Tag: Gardening

Plants That Need To Grow Side By Side

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Companions help each other grow and use garden space efficiently. Tall plants, for example, provide shade for sun-sensitive shorter plants. Vines can cover the ground while tall stalks grow skywards, allowing two plants to occupy the same patch.

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Plants You Should Always Grow Side-By-Side (msn.com)

Mental Health~ Pottering

People who garden every day have wellbeing scores 6.6 per cent higher and stress levels 4.2 per cent lower than those who do not garden at all, the research from the Royal Horticultural Society found.

Pottering in the garden can improve wellbeing as much as exercise (msn.com)
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Flowers To Plant This Spring Season

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  • 1. Pansies
  • 2. Marigolds
  • 3. Petunias
  • 4. Zinnias
  • 5. Sunflowers
  • 6. Sweet Pea
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Companion Plants

26 Plants You Should Always Grow Side-By-Side (msn.com)

 Many believe that certain plant combinations have extraordinary (even mysterious) powers to help each other grow. Scientific study of the process, called companion planting, has confirmed that some combinations have real benefits unique to those pairings.

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a close up of a flower garden: Companion planting uses one species' advantages to help another. Check out these 13 power pairs!

Indoor Gardening, Yes You Can!

Indoor garden ideas: 16 ways to turn your home into a plant-filled haven (msn.com)

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Easy Flowers For You To Plant and Grow

15 Easiest Flowers to Grow (msn.com)

Slide 4 of 16: If we could pick the easiest flower ever, marigold would be our choice! Your grandma (and her grandma!) probably grew these sturdy old-fashioned favorites. These annuals are nearly indestructible, surviving heat and dry spells and blooming nonstop from planting until a hard frost. They come in varying heights from six inches to two feet in colors including sunny yellows, cheery oranges, and creamy whites. Shop Now
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Gardening~ How To Plant Rosehip

How to Plant Rose Hips (gardenguides.com)

Rose hips are the fruit that develops on the stem of a rose where the bloom once flowered and then faded. 

How to Plant Rose Hips (gardenguides.com)

Gardening Tricks

Sustainable tricks that will make you a better gardener (msn.com)

Slide 5 of 30: Coffee has lots of essential minerals that will fertilize the soil and stimulate plant growth.
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