Q: Now that the squash and other vegetables are withered in my raised bed garden, can I till the dried vines into the bed where they grew or should they be put in the compost pile? According to the planting charts, I can plant more squash to see if they produce another crop. I will wait a little longer on the spinach and lettuce. 

A: Unless the previous vegetable plants were greatly diseased, I see no problem in tilling them into the soil and planting a new crop of vegetables for fall and winter.

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