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The Verge’s favorite gardening gadgets

The planting tools that The Verge staff uses for gardens and house plants.

We know how much you’ll miss the icy streets, freezing temperatures, and misbehaving radiators that the winter season brings, but spring is right around the corner, which means that while you no longer have to worry about shoveling snow off your driveway, it is time to start thinking about plants — whether it’s in your garden or on your windowsill. Founded in San Jose in 1917, the Japanese-American Kitazawa family specialized in Asian seeds until 1942, when they — along with all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast — were forcibly removed and incarcerated in camps during World War II. Some years ago, my partner and I went to a tech trade show that was Florida-themed, so the large room was decorated with fake palm trees, hanging fish mobiles, and pink plastic flamingos — those straight-from-the-’50s ones.

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