Spring is on its way and I’m sure many of you are getting ready to plant your garden. A lot of gardeners promote companion gardening. Believing that plants do better next to other plants.
Here is a great article from the Farmer’s Almanac
https://www.almanac.com/content/companion-planting-guide
Happy Gardening!
Mary
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