THOSE AUTUMN LEAVES! 1. Use them to feed your lawn. Chopped up leaves add valuable organic matter and minerals to the lawn. If you don’t have a leaf chopper, simply leave them in place and run over them with a lawn mower several times. 2. Use them as mulch. In the winter, an insulating cover […]
Category: Gardening Tips
HOW TO TREAT A TOMATO: Ripening & Storing
Save That Flavor & Aroma! Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. Whether a tomato is sun-ripened in the garden and picked red and fully ripe OR picked for storage just as it is turning red (breaking) OR picked fully mature but still green, the question is — What is the best way to store that tomato for maximum flavor? Fortunately for us, […]
KILL JAPANESE BEETLES NATURALLY
Nature’s Death Trap Paralyzes the Invaders! Are Japanese beetles destroying your roses? Are they attacking your beans? corn? peppers? grapes? apples? cherries? peaches? plums? blueberries? If so, you are definitely are not alone. It is the rare gardener who escapes an invasion of the voracious metallic green pests, whose sole aim is to devour the leaves of approximately […]
About Avocados — DID YOU KNOW?
Surprising Facts About Avocados! Avocado –the Suprising Fruit (Not a vegetable!) Avocado mixed with ice cream is a popular dessert in Brazil. Over 5% of all avocados are sold in the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl game. (That’s a lot of guacamole!) San Diego County produces 60% of avocados grown in California. […]
FIRE ANTS! ARE THERE ANY NONTOXIC SOLUTIONS?
Fire ants are a terrible menace. They are small, easily unobserved as they crawl up your leg. Then at the release of a pheromone signal they all sting at once. And those stings are painful! They can hurt and itch for weeks — even leave scars. Fire ants don’t bite. They sting like wasps and bees, […]