{"product_id":"jasons-garden-guides-volume-3-squash-and-cucumbers","title":"Jason's Garden Guides Volume 3 - Squash and Cucumbers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWilted at noon is theater. Wilted at dawn is a funeral.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePage one of Volume One, Jason mentioned there's a dragon in his garden and it eats squash bugs. You probably thought that was a bit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIt was a job description. This is the volume where Ember goes to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSquash, Zucchini \u0026amp; Cucumbers\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the easiest family in the garden and the one that breaks the most hearts. Cucurbits germinate like they're being paid. They sprawl over everything you own. They hand a single household forty pounds of food off an eleven-cent seed — and then one Tuesday in July, a plant that was fine at breakfast is dead by dinner, and nobody ever tells you why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSo this is really two books. The first half is \u003cstrong\u003ehow to get too much\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is the easy part. The second half is \u003cstrong\u003ethe four things that will kill it\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is the part you can't find in a beginner book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBush or vine\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of them expands, the other one travels, and only one can be stopped by a fence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePut the seed in the ground\u003c\/strong\u003e — why direct-sown beats transplanted, and why 70°F soil is non-negotiable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe zucchini math\u003c\/strong\u003e — one to two pounds \u003cem\u003ea day\u003c\/em\u003e, per plant, for two months. Plant one. One.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoy flowers, girl flowers, and a paintbrush\u003c\/strong\u003e — why your baby fruit shrivels and rots off, and the five-minute fix before nine in the morning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe squash vine borer\u003c\/strong\u003e — the killer nobody names until it's too late: how to spot the orange sawdust, how to stop the moth before she lays, and how to slit the stem, pull the grub out, and save the plant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSquash bugs and cucumber beetles\u003c\/strong\u003e — fight the eggs, never the adults, and the plank-on-the-ground trick that catches the whole convention at dawn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowdery mildew is coming. Relax.\u003c\/strong\u003e — why August white dust usually means the plant is \u003cem\u003efinishing\u003c\/em\u003e, not failing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBitter, bent, and hollow\u003c\/strong\u003e — what stress does to a cucumber, and the four days that turn a zucchini into a canoe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe glut, and how to bank it\u003c\/strong\u003e — pick daily, look under the leaves, and cure winter squash so it feeds you in February\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePlus a full-page \u003cstrong\u003eVine Triage\u003c\/strong\u003e table for the morning something looks wrong, and a one-page checklist for the whole season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22 pages. Original watercolor illustration on every page. Ember, insufferable as ever.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrow. Learn. Share.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BladeAndBinder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50233091293436,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/0472\/3452\/files\/jasonsGardenGuideVolume3cover.png?v=1784290699","url":"https:\/\/bladeandbinder.com\/products\/jasons-garden-guides-volume-3-squash-and-cucumbers","provider":"BladeAndBinder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}