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Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Jan. 1

New year starts soggy, with more rain on the way

Looking for a bargain? Plant bare root

Fruit trees, roses, berries and more available 'naked' and ready to plant

A coffee cake to make for a busy week

Pears contrast with tart cranberries

Enjoy mandarins in a creamy parfait

Try mandarins in an easy parfait dessert

Super-ripe persimmon pulp makes for plump cookie

Treat features fruit and a special ingredient

Are you ready for a big chill? How about your plants?

Prepare for frost with these handy tips

Pick pomegranates before the rain makes them split

We also have tips on how to seed them without a mess

This fall favorite uses a different orange fruit

It’s persimmon season! Try them in a baked pudding

An (almost) no-bake pie for the end of summer

This creamy dessert won’t heat up the kitchen like most fruit pies.

You’ll have this easy chutney down P.A.T.

P.A.T. Chutney combines plums (or pluots), apricots and tomatoes

Too much heat can lead to sunburned apples

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 31

Get OFF! Be on the alert for this bad bug

Feature fresh peaches in an easy turnover

Summer treat makes use of frozen puff pastry

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of July 24

Pretty pluots team with spinach and pecans in summer salad

Pluot-spinach salad with fig balsamic vinaigrette

How to help your fruit trees survive drought, triple-digit heat

To a nation of gardeners, some happy statistics

Summer fruit get together in this easy, creamy dessert

Tutti frutti clafoutis uses mix of plums, apricots, blueberries

What’s wrong with my berries? Heat, drought and lack of bees