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A view from my porch my two gardens are pretty well shaded making a lot of vegetables a real challenge to grow.
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Garlic, leeks, onions, summer herbs, tomatoes and purple cabbages in the east garden.
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Mullien, Phlox, Blue Vervain, Plantain, Bee Balm and Echnicia
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Creeping thyme, bloodroot, solomon's seal, false solomon's seal, and some other plant that have no idea what it is and can't seem to get rid of!
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I'm trying to make the most of my law, here is my butterfly garden that also doubles as a native prairie plant and medicinal garden.