- While gardening gloves are nice, most aren’t waterproof or allow much movement. Instead, use dishwashing gloves because they protect your hands and keep water out.
- If you’re having problems with your tomatoes, if they’re too bitter, then try this. Just mix some baking soda into the soil for a while and it will make the tomatoes become sweeter.
- In order to keep all the instructions and info about your plants in one place, put the plant tags on a key ring. It’s a compact place that you can quickly refer to.
- Make your own seed tape with toilet paper. You just need to put the seeds on the toilet paper and then roll it out when you’re ready to use it!
- Help start your seeds by using a lemon rind. Just fill it with a bit of soil, plant your seed, and then wait until it starts to sprout!
- If you have some seeds that you aren’t sure if they’re still good, then try this. Put them on a wet paper towel and, if they begin to sprout, they’re good to plant!
- For pests and other animals that are wreaking havoc in your garden, then do this! Stick plastic forks in the soil and it will help keep animals out.
- If you’re growing watermelons, then they can sometimes snap off the vines and cause problems. So, make little nets for them that they can sit in to keep them safe and protected.
- For a little extra protection and health for your plants, make them mini greenhouses. Just take water bottles and put them around each plant.
- Make an automatic waterer for your plants by using a wine bottle. Just fill it with water, stick it upside down in the soil, and you’re good!
- You can use coffee grounds in your garden for lots of things, but one of them is to ward off pests and animal. Sprinkle them around your garden and it will help.
- Before you plant all your seeds, here’s a great tip. Soak them in warm water for 24 hours beforehand and it will help them take root in the soil.
- If you’re tight on space, then do this! Take an over-the-door shoe hanger and use it as a vertical garden. Just put a plant in each pocket and you’re good.
- If you plant your garden and have leftover seeds in their packs, then store them away in an unused photo album. It’s nice storage and keeps everything together.
- Put a diaper in the bottom of your pots to help keep the soil moist. The diapers absorb the water and keep the soil watered and fresh longer.
- If you need to water your plants and you can’t find your watering can, no problem. Just take a milk jug, poke some holes in the lid, and now you can use it to water!
- Make a biodegradable pot for your plants out of a toilet paper roll. You just fold it out, put your plant and some soil in it, and you’re good!
- Epsom salt is a great item to have for your garden. It serves lots of purposes, including helping your seeds germinate and also adding magnesium and sulfate to the soil.
- Sprinkle ground up eggshells in the soil to add some extra nutrients. Just mix up the powder into the soil around your plants and you’re good!
- Put some foam peanuts in the bottom of your pots and planters for a great idea! It helps cut down on the weight of the pot and also saves your soil.
- When you’re cooking vegetables, don’t just throw the water out. Take the veggie water and use it to water your plants. The nutrients from the boiled vegetables will fortify your plants.
- If you’re having a problem with pests or water building up in your garden, then try a raised garden bed. It may take some time to make, but it looks good and helps solves with a lot of problems.
- Get your garden in order by using stones as labels. Simply decorate the rocks and write on them what plant is growing in that row of your garden.
- Use a coffee filter to help take care of your plants in your pots and planters. The filters help the soil stay in when you water them so it doesn’t get washed away.
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