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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

Why every gardener should know about the 3-hour gardening rule – professionals offer this warning

A garden in the sunshine

The internet recently has been awash with a warning for gardeners to stay out of their yards for three hours a day. The advice is to put your backyard ideas on hold and not do any gardening between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm.

With a heatwave currently striking and climate change pushing global temperatures up, our summers are getting hotter and this does undoubtedly have an impact on how people garden at home. 

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