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🌱 Home Garden Plants & Tools – Companion Planting & Smart Gardening Essentials

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A guide to home garden plants, companion planting pairings, and essential garden tools designed to create a thriving and balanced outdoor space. This collection features vegetables and flowers that grow well together, support healthy soil, and natura...
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Things to plant

 
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Great paired next to tomatoes as they keep bugs away. Also great for just keeping insects away in general.
Lowe's Multicolor Marigold in 18-Pack Tray
 
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These are great not just for cooking but plant them near decks and front porches where you at get wasps. They don’t like the scent and you can use for cooking
Basil Herb Plants at Lowes.com
 
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Great around the yard especially where water can gather or surrounding a pool. This helps keep mosquitoes away as well as wasps
Bonnie Plants Citronella in 2.32-Quart Planter
 
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These babies smell wonderful. Only thing is unless you have controlled area do not plant these in the ground as they will take over. So I have these in planters. They are a natural mosquito repellent as bugs don’t like that lemon scent. You can turn ...
Bonnie Plants 19 oz. Lemon Balm Herb Plant (2-Pack) 202018
 
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Tulips are wonderful flowers that come back every year so choose a place and plant them before winter. When spring hits you’ll have beautiful tulips
Tulip - Flower Bulbs
 
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Hardy and great for protection. I have planted these under windows to our home because nobody will sneak in or out. (Lol) also they don’t require much care. They may need a trim from time to time but over all easy.
Knock Out Rose Roses at Lowes.com

Garden tools

 
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Great gardening gloves with claws. This is an easy way to plant in pots because your hands are the tools.
Gardening Gloves, Garden & Landscaping Tools
 
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These hand trowels are amazing from dollar tree. I have purchase two already. One wide and one slim. The handle is soft grip but the tool itself is steel. Dollar tree is great for items you would never think to go to them for.
Garden Collection Soft-Grip Handle Trowels, 12 in.
 
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This is the perfect shovel for anyone over 5’9”. My husband is 6’6” and nobody wants to kill there backs having to bend low.
Razor-Back 48.75 in. Fiberglass Handle Square Point Shovel 2594500
 
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For a tall family that’s enjoying yard and garden work. We are finding that the razorback brand works for us. They have long handles for most tools. The quality is excellent. Worth every penny
Razor-Back - Rakes