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How to Propagate plants in water
How to Propagate Plants in Water: A Simple Beginner’s Guide One of the simplest methods for growing new plants from cuttings is to propagate plants in water. A container, some water, a clean pair of scissors, and a healthy plant are all you need. Better yet, it can be surprisingly fulfilling to watch roots grow…
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Fast Growing Vegetables: 9 Vegetables You Can Harvest Quickly
Fast Growing Vegetables: 9 Vegetables You Can Harvest Quickly In my initial days of gardening, I made the mistake of thinking that it required a lot of patience growing vegetables. I pictured sowing seeds and having to wait months for a harvest. The first vegetable that I successfully harvested were tomatoes, which are pretty easy…
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Best Plants for Kitchen: 11 Easy and beautiful plants to grow
Best Plants for Kitchen: 11 Easy and beautiful plants to grow The best plants for kitchen spaces are always the ones that are most useful while being decorative and easy to care for. I always though the kitchen was a place for cooking, organizing and keeping my counters from looking cluttered. It never occurred to…
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Plants That Are Hard to Kill: 6 Nearly Indestructible Houseplants
Plants That Are Hard to Kill: 6 Nearly Indestructible Houseplants Once upon a time, I genuinely thought gardening wasn’t my thing. Whenever I would pass by a plant store or a nursery, I would admire the beautiful green leaves and imagine how it would look in my living room. Then I would brush off the…
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Natural Fertilizers for Plants: Natural ways to feed your plants
Natural Fertilizers for Plants: A Simple Guide to Healthier Plants Naturally Natural fertilizers are one of the best and most economical ways to feed your plants. When I first started gardening from my balcony, I believed that all my plants needed to be healthy, were sunlight and water. I thought that as long as I…
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Outdoor Plants that are Low maintenance and need Minimal Care
Low-maintenance outdoor plants that need Minimal Care When I first started gardening, I thought all plants needed the same kind of care and attention which was daily watering, sunlight and regular feeding. Only after losing my fair share of plants, did I realize that some plants can practically take care of themselves. They don’t need…
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How to Style a money plant
How to style a money plant If there is only one plant I could recommend for a beginner, it is the money plant, also called as pothos. It was one of the first plants I ever owned and after years of gardening I can still say that this is the easiest plant to grow. Money…
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How long does it take for tomatoes to grow?
Timeline for growing tomatoes – How long does it take for tomatoes to grow? Growing tomatoes is extremely rewarding but I’ll be honest – I’m an impatient gardener. When I planted my first tomato plant, I expected to see instant results. This is probably the reason I failed at gardening for so many years. I…
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How to grow tomatoes on a balcony in containers
How I grow tomatoes on my balcony in containers I never set out to become someone who knew how to grow tomatoes on their balcony. I was barely managing keeping my two houseplants alive, which I only bought because I was told they were low maintenance. Then one day, my family friend told me she…
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Gardening with 5 minutes a day
Gardening With Just 5 Minutes a Day: A Busy Mom’s Guide to a Thriving Garden Wouldn’t you love to have organic fruits and vegetables growing right from your garden? That’s the dream, isn’t it? With family responsibilities, work and multiple things on your mind, gardening can seem impossible. Well, let me tell you, it is…