Houseplants can reduce anxiety and speed healing. Studies show that patients recover from surgery more quickly when their hospital rooms contain plants and flowers. These patients had lower blood pressure, lower pain assessments, less anxiety, and less fatigue than patients without plants in the room.

Cover crops can be planted either right after you harvest or around your other plants before the harvest to give your fruits and veggies an excellent chance of coming in before the end of the growing season. If you opt to plant them before the harvest, you'll want to make sure you time everything right. Plant hardier varieties about a month before frost is expected in your area, and put their less cold-hardy counterparts in the ground a month before that.

Microgreens are a nutrient dense, easy-to-grow solution to your winter gardening blues. Learn how to grow your own microgreens in a few simple steps. I recently discovered microgreens at the farmer's market and fell in love. They were packed with flavor, tender, and looked beautiful on my plate. I even found myself snacking on them right out of the bag.

All air plants anchor themselves with roots. If you see them growing roots, it's not because they want to find soil but because they have grown on cliff faces and in high-up tree canopies, where their survival depends on them staying put in a place where they can access water and sunlight