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Gardening with allergies

What You Need To Know About Gardening With Allergies

Gardening with allergies

Do you have allergies?

Would you like to garden, but struggle with allergies?

Allergies are no fun. I for one know this because I have bad allergies. I have them in the spring and in the fall. This spring has been one of the worst that I can remember.

Today, I wanted to take some time to share with you about the top plants to grow if you suffer from allergies and how to fight against those allergies by simply eating food.

According to the New York Daily News, we are in for a tough allergy season this year. The polar-vortex somehow created the perfect environment for trees to pollinate, causing allergies sufferers to grab for even more tissues.

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3 Easy Heat Loving Flowers to Grow This Summer

3 Easy Heat Loving Flowers to Grow This Summer

Black eyed susans

Are you looking for an easy to grow flower that thrives in the heat?

For today’s article, we are looking at 3 different flowers that are heat and drought tolerate. With summer’s temperatures claiming the country, these are the perfect flowers to plant.

Not only are these flowers unaffected by the heat, they are also easy to grow making them a perfect addition to our Beginner Gardening Series. This is our weekly Wednesday series where we share only easy to grow or beginner tips. These Wednesday articles are to help turn any thumb green.

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How to grow lettuce in 6 easy steps

Beginner Gardener Tips: How to Plant Lettuce in 6 Easy Steps

How to Plant Lettuce in 6 Easy Steps

Are you looking to plant lettuce this season?

Would you like a fresh organic lettuce in your salads?

Planting and growing lettuce does not have to be hard. In fact, any beginner gardener can do it. That makes it a perfect topic for this week’s Beginner Gardening Wednesday.

Every Wednesday, we publish articles that have topics that are designed to aid beginner gardeners. Our goal is help anyone new to gardening succeed. We have covered a lot from information from growing new trees to a comprehensive guide to growing hydrangeas.

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May Gardening Tips for the Northeast Region

May gardening tips northeast

Would you love to grow your own lettuce?

Are you finding moles in your yard?

This weekend, my family and I were in Ohio for a short visit. I was surprised to see frost on the grass Sunday morning. For that reason alone, many Northeasterners wait until Memorial Day to plant their warm-season crops, new plants and flowers.

This coming weekend is Memorial Day weekend. It is almost time to get out there and plant.

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How to Grow Sweet Potatoes – From Planting to Caring

Sweet Potatoes

Would you love to be able to grow your own sweet potatoes?

At my house, lately we have been eating sweet potatoes at almost every dinner. They are as easy and tasty way to get a serving of vegetables. Plus there are so many ways to cook them, they never get boring.

The health benefits of sweet potatoes outweigh starchy dinner alternatives. Linda Antinoro, a registered dietitian at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts stated “We would encourage people to eat a sweet potato rather than other starches,” according to Boston.com.

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Comprehensive Guide on How to Grow Perfect Hydrangeas

Comprehensive Guide on How to grow Perfect Hydrangeas

Would you like to add some hydrangeas to your yard, but don’t know where to start?

Welcome back to Beginner Gardening Wednesday. This is our weekly series in which we focus on making gardening easy and fun. This week, we are providing a guide to the perfect hydrangea for your yard.

Hydrangeas are a great addition to any yard. Today, we are sharing with you some great tips from how to plant and care for hydrangeas, how to grow breathtaking hydrangeas, and how to pick the perfect hydrangea for your yard.

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May Gardening Tips for the Mountain/Midwest Region

May Gardening Tips for the Mountain/Midwest Region

When can I plant warm season flowers?

What fruits and vegetables can I plant in May?

The month of May is here and it is beginning to look a lot more like spring. It is time to finally get to that gardening and lawn “to do” list that we have been putting off. To help us with that to do list, every Monday here at Rootwell Products Inc, we publish gardening tips for specific regions.

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2014 Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen – What you need to know

2014 Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen - What you need to know

Which fruits and vegetables have the highest levels of pesticides?

The EWG has done it again. They have published this year’s list of fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest levels of pesticides. They have cleverly separated the fruits and vegetables into the Clean Fifteen- the produce with the lowest levels and the Dirty Dozen Plus- the produce with the highest levels.

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