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If you are looking for an easy way to acidify your soil to give acid-loving plants such as blueberries, azaleas and rhododendrons a little boost this growing season, grab the coffee grounds. By adding a little bit of coffee grounds to your soil every month, you’ll help keep the pH of the soil on the Read More >>
If you are tired of walking outside to find your strawberries {or any other fruit or vegetable for that matter} with chunks missing, you might want to give bird netting a try. Bird Netting is highly effective in keeping birds and other smaller critters out of the garden beds and away from the fruits and Read More >>
I have the most amazing readers, and most of the time, it is me learning from you, but every once in awhile, someone sends in a question that I think, “Hey, I bet lots of people would love to know the answer to that.” So, I am going to try to feature some of your Read More >>
I was at a local store the other day and noticed a lady selecting a few pretty crappy looking tomato plants. I wanted to tell her not to buy them, but the sales clerk was standing right there so I didn’t {shame on me!}. In case you are buying your tomato plants this year, Read More >>
Calling all neat freaks. If you are worried about soil falling out of your flower pots when you water your plants, there is an easy solution. Simply line your flower pot with a coffee filter before you fill it with soil to stop it from falling through the drainage hole. Yee-Haw! Gardening is fun. ~Mavis
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