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It’s that time of year again! Along with fun in the sun, one often ends up dealing with insect bites and stings form mosquitoes, bees, wasps, spiders and all things creepy crawly. Just this past weekend, I accidentally grabbed a yellowjacket while moving plant trays around in my cold frame. I never even saw the critter, as it was hiding under the lip of a plant tray, but within a fraction of a second I had pounding, stabbing pain shooting through my fingertip. How to Grow Tomatoes. All About Growing Grapes - Organic Gardening. Keeping a Garden Journal : Real Food RN. When we bought our first house we hadn’t even been the house for one week and my Mom showed up with her tiller and garden tools.
We quickly plotted out a garden and got to work (We moved into our house in June….late for the planting season!). We got my entire garden in that day and that night my Mom started my very first Garden Journal. She is a Master Gardener and has kept a journal for years of all of the gardens that she grows. How To Build Your Own Solar Thermal Panel For Around $5.
How To Build Your Own Solar Thermal Panel For Around $5 Check out our awesome Facebook page and stay up to date with what's new! I did a post a few days back about solar power for your home . Some folks on the Facebook page pointed out that the options featured were expensive and out of the reach of many people. Today I am going to focus on budget solar power and when I say budget, I mean less than $5. That’s right, for less than $5 you can build a solar thermal panel, which will heat water to a temperature that scalds. This option is small-scale and it is built around a reclaimed heat dispersal system from an old refrigerator (which you can get with the gas removed from your local dump). Now this is all small-scale, but I see no reason why several of these panels could not be used together in some way, to meet a family’s entire hot water needs.
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No fancy ingredients required, everything you need is likely stocked in your kitchen and garden. Most of the ingredients are earth friendly and natural with the harshest being liquid dish detergent–no need to use toxic chemicals! Tip: The best method of pest control in the garden is to keep your plants healthy so they don’t attract bugs. Fertilize as needed (see How To Make Compost Tea) and stay on top of weeds by pulling them as they appear or using weed killers (see Homemade Weed Killer Recipes & Tips).
Begin treating for insects as soon as you notice signs of an infestation, the sooner you start the easier it will be to get rid of the critters. Note: For recipes that require liquid dish detergent, use the basic stuff–nothing fancy with added bleach, nothing concentrated and no special antibacterial formulas. Rhubarb Leaf Mix Garlic Tea Tomato Leaves Mix Tips. Gardening. Urban Gardening. How to Attract Bats: The Ultimate Organic Pesticide for Your Garden. Attracting bats to your yard can be an advantage to you and your garden in a number of ways.
Do you experience mosquitoes, cut worms, June Beetles, Stink bugs or leafhoppers in your garden? Before you get out the sprays and chemicals to get rid of them think about this: Attract bats. Contrary to popular belief bats are safe and in fact are beneficial to gardeners. They fly and feed the two hours around dusk and dawn. During those hours they can eat up to 2000 insects. How to Build an Earth Oven. Do you remember your teachers asking you on the first week of school what you did for your summer vacation?
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You can grow unique heirloom selections as well as the best varieties for your garden’s conditions — which will boost your yields and reduce losses to pests, disease and severe weather. The potential money savings aren’t small potatoes, either. Consider the cost of filling a single 4-by-12-foot bed with purchased transplants — typically selling for $4 to $5 each — versus paying $2 to $3 for a packet of at least 50 seeds. If you grow a big garden, the savings can quickly grow to hundreds of dollars. Indoor seed starting is easy, and the small initial investment in equipment will pay off quickly. 1. Not every crop is a good candidate for indoor seed starting. 2. Try getting seeds well-adapted to your region from local seed swaps, or you can buy from regional suppliers. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.