Rub Vaseline on nails and cuticles before gardening or
putting on gardening gloves…..Makes clean up easier. Trisha
Peterson
Always clean your hand tools. Have a terra cotta pot with
sand available to place your tools in after spraying with a small amount of
WD-40. Carol Fulks
To help keep cats from using your beds as a litter box, lay
chicken wire down before putting down mulch. Linda Cook
For Hosta slug protection, mix 1 gallon of water, 1 cup of
ammonia, 3 drops of liquid dish detergent. Mix and spray on Hosta leaves on a
regular basis. Don Cook
Pour one cup beer at base of tomato plant once a week from
the time it blooms until the tomatoes ripen. Alison Wolford
There’s a new product on gardening store shelves for slug
control. It has various product names, but the active ingredient is iron
phosphate. I’ve tried everything and this stuff really does work. Cheryl Maynard
Play a radio at night in the garden at night to deter deer.
Talk radio keeps deer away. Beth Hughes
Use a bag of resealable potting soil to kneel on while
working in the garden. That way you can add soil to spots as you need it. Marie Nesius
Plan your landscape for mature plants – not the “babies” you
start with. Kay Ferrill
Mix milk and water and spray around flower beds to deter
deer. Pat McGill
Don’t cut down leaves of flowering bulbs. Wait until they
die down so they will get their energy for next year. Laura N. Mallett
Use moth balls to repel snakes. Anonymous
When planting any mint, put in a pot and sink it. Anonymous
To break up clay soil, add organic matter and lime. Gladys Kuhn per John Marra
Think soil amendments before you think flowers. Susie Hofstetter