{"id":6544,"date":"2017-09-17T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pantryparatus.com\/?p=6544"},"modified":"2017-10-16T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:11:00","slug":"companion-gardening-for-the-intimidated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pantryparatus.com\/articles\/companion-gardening-for-the-intimidated\/","title":{"rendered":"Companion Gardening for the Intimidated"},"content":{"rendered":"
When I was a kid, I loved gardens. When we had one at our house, I loved weeding because it meant eventually I\u2019d get to snack on yummy radishes. When teachers and grandparents wanted young labor to help in the gardens, I was always willing.<\/p>\n
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After college when I finally had a place that was really my own, I talked a lot about beginning a garden. But every time I started planning, I got overwhelmed<\/strong>. I was afraid that I wouldn\u2019t be able to keep bugs away without using chemicals and pesticides, and I didn\u2019t feel okay doing that.<\/p>\n It also felt like if I made the wrong decisions about what to plant, when to plant it, and what I planted next to each other, I would completely fail.<\/em><\/p>\n Of course, that\u2019s not how gardening works<\/strong>. While a lot of plants to have specific needs for optimum growth, many will manage to grow no matter what nature (or your black thumb) throws at them. This year I bought a handful of herbs, pepper plants, kale, and tomatoes, and started a small row of container planters along my driveway. I realize now that as long as you water with consistency and pay attention to what the plants are telling you, complete failure is unlikely.<\/p>\n