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Leafy greens fizzle out in the summer? Does your lettuce bolt too soon?

Find out how to grow more leafy greens in your garden and how to extend your harvest so you can pick fresh salad greens as long as possible.

In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about crops ideas for leafy greens, how to plant leafy greens in a home garden or edible landscape, choosing greens crops for ongoing harvest, how to hurry up your spring harvest, and how to slow down bolting—even in hot weather. 

If you’re looking for more on leafy greens, check out this guide to 5 heat-tolerant salad greens.

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