From utilizing unused coffee beans to preventing dirt from getting underneath fingernails, we share our top 9 tips and shortcuts to make spring gardening a breeze.
so here are 9 Tricks & Tips every gardener needs
1.clean your clay pots
for removing the salt coats that appear on your clay pots, mix equal parts white vinegar, rubbing alcohol, and water in a spray bottle. simply Use the mix to the pot and clean it with a plastic brush. Allow the pot dry before you plant anything in it.
2.Your Fingernails
2.Your Fingernails
To limit storing dirt under your fingernails while you work in the garden, draw your fingernails across a bar of soap and you’ll definitely seal the undersides of your nails so dirt can’t accumulate under them. Later, after you’ve done in the garden, simply use a nailbrush to eliminate the soap and your nails will be clean.
3.trimmer
for limiting the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking, simply treat with a spray vegetable oil before introducing it in the trimmer.
4.measuring tool
you can easily turn a long-handled tool into a measuring stick! Place a long-handled garden tool on the ground, and next to it lay a tape measure. use a permanent marker, type inch, and foot marks on the handle.
When spacing plants in a certain distance apart you’ll already have a measuring tool in your hand.
5.Garden twine handy
to get your garden twine handy whenever you want it, simply stick a ball of twine in a little pot, then pick the end of the twine through the drainage hole, furthermore, set the pot upside down in the garden. you will never have to look for twine again if you do that.
6.Protect your young plants
Small clay pots make excellent cloches for guarding young plants against unexpected, overnight frosts and freezes.
7. Name your plants
for creating excellent natural markers, type the names of plants (using a permanent marker) on the smooth faces of stones of various sizes, and install them at or near the base of your plants.
8. Don’t waste your vegetable water
next time you boil or steam your vegetables, don’t waste water down the drain, you can water potted patio plants with it, you will be happy with how the plants react to your”vegetable soup.”
9. organize your seeds?
Getting seeds in order encourages you to remember which ones go where and which one you haven’t tried yet.
no need to think too much about it. Simply get a basic photo album and lay the seeds in different spaces.
All your seeds will safe in the same place with labels for easy identification.
10. A mini greenhouse with a milk jug?
Frost and pests are the most annoying things for a gardener. But no need to suffer when you have milk jugs.
Simply use the top part of the jug to cover and protect the plant. You will have created a greenhouse very easily.