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How To Get Rid of Weeds What is the number 1 enemy of gardening? Weeds. They seem to always be around. There’s a number of reasons as to why they come around and a number of ways to get rid of them. So, lets get into it. If you see weeds, this isn’t necessarily a bad sign. It means that your soil is healthy. You could rip the weed out of the soil and think problem solved. Although, that’s not entirely how it works. Weeds are only really gone if you pull them out from the roots. Otherwise, they’ll make a reappearance before you know it. You can buy weed killer from the store, which works well. But there’s a diy you may not know about: vinegar. It’s inexpensive and chances are you may already have it in the kitchen. If you’re going to get rid of weeds, it would probably do you some good to figure out why they show up in the first place. Usually, this is because: the roots still remain in the soil as I stated earlier, if the roots are not pulled up with the weeds, then they will m

Fake Plants... Don't Overlook Them I love the idea of being surrounded by plants. It feels refreshing and elevates my mood. The only issue is that the older I get, the less free time I have. Being in my last year of college, I’m absolutely swamped with schoolwork. Along with that, I have responsibilities to look after while I do my internship. My point being there’s not enough time in the day. I used to have a few houseplants that I took great pride in. I had never really been able to keep anything alive for a very long time but yet I somehow kept my Birkin and Bonsai around for about a year and a half. Over the summer, I was rushing from one thing to the next and in the blink of an eye, my plants are dead. I wanted to move into my new apartment with a few plants but realistically they wouldn’t last. I don’t have the time or the sun exposure to keep them in a healthy state. My solution: fake plants . I feel as though fake plants are very underrated and overlooked. Yes, it’s no