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Fabric Grow Bags for Tomatoes and Potatoes, and What Size to Buy

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

Four fabric grow bags, from a 5 gallon starter set to a 20 gallon bag for potatoes, with container sizes by crop from three Extension services and when a bucket will do.

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Garden Kneeler and Seat or Flat Pad: Which One to Buy

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

Two garden kneelers that flip into a seat and two flat kneeling pads, with what the handles are for, the pad sizes and thicknesses the listings give, and when raised beds mean you may not need one.

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How to Plan a Sensory Garden, Even in a Single Pot

Mind & Wellbeing / Gin

A sensory garden can be as small as one container. What it is, how care settings use the idea, a plant for each of the five senses, a seat, and how to start with a pot or a corner.

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a drooping peace lily in a plain pot on a side table beside a window with a sheer curtain

Peace Lily Care: Why It Droops and What It Needs

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

A drooping peace lily is often telling you it needs water. How to water it, what brown tips and green flowers mean, why it may not bloom, and when to repot.

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Watering Cans for Houseplants and Outdoor Pots: Which One to Buy

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

Four watering cans by where your plants live: two with a long thin spout for houseplants, a two-gallon can for outdoor pots, and a galvanized steel can for the patio. Plus why a full two-gallon can weighs about 16.6 pounds of water, and how to check the soil before you pour.

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hands cutting a handful of microgreens from a shallow tray on a kitchen windowsill

How to Grow Microgreens on a Winter Windowsill

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

Microgreens are ready to cut about 10 to 14 days after sowing. Here are the seeds, the tray, the light and the watering, then how to cut, wash and store them, in the order you need them.

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What Is Horticultural Therapy, and Does Your Gardening Count?

Mind & Wellbeing / Gin

Horticultural therapy is gardening facilitated by a registered horticultural therapist within a treatment, rehabilitation or vocational plan, so gardening at home on your own is a different thing. Here is the definition, how the two differ, what two research reviews found and where their limits are.

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a woman opening a living room window beside a shelf of houseplants

Do Houseplants Purify the Air in Your Home?

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

Houseplants removed chemicals in small sealed test chambers, but a 2019 review and the EPA found no evidence that they clean the air in a home. Here is what was measured, and what helps instead.

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a man snipping basil from a pot on his kitchen counter on a grey winter day

Indoor Herb Garden Kits vs a Windowsill: Which to Choose for Winter Herbs

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

A south window with about eight hours of sun can grow herbs in pots. Without one, a countertop garden with its own light does it. Four picks, which herbs work indoors, and what upkeep a kit asks for.

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Snake Plant Care for Beginners: How Little Water It Really Wants

Easy Plants & Setup / Gin

A snake plant handles dim rooms and missed weekends, but too much water rots its roots. Here is how to check the soil, pick a spot, choose a pot and mix, read the leaves, and repot.

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