Companion Planting

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Mar 052014
 

This gardening cheat-sheet shows plants that grow well together, combinations that help control pests and bugs, combinations that are good for your garden in general, and plants that should never go near each other.

Companion Planting
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Companion planting is one of the best techniques to grow a better garden and naturally repel pests. Some plants thrive next to certain other plants, while being completely incompatible with others (much like humans!). This infographic tells you at a glance the combinations that work best.P

It highlights, for example, how thyme can be paired with just about any of the other plants in the list to improve your garden. Beans, on the other hand, are much pickier about their neighboring plants.

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The Various Varieties of Vegetables

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Apr 122013
 

The Various Varieties of Vegetables
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The most extensive mapping of vegetables ever! We have lovingly illustrated and charted over 400 crops, from Root Vegetables like Potatoes and the Prairie Turnip to lesser-known verified veggies like Courgette Flowers and the Ghostbuster Eggplant to the very many vegetables which are, botanically speaking, actually fruits.

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Random Riddle: 1-7-2013

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Jan 072013
 

Asparagus and rhubarb

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Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?