TIPS ON SAVING AND STORING SEEDS Your garden is planted for the season. What should you do with those leftover seeds? Should you store them? If so, how? How long will they remain viable? The good news is that properly stored, this year’s seeds will last about three years. Here are some tips for proper […]
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EASY-CARE, DROUGHT-RESISTANT PERENNIALS?
Here Are Six Favorites to Brighten Your Garden Agastache Agastache or hyssop is an aromatic perennial 18” to 36” tall that is hardy in Zones 4 to 10. There are many types, and they vary in size and in color. Giant Hyssop, for example, tops 6 feet in height. The spikes of agastache bloom in a […]
GERANIUMS VS. JAPANESE BEETLES
Have a Japanese Beetle Problem? Are Japanese beetles chomping on the leaves of your beans and peppers? Are they chomping holes in the leaves of your favorite roses? Try this simple and beautiful solution. Buy a few flowering geranium plants. Set them out among your plants whose “hole-y” leaves indicate they are being victimized by […]
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 […]
HOMEMADE WEED KILLERS
9 Do-It-Yourself Weed Killing Tips —Environmentally Friendly, No Pesticides! What to do with those leftover cocktails? . . . Got a patch of sprouting weeds? The perfect place to toss cocktails left over from a party! (Any form of alcohol will work to dehydrate small weeds — from rubbing alcohol to whiskey.) Destroy poison ivy and poison […]