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June 3, 2022

Do we have to separate you two? Best, worst companion plants

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

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Like all legumes, snap peas capture nitrogen from the air and convert it into a form that nourishes the soil and the plants growing in it.

We gardeners spend so much time stressing over what our plants need that we often forget they grew just fine for millennia without us. Suppose we step back from our self-aggrandizing human nature and take our cues from actual nature instead?


 
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