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Oct 10, 2018 · The following content illustrates the key differences between plants and animals with a comparison chart, characteristics and examples.
- Oak Trees. You probably already know that Oak trees produce acorns. You might even be aware that these incredible nut harvests are edible. But have you ever noticed how some years the ground is covered with acorns, while other years it seems like there’s almost none?
- Apple Trees. Animals will travel from far and wide to reap the benefits of a fruiting apple tree… deer, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, squirrels, and pretty much every other herbivore and omnivore.
- Spruce Trees. At the end of summer, the spruce cones ripen and inside each little cone hole is a tiny seed packing a pretty big punch of calorie dense protein & fat.
- Eastern Redcedar. As I mentioned in another article on coniferous tree identification, the eastern red cedar is actually in the Juniper family, so they produce bitter little blue medicinal berries that are enjoyed by cedar waxwings.
- Jeff Somers
- Radishes. What’s great about radishes is they make do with whatever soil you have to work with, and they grow incredibly fast—literally in three to four weeks.
- Lettuce. All garden greens (including spinach and arugula) grow very easily—and very quickly—but lettuce is probably the easiest. A cool-weather crop, just plant your seeds in the spring and fall, water them regularly, and in about 4 weeks you’ll have gorgeous baby lettuces popping up, ready to eat.
- Green beans. Green beans are not only delicious, but they store well. They can be frozen or pickled, so if your bumper crop of green beans is a little too bumper (which can certainly happen, as they’re easy to grow) you don’t have to mulch them.
- Onions. Onions are incredibly useful in the kitchen, and incredibly easy to grow. You can either buy dormant bulbs, which will mature faster, or start with seeds.
Nov 8, 2021 · Learn how to successfully sow pea seeds and get the best from your bean plants this season to enjoy sweet and crunchy harvests of edible pods and peas. Here’s everything you need to know to grow bumper crops of peas and beans from plugs or seeds, with specific, step-by-step growing advice and juicy top tips!
- BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
- Tomatoes with tagetes. French marigolds (Tagetes patula) give off a distinctive smell that whitefly hate – so planting them under tomatoes, especially in the greenhouse, helps keep this pest at bay.
- Dwarf French beans with kale. Kales and cabbages thrive on the extra nitrogen beans draw into the soil from the air; in return, they provide sturdy, natural support.
- Carrots with leeks. Carrot flies can zero in on a crop from a mile away with one sniff of crushed foliage, so growing pungent alliums, such as leeks, acts as a protective barrier.
- Brussels sprouts with nasturtiums. Nasturtiums can swamp low-growing crops but they're ideal companions for taller plants. They cover bare ground and lure aphids away from brassicas onto themselves.
Key points. Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright...
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Dec 4, 2023 · Despite the 2023 drought, Spencer harvested bumper crops of tomatoes, okra, potatoes and numerous vegetables, using several gardening techniques.
