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Lettuce Companion Plants – The 10 Best and 5 Worst Plants

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Briana Yablonski

Lettuce’s simple growth form and flexibility in the kitchen makes it a must-have garden crop. Another thing that’s great about lettuce is that it plays nicely with lots of other …

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tomato pests

23 Tomato Pests – How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent Them

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Helga George

Not only are tomatoes the most widely consumed vegetable in the world, they are the “quintessential” crop for backyard gardeners. However, …

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Best tasting tomatoes

The 13 Best Tasting Tomatoes in 2023

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Briana Yablonski

If you’ve ever compared a tomato purchased from the grocery store in the winter with a tomato picked off the vine …

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