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Rainwater builds up in a broken potted plant saucer and becomes an entire ecosystem. Mosquito larvae wiggle. Dragonflies claim their stakes. My first garden was a rice paddy's edge in Đồng Tháp. I would catch tadpoles in jars. I now build rain gardens that filter street runoff. You don't need a hectare. A bathtub salvaged from a curb in a vacant lot can become a wetland.

I drove six lemon trees into the ground before I learned that roots dislike wet. I learned from a grandmother in Huế who showed me the trick; she built a layer of broken brick below the soil. "Drainage first," she said. I now smash ancient terracotta pots into gravel. I mix sand into the clay-heavy properties of surrounding areas. Farms don't care about aesthetics. They care about purpose.

Last monsoon season, a client's flooded yard sprouted wildwater spinach. There it sat. Now, she has greens to harvest during storms. There are likely answers where you already garden. Is the moss creeping up the north fencing? Let it spread and cleat the soil. Are Ramen cups lying around? Use them as seed starters. Burned-out bulbs? Hang them as mini-greenhouses! Dig where you are.

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