Tips for a low-maintenance garden

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Good for beginner gardeners or those who don’t have much time!

• Plant wildflowers/plants native to your area (easy to keep alive and attracts pollinators!)
• Weeding is easiest when the ground is damp
• If you boil veggies, use the leftover (cooled) water to water your potted plants
• Grow herbs and/or fast-growing plants in pots 
• Grow delicate plants/plants that won’t do well in your climate indoors
• Research! Some plants are much easier to take care of than others 
• (For the love of everything good in this world, be careful with roses) 
• Focus on one project/plant/bed/etc at a time 
• Find a friend/neighbor/roommate/etc to share the garden with and lighten the load
• Buy starter plants/flowers instead of seeds
• OR, if you use seeds, start indoors
• Eggshells make great food for plants! 
• Plant natural pest repellents (marigolds, garlic and chives, etc)
• Mulch can be really helpful if you have the time/resources to put it down 
• Record what you do- it’ll save you headaches in the future when you forget what you did that worked (or didn’t work) 

Feel free to add on if I missed anything!