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9 Flowers You Should Grow in Your Vegetable Garden

Companion planting is one of the most beneficial ways to grow a garden. Growing certain plants together can encourage healthy growth, repel harmful insects, and attract beneficial .

Garden, Herbs, Homesteading

How to Grow and Harvest Rosemary

Are you a beginner gardener? Growing rosemary is one of the easiest herbs to grow, and luckily, it’s also one of the most popular. This hardy perennial will come back year after year as .

Garden, Herbs, Homesteading

How to Grow and Harvest Basil

Basil is one of the most popular herbs around. As an annual, it must be re-planted every year. If you allow basil to go to seed, many times basil will seed itself and the planting will .

Garden, Homesteading, Vegetables

Growing and Harvesting Thyme

Thyme is most known as a Mediterranean herb with medical purposes as well as a wonderful culinary addition to savory dishes. German Thyme is very similar, except it does very well in .

Flowers, Garden, Vegetables

Adding Marigolds to Your Vegetable Garden

Companion planting is all about planting flowers, shrubs, fruits or vegetables that help one another. In the vegetable garden, there are a number of vegetables that grow better .