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Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

icyfroth — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:43:50 GMT

1. Make biodegradable planters out of toilet paper rolls

Recycle your old toilet paper rolls when you are finished with using them. Then convert them into pot plants, which is also great for holding moisture!

2. Start planting your seeds in a lemon rind

Just poke a hole in the bottom of the peel for drainage, fill with potting soil, then add two seeds and some water. The peels will compost directly into the soil to nourish the plants as they grow.

Re: Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

serendipityricho — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:49:48 GMT

Good tips Icy---know were i could find about 40 of those toilet roll tubes--

-on the floor of the mens dunny at my ex work place..................................Richo.

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polksaladallie — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:56:46 GMT

Good idea, Icy.

Reminds me of a Burke's Backyard episode when he went to Warwick Capper's house. Capper was asking about the health of a ? fruit tree that he had planted.

Burke dug around and found that Capper (IQ less than his shoe size) had planted the tree still enclosed in the black plastic wrapping that they are sold in.

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icyfroth — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:58:45 GMT

3. Make your own vertical garden with an old shoe rack

Use hooks to hang the shoe rack above anywhere such as a wooden fence or garage. An easy idea if you don’t have any space to plant a garden. This also allows for easy watering and gardening.

4. Use an old milk bottle as a replacement watering can

Instead of throwing out your used milk or orange juice bottle learn to recycle! It’s as easy as using a needle, heat the needle at the end for a few seconds and then pierce the lid. Be careful! Then reheat and repeat this to have your new and recycle watering can

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imastawka — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:00:28 GMT

Re: Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

imastawka — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:01:39 GMT

I like this one

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icyfroth — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:05:32 GMT

5. Turn an old milk bottle into a shovel or tray

Using a permanent marker, draw the outline of exactly where you want to cut. Make sure you get the right size and shape of your shovel/tray.

6. Plant more basil from your left-over store-bought cuttings

Use your leftovers to create more. There is no need to revisit the store, instead utilise your leftovers.

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lloydslights — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:07:15 GMT

Our old garden had some of my Mum's best intentions to plant out trees that she'd bought on special and would plant out in her spare time.

A couple of jacarandas were still "girthed" in plastic pots some 20 years after she passed. They had rooted down and become a purple crowning feature of "her" garden.

DEB

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imastawka — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:13:34 GMT

I have a giant blue/white Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) like that.

Sitting in the garden bed, still in it's pot, waiting patiently.

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icyfroth — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:14:30 GMT

7. Use your leftover onions too!

Why not also reuse with the leftovers of the red-onions you bought. This idea can be applied to many other vegetables and herbs as well, be creative!

8. Use shower caddies to make a hanging garden

Who knew that your shower caddie could make a useful hanging garden? Make sure you have the right hooks for the wall and away you go!

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icyfroth — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:19:53 GMT

9. Vodka can help cut flowers stay fresh longer.

Alcohol helps flowers stay fresh…surprising we know!

10. Give broken pots a new lease on life by turning them into plant markers

Do you already use these tips? If not, what are your tricks to gardening?

Re: Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

aps1080 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:25:05 GMT

Sugar in fresh flower water keeps them fresh for longer.

As does a little bleach.

Plus cutting the stems off on an angle, about an inch every few days / week depending on how long they are supposed to last.

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imastawka — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:26:14 GMT

For the vegie garden

Crushed (not powdered) eggshells do 3 things-

!. They add calcium to the soil

2. Snails don't like to move over them, it hurts them.

3. They deter white cabbage moths.

They see all the white and think it's a plague and move on

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polksaladallie — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:35:15 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I have a giant blue/white Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) like that.

Sitting in the garden bed, still in it's pot, waiting patiently.

Best place for it. They can become huge and a pest.

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cmcoins2000 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:43:41 GMT

This should be : -

Change the water in the vase.

Drink the Vodka

OOps

Drop the cup.

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cmcoins2000 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:54:18 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
For the vegie garden

Crushed (not powdered) eggshells do 3 things-

!. They add calcium to the soil
2. Snails don't like to move over them, it hurts them.
3. They deter white cabbage moths.
They see all the white and think it's a plague and move on

Do you have a good recipe for 'eggnog'.

Could do with the shells.

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aps1080 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:54:49 GMT

Helen

I like your style !

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lloydslights — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:55:23 GMT

I use a shadecloth lined shower caddy near the main garden tap to hold hose fittings/nozzles, etc.

I have a shadecloth drawstring "purse"with a cake of sunlight in it, to wash my grubby hands ( it hangs from the shower caddy).

DEB

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cmcoins2000 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:57:50 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:

Helen

I like your style !

Not good enough Aps.

I have been told I am 'alluring'.

Do better.

(Am doing my letters bigger for Stawka. don't want to get into trouble again.)

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imastawka — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:09:27 GMT

Hi Helen thanks for the larger type.

No eggnog recipe. Nice try though. Save ya shells from brekkie

alluring.........nah, won't comment 'Tis the festive season 'n all