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Tomato Potato
garden

April 2, 2009 • 8:14 pm PDT
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Check out this great post
on cleantechnica featuring some info and a TED talk about the three
plants you need to produce all the fresh air we could possibly need in
our daily lives.

Posted in: Environment,; The Community Board

Tags: gardening,; plants

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