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7 Memorial Day Plants That Will Hit You Right in the Heart

Some plants are just plants. But others carry meaning, the kind that doesn’t fade with the seasons. Memorial Day isn’t just a date on the calendar. It’s a moment to reflect, to remember, and to feel...

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This One Trick Keeps Slugs Away

I didn’t notice the slugs at first. Just a few holes in my lettuce leaves. A chunk missing from a marigold. Nothing too dramatic. Probably wind, I told myself. Or a squirrel with commitment issues....

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7 Garden Myths That Are Wasting Your Time

When I started gardening, I took every tip as gospel. If someone told me something killed slugs or made tomatoes sweeter, I believed it. No questions asked. Turns out, a lot of that advice was… not...

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The Garden Tip That Just Won’t Die (But Probably Should)

There’s a bag of white crystals under my sink that’s been there for years. Not the exciting kind. The gardening kind. I bought it during my “let’s fix everything with a sprinkle of something” phase,...

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9 Garden Products That Are A Waste of Money

If you’ve ever stared at a shiny new garden tool in the hardware store and thought, “Ooooh, I bet that’ll make me a better gardener,” this one’s for you. We’ve all done it. Bought something because it...

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12 Plants You Can Easily Propagate for Free

What’s better than a plant you love? One that makes more of itself for free. No shopping, no guilt, just a quick snip and a bit of patience. Propagation sounds fancy, but it’s basically copy and paste...

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Why Your Garden Needs Something Purple

I didn’t care about purple. Not in clothes, not in flowers, not in anything. It always felt a bit too… much. Then I planted a single lavender bush. Just one. The bees showed up. The neighbors stopped...

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11 Scraps That Are Garden Gold

Before you hurl that soggy paper towel into the bin or scrape your dinner leftovers into the trash, hold up. Your garbage is trying to tell you something. It’s whispering, “Hey, I could’ve been...

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6 Surprising Things Baking Soda Does in the Garden

Baking soda is one of those things that lives in the back of your pantry for years. It’s always there, usually half-used, mostly forgotten, and occasionally called into service when something smells...

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Why June Might Be Too Late for These Plants

June feels like prime gardening time. The sun’s out. The soil’s warm. You’ve finally banished the last of the frost-paranoia. It should be the perfect moment to grow just about anything, right? Well,...

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Grow These 5 Superfoods Indoor This June – No Garden Required

Superfoods. The word gets thrown around so often, it’s starting to sound like something Marvel trademarked. But behind the marketing fluff, some of these plants really do live up to the hype —...

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5 No-Fail Ways to Vacation Without Killing Your Plants

Your suitcase is packed, your out-of-office reply is set, and your neighbor is eyeing your tomato patch like it owes them money. You’re ready for vacation. But your garden? Not so much. Unlike your...

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7 Plants That Feed Birds Without Looking Like a Bird Feeder

Bird feeders are nice. Until they aren’t. One strong wind, a squirrel uprising, or a week of forgetting to refill it and suddenly it’s just a weird plastic ornament hanging from a pole. But there’s a...

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What You Should Be Planting Come June According to Your Hardiness Zone

June hits differently in every garden. In some places, it’s tomato season. In others, it’s still “don’t even think about basil” weather. That’s where hardiness zones come in — not as rules, but as a...

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June Garden Hacks for Florida and Other Hot Zones (USDA 8-11)

This article centers around a comprehensive gardening video by YouTuber Jerra, who specializes in homesteading, gardening, and backyard food production. The video in question serves as the ultimate...

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I Fixed One Planting Habit. The Results? Wild.

I used to think I was pretty decent at gardening. My tomatoes weren’t dying. The lettuce showed up on time. Even my basil was vaguely behaving. But something always felt a little… off. Like the garden...

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9 Garden Tasks to Skip When It’s Too Hot

When it’s 85 degrees in the shade and your shirt is already clinging to your back before you even grab the trowel, it’s time to rethink what “productive” really means in the garden. This isn’t one of...

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7 Reasons Your Tomato Leaves Are Turning Yellow

You wait all spring for your tomato plants to finally look like something. And just when they do — boom — yellow leaves. Not one. Not two. A whole bottom row, fading like an old newspaper. First...

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What “Full Sun” Really Means

If you’ve ever stood in the gardening aisle squinting at a seed packet that says “Full Sun” and thought, Sure, I’ll just put it somewhere bright, you’re not alone. But “full sun” doesn’t just mean it...

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Add This to Your Plant Pots Before Summer Hits

It always starts the same way. You water your potted plants in the morning, everything looks fresh and smug, and then by 3 PM they’re collapsing like they just ran a marathon. Leaves limp, soil...

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