

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Potatoes are easy to grow in your garden where you can experiment with different varieties. When to harvest potatoes depends on your region and the type you're growing. Spuds are a warm-season crop in the North, because frost and light freezes will kill the tops, and a cool-season crop in the South and West. Here’s what you need to know about how and when to harvest potatoes to get the most out of this versatile vegetable.

Here's Exactly When to Harvest Potatoes (Plus How to Do It Correctly)

There’s nothing more refreshing than a slice of homegrown watermelon on a warm summer’s day. Growing watermelon is a fun and rewarding experience that’s not too different from growing cucumbers, pumpkins, or squash. Unfortunately, there are a handful of diseases that you need to watch out for...

7 Common Watermelon Diseases and How to Treat Them

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If you're considering settling down in North Carolina, Niche has released its annual rankings of the best places to buy a house in the state. The rankings are based on home values, property taxes, home ownership rates, housing costs, and real estate trends.

Where are the best places to buy a house in NC? New report reveals top-ranked cities

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When To Harvest Your Fruits and Vegetables For Peak Flavor

With so many crops ripening now in the summer garden, knowing indicators of peak...

When To Harvest Your Fruits and Vegetables For Peak Flavor

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