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  Picture Credit: Aaron Burden Best Plants for Bees Introduction Bees are essential to the pollination of many plants. They help us grow our food, and they also produce honey, which is a sweet treat that we use for cooking and baking. Bees need flowers to make honey—and also nectar and pollen to feed themselves! If you want to keep bees happy, then you need the right plants in your garden or yard. Here are some of my favorite plants for bees: Asters Aster is a hardy annual plant that can be grown from seed or transplanted. The flowers of aster are white, purple, yellow and orange. These flowers attract many types of bees to their nectar source. Asters are good nectar sources for bees in the fall because they bloom then and provide them with food until winter comes again. Borage Borage is a perennial plant that grows in USDA zones 5-9. It’s an annual in colder zones, but when it does flower, it produces large flowers with purple centers and white petals. The flowers are edible and m...

Credit: Sharon Pittaway What are good vegetables for beginner gardeners? Good vegetables for beginner gardeners include: Beets Broccoli Carrots Cauliflower Cucumber Endive Kale Lettuce (not iceberg) The vegetable garden is one of the most rewarding things you can do for yourself, your home, and your community. That's why we're here to help you get started. Here are some of our best suggestions for beginners: Summer Squash: These are delicious and easy to grow. They don't require a lot of space, so they're great for small gardens. Sweet Corn: This is also easy to grow, but it requires more room than other crops. It has a high yield as well! Zucchini: This is great because it's not hard to find in stores and can be used in lots of different ways—you can even make zucchini bread! Vegetables are a great addition to any garden, and you can make them grow faster by giving them the right kind of soil. Beets are a good vegetable for beginners because they're easy to ...