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Meet the plants: borage

According to legend, one should hold up a borage flower in both hands, silently recite the name of ones’ love, then let it fall into the water. If the borage moves with the water, then the love will fail- if the borage floats quietly in the middle of the water, the love will last forever. (lol on forever)…

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Meet the plants: carrots!

Carrots have one of the longest and richest histories preserved in the journals of agriculture. The earliest carrots date back to the tenth century in Persia and Asia Minor and don’t look anything like the domesticated, orange-rooted carrots we see in cartoons and supermarkets today.

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Meet the plants: fennel

As indicated by its scientific name, Foeniculum vulgare, fennel is not a favorite to other plants and keeping it separate is recommended. Fennel will inhibit the growth of many of our favorite garden varieties. It is also inhibited in the presence of coriander and wormwood, and will not form seed.

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Meet the plants: sunflower

The French call the sunflower tournesol, evoking the way the plant turns it’s head to bask in the sun. This behavior is called helioptropism; the young flower buds and blossoms will face east in the morning and follow the sun as the earth moves during the day. Because of this, the sunflower is thought to exemplify loyalty or adoration.

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Meet the plants: catnip

If you are prone to sunburns you have probably met “The Lily of the Desert,” aloe vera. An evergreen succulent plant species, aloe vera has antibacterial, antiviral, and antiseptic properties. The Egyptians idealized aloe vera and called it “the plant of immortality” because it can live and even bloom without soil

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