Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Daytipper Green Thumbs Tell All
Spring has sprung! As the temperature across the U.S. begins to rise, millions of Americans will take to their yards and attempt to grow vegetables and flowers that will make the neighbors jealous.
Lucky for you, many of our DayTippers have award-winning green thumbs!
Create an organized plant book
Get a binder and put baseball card collector/protector sheets in it. Then when you buy a plant that has an information tag, put it in a card pocket. Makes an easy to read, organized, plant book.
Attract butterflies
If you would like to attract butterflies to your garden, there are only two requirements. First, plant nectar plants, which are flowers that provide food for adult butterflies. Butterflies seem to prefer the color red. Second, provide larval plants. These are the plants that caterpillars eat before becoming butterflies. Research which plants attract the butterflies in your area and soon you will have many of these beauties fluttering around your garden.
Splenda can rid you of ants
If you find that your backyard is crawling with ants (or any part of your yard for that matter) sprinkle Splenda along the path of the ants and at the entrance of the anthill and watch them disappear. The ants take the Splenda into their colony and something in the Splenda kills the ants.
I'm suddenly really glad that I don't eat Splenda. |
Vegetable oil on mower blades can cut wet grass
Instead of waiting for the lawn to dry, spray vegetable oil on your lawnmower blades. This will keep the wet grass from sticking to the blades. It’s an inexpensive fix if you want to mow before the grass dries.
Protect arms when gardening with old socks
Cut the feet off a pair of old tube socks (they probably had holes in the feet somewhere anyway) and pull them onto your forearms while you are gardening. It saves from too many pokes like from roses or bugs or allergies (which was this lady's case). Use this sock method to avoid having to wear a long-sleeved shirt when gardening.
Please let us know YOUR gardening tips. We'd also love to see your photos. E-mail us at podacst @ daytipper dot com. If you have a humongous tomato or beautiful butterfly in your yard, we'll share your picture with the world.
Lucky for you, many of our DayTippers have award-winning green thumbs!
Create an organized plant book
Get a binder and put baseball card collector/protector sheets in it. Then when you buy a plant that has an information tag, put it in a card pocket. Makes an easy to read, organized, plant book.
Attract butterflies
If you would like to attract butterflies to your garden, there are only two requirements. First, plant nectar plants, which are flowers that provide food for adult butterflies. Butterflies seem to prefer the color red. Second, provide larval plants. These are the plants that caterpillars eat before becoming butterflies. Research which plants attract the butterflies in your area and soon you will have many of these beauties fluttering around your garden.
Splenda can rid you of ants
If you find that your backyard is crawling with ants (or any part of your yard for that matter) sprinkle Splenda along the path of the ants and at the entrance of the anthill and watch them disappear. The ants take the Splenda into their colony and something in the Splenda kills the ants.
I'm suddenly really glad that I don't eat Splenda. |
Vegetable oil on mower blades can cut wet grass
Instead of waiting for the lawn to dry, spray vegetable oil on your lawnmower blades. This will keep the wet grass from sticking to the blades. It’s an inexpensive fix if you want to mow before the grass dries.
Protect arms when gardening with old socks
Cut the feet off a pair of old tube socks (they probably had holes in the feet somewhere anyway) and pull them onto your forearms while you are gardening. It saves from too many pokes like from roses or bugs or allergies (which was this lady's case). Use this sock method to avoid having to wear a long-sleeved shirt when gardening.
Please let us know YOUR gardening tips. We'd also love to see your photos. E-mail us at podacst @ daytipper dot com. If you have a humongous tomato or beautiful butterfly in your yard, we'll share your picture with the world.
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