Our friends, the plants
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
October 14, 2019 8:04pm CST
Some say that the air is getting more and more polluted. What is the best way to deal with this situation?
Do you want to breathe fresher air?
Do you have a lot of plants in your dwelling? What kind of plants do you have in your house or apartment? Did it ever come to your mind to grow some plants or trees on your balcony or living room?
The attached video show what is being done in some places to improve the quality of the air. Very interesting!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Oct 19
It's nice to have a garden where one can grow vegetables and maybe even have a couple of fruit trees.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Oct 19
@LadyDuck That's wonderful! Do they produce nice fruit each year?
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
18 Oct 19
@1hopefulman I have a fig tree, a pomegranate and an apricot tree in the garden.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
15 Oct 19
I have aloe and broad leaf plantain growing in my little backyard of my apt home. I like having flowering plants in my home, so I get the starter ones for they are cheap. One has lasted me, about 4 months so far. That's how I combat air pollution giving back oxygen with plants.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Oct 19
Nice! I also have several aloe vera plants that I eat a leaf here and there at times.
I also have a vine that grows like crazy and now I have two pots with it.
I also grow some mint and some sort of lemon plant which I can consume. I grow all this in my living room. In the summer I also grow some edible greens on my balcony. I live on the fourth floor.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Oct 19
@oahuwriter I'm no expert on plants. I am just glad to see them doing well.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
19 Oct 19
@1hopefulman
Me too. I soon will go to Lowes for their .88 starter flowering plants and hope they last me a few months. 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Oct 19
Yes, plants are important to clean up the air and give us oxygen. Do you also have indoor plants?
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
19 Oct 19
@1hopefulman Just a few now, because we aren’t around to care for them half the year. Our son waters them here, and our neighbor in Florida is caring for one.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
@DianneN You have a particular situation with living in two places. I am trying to increase the indoor plants because of our long winter.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Oct 19
It is nice to look at. Yes, hopefully they have done a good lob in the construction and this building will last a long time.
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@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Oct 19
Yes, I live in the woods. I have houseplants inside 7 month of the year.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Oct 19
The air must be amazing there! 
I live near a highway and so I will grow more plants in my apartment on the fourth floor in the days ahead.
I live near a highway and so I will grow more plants in my apartment on the fourth floor in the days ahead.1 person likes this
@Starkinds (32712)
• India
15 Oct 19
I love to live in natural surroundings like river mountains
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
Yes, I agree with that! I live in a big city but there is a park about a 10 minutes walk and I am often visiting that beautiful little piece of nature.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
15 Oct 19
We have a loving, wise Creator and he has made this planet so that it will become a paradise in the future. It is great that some humans understand the importance of having more green plants around us -
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
18 Oct 19
I read about a research - sick people get healthier by being near nature and even by seeing nature from the window.. 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
@buenavida That is very true! We were made to live in a big garden.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Nov 19
Very nice way of making the environment healthier!
I wish that was my yard. I live in an apartment building on the 4th floor and only have a little balcony where I grow some plants in the summer.
I wish that was my yard. I live in an apartment building on the 4th floor and only have a little balcony where I grow some plants in the summer.1 person likes this
@velvet53 (22533)
• Palisade, Colorado
4 Nov 19
@1hopefulman I was blessed when I got this apartment. There are many ways to grow plants on a balcony.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
4 Nov 19
@velvet53 Yes, there are and I am not deprived!
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
31 Oct 19
Sometimes I believe plants are the highest form of life. Look at the garden of eden.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
31 Oct 19
One thing I really like about them is that they are very quiet and not like some of my neighbors. 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
31 Oct 19
@TiarasOceanView I am going to work on growing some lettuces indoors and see if it will work in my apartment without any special contraptions.
I am going to work on growing some lettuces indoors and see if it will work in my apartment without any special contraptions.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
31 Oct 19
@1hopefulman Oh I could second that for here also Felix
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@innertalks (22104)
• Australia
15 Oct 19
Haiku: I need trees
Paper produce books
Books bring me to life in life
A tree's gift to me.
Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com
I find myself alive in my books, thanks to the trees.
We owe a lot to plants, even up to our very lives.
I have a few potted peace lilies in my study.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Oct 19
Yes, plants are vital to life! It is good to have some indoor plants to clean up the air and produce the much needed oxygen.
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@dgobucks226 (35770)
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21 Oct 19
That's a lot of plants! I have plants inside my home, on my deck, and around my yard, but I would not want to live in a high-rise with that much foliage. I'd feel like I'm in a rain forest.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Nov 19
I looked at what some of the people that live in that building have said and they see quite happy with their environment.1 person likes this
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
18 Oct 19
Plants is not a problem in our house since we are surrounded by many kinds of them but in my workplace there's no plants at all...
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
Maybe you can grow a plant close to where you work?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
@simplfred Yes, that is what I was thinking. I remember where I used to work they allowed us to have a few plants in the offices. There was one woman that was good with plants and she took care of them so well.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
19 Oct 19
@1hopefulman That's a good idea, my friend. A pottery plant, maybe.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
27 Oct 19
I want to try to see if I can grow some lettuces this year. Fresh salad, yummy!
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Oct 19
The way things are going, nothing stays the same these days. Here, many trees are being cut down because of an invasion of a bug that is killing certain trees.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Oct 19
@Nevena83 Yes, it is! We need to plant more tees to replace them.
As part of its fight against an invasive insect, the city of Montreal will cut down 40,000 trees.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 19
Here, we have very few mosquitos and there are a lot of plants and trees around. I think our cold and long winters make it hard for them to survive. So far this year, I have not had one bite.
