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This year, I joined a project that’s like a friendly chain letter — but instead of cluttering your inbox, we’re cluttering the planet with trees. 🌱

Every time someone joins through me, I pledge to plant another tree — and they can invite others too. It’s a growing community, reforesting the planet one connection at a time. 🌍

Our goal is simple: plant One Trillion Trees together. If you’re curious, I’ve shared the link in the comments!

Does anyone have photos or a video tutorial on how to properly prune Indian laurel ficus notida tree? Thanks in advance

I’ve inherited some raised beds at a place I recently moved to. The bed framing is in good shape, but there have not been any growing happening for about 5 years, and the bed is completely full with weeds that are 5 feet tall.

Could I cut the weeds at the ground, then put cardboard down and compost on top of that and plant right into it. Or will the weeds still come up?

Is there a better way to do start my garden?

Xposting across r/BackyardOrchard, r/gardening, r/Permaculture, and r/Berries. I have a currant bush, and I’m not 100% sure what type it is. A family member was very sure that it had yellow berries last year, but it is definitely not a Golden Currant, as the leaves look very different to what I see online. I know it’s not a gooseberry, as it doesn’t have thorns on the stems. I think it’s a Red Currant, but need some wiser opinions.

I’ve decided to try hopniss in my front garden and purchased a couple of tubers online. I received one medium tuber and a string of 3 small tubers. I’ve been looking for good information online about how to grow them and am not having much luck. The tubers were expensive and I want to give them the best chance to sprout. Can anyone point me to a good growing guide for hopniss? Google thinks I’m misspelling it half the time.

So I’m working with an arborist to get several loads of wood chips to cover approximately 5 acres, and once I spread it 6 inches thick and let it break down, what companion plants should I throw in the field along with my dryland pasture seed?