We all could use a few tips in the garden to make it easier, here are a few.
— Add a teaspoon of sugar to a little soap to wash off stains on your hands from gardening.
— Only prune flowering trees after they have bloomed.
— When you are out in the garden and happened to get stung by a bee, apply a slice of onion to the sting, it will stop the pain.
— Paint all of your garden tool handles a bright color. If you lend them out you will be able to recognize them and get them back. 🙂
— Always clean your garden tools after each use, this will help prevent disease on your plants. A wipe down with 10% bleach & water will do the job.
— Water plants in the morning to reduce evaporation and prevent fungal growth.
— Use organic fertilizers such as compost and worm castings to promote healthy soil and plants.
— Rotate crops each season to prevent soil depletion and reduce pest problems.
— Prune regularly to encourage bushier growth and remove diseased or damaged branches.
— Mulch around plants to conserve water, suppress weeds, and maintain even soil temperature.
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Lush Lawn
When doing your lawn maintenance, take a walk around the lawn and look for any dandelion or other weeds. Pop them out making sure you pull out the entire root. Fill in the hole with a little soil and sprinkle with grass seeds then water with a 15-30-15 fertilizer. Make this a part of your regular lawn maintenance routine and you will always have a thick, healthy lawn.
Seed Starter
A great seed starter container is small paper cups. You can plant these directly into the ground, the cups will deteriorate and the roots will pop through the bottoms on their own. No fuss gardening!
Great tips! Keeping the lawn weed-free and using seed starter cups are both practical ways to maintain a lush and healthy lawn. Thanks for sharing!
Tips From My Garden
Try this sometime. If you have an infestation of moth larvae in your lazy susan or cupboards, try laying down mint leaves or even rue. For some reason, they don’t like it. The same goes for outside, if you have an ant/bug crawling problem, the rue deters them.
I tried an experiment once and mixing the mint and rue together (by grinding them up) and made a paste. This I put around my roses base and it seemed to keep away the crawling creatures. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the flying ones off.
Thank you for your creative tip on deterring moth larvae and crawling bugs with mint and rue. Mixing them into a paste for your roses is an interesting idea. Good luck with getting rid of the flying pests!
Vinegar Tip
Hello,
I would like to submit something that works for me VERY well!
I grow starter plants at my kitchen window sill; they attract gnats! But, to ward them off, I simply apply white vinegar to my wash cloth and let it sit. Instantly they relocate!
Thanks for sharing your vinegar tip! Gnats can be a nuisance and it’s great to have a simple solution to keep them away from your starter plants.