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Hundreds of household tips and tricks for your gardening.

Go through this handy index and find the answer to your gardening needs.

Cleaning

• Clay Pots: June 18 2013
• Fingernails: May 14 2012
• Garlic Smell: March 16 2013
• Grass Stains: October 2 2012
• Rust/Tools: April 14 2012, August 24 2013, 
• Sap removal: April 9 2012

Companion Plants:

• Asparagus: May 9 2012
• Basil: June 7 2013,  
• Cabbage: March 14 2013, March 25 2013, April 24 2013, June 9 2013
• Catnip: April 1 2013, July 26 2014
• Collards: April 1 2013
• Cucumbers: March 5 2013, May 25 2013
• Dill: March 25 2013
• Eggplant: July 26 2014
• Herbs: May 26 2013, May 27 2013, 
• Horseradish: July 14 2013
• Iris: April 11 2012
• Nasturtiums: March 5 2013
• Peonies: April 11 2012
• Potatoes: May 26 2013, July 14 2013
• Radishes: March 29 2013, May 25 2013
• Rhubarb: April 24 2013
• Spinach: March 29 2013
• Tomatoes: May 9 2012, March 14 2013, May 26 2013, June 7 2013

Compost

• Cola: April 30 2012
• Cool Weather: September 27 2012
• Leaf Mold: July 30 2014, August 3 2014, 
• Making: May 3 2012
• No Bin: January 31 2013
• Stinging Nettle: April 28 2012
• vs Manure: July 27 2014

Garden Recipes

• Ants: March 12 2013, March 21 2013
• Aphids:  September 30 2012, July 9 2013
• Boxelder Bugs: March 11 2013
• Cabbage loopers: June 2 2013
• Club Root: April 24 2013
• Cucumber Beetle: March 7 2013, July 25 2013, 
• Earwigs: November 4 2012
• Fertilizer: May 23 2013
• Fire Ants: March 8 2013
• Fruit Flies: May 6 2012
• Fungal Disease: April 27 2012, October 18 2012, March 4 2013
• Fungal Gnats: October 9 2012, July 20 2013, 
• Grasshoppers: July 22 2013, 
• Groundhogs/Woodchucks: April 26 2012, June 30 2012
• Insecticidal Soap: April 18 2012,
  
• Japanese Beetles:  August 1 2013, 
• Lawn Fertilizer:
  
• Leafhopper: March 7 2013
• Mealybugs: July 9 2013, July 24 2013, 
• Mildew February 26 2013, March 21 2013, July 18 2013
• Mold: March 21 2013
• Mushrooms: March 21 2013
• Natural Pest Repellent: November 9 2013
• Powdery Mildew Spray: April 22 2012, February 26 2013
• Raccoon: April 26 2012
• Rodents: October 3 2012, January 25 2013
• Scale: July 9 2013
• Skunks: April 10 2013
• Slugs: July 11 2013
• Spider Mites: May 20 2012
• Thrips: April 15 2013
• Weeds: September 26 2012, March 24 2013, July 17 2013, July 22 2014,
• Whiteflies: July 9 2013

Garden Tools

• Cleaning: August 24 2013
• Garden Hose: June 20 2012, September 2 2012
• Lawnmower Blade: April 5 2012
• Rust Removal: April 14 2012
• Shears: July 12 2014, 
• Weed Eater (homemade): October 11 2012

Lawn

• Cost: March 13 2013
• Lawn Fertilizer:
  
• Mow: April 18 2013
• Urine Spots: April 12 2012

Misc.

• Acid Loving Plants:  July 21 2014, 
• Aggressive Herbs: July 13 2013
• Bird Feeders: July 10 2013
• Birds: May 8 2012, October 1 2012, August 3 2013, 
• Bug Zappers: July 24 2012
• Butterfly Gardening: May 2 2012, September 15 2012, September 16 2012, September 17 2012, September 18 2012, September 19 2012, 
  
• Calendars: May part 1, May part 2, June part 1, June part 2
• Cholesterol Fighters: June 19 2013
• Christmas Tree: July 23 2014, 
• Clay Soil:  July 22 2014
• Compost: July 17 2013
• Container Gardening: September 22 2012, March 17 2013, April 21 2013, May 15 2013
• Containers: September 23 2013, 
• Cool Weather Crops: April 2 2013, May 21 2013
• Cut Flowers: September 12 2012, February 28 2013, March 23 2013
• Cutting Garden: February 28 2013
• Dividing Perennials: May 19 2012
• Earthworms: September 1 2012, July 28 2014
• Egg Shells: August 3 2013,
• Epsom Salt: October 8 2012
• Eyes Glasses slipping: May 4 2012
• Fertilizer: June 27 2013
• Flowerbed design: August 23 2012, August 13 2012, August 4 2014, 
• Flowers in Lawn: September 10 2013, 
• Forcing Bulbs: October 10 2012
• Frost: February 14 2013
• Fruit Production Low: June 8 2013
• Garden Edge: July 3 2013
• Garden Design: August 15 2013, August 26 2013, September 28 2013, 
• Garden Inspired: September 12 2012, 
• Gift Ideas: August 14 2013, 
• Grass (not growing) February 25 2013
• Ground Covers: February 25 2013, July 31 2014
• Hanging Baskets: April 21 2013
• Healthy: September 20 2012, September 28 2012, March 30 2013
• Herbal Tea Garden: January 28 2013
• Herbicide: May 25 2012
• Herbs: May 28 2013,  September 3 2013, August 7 2014, August 8 2014, 
• Herbs for Part Shade: May 14 2013
• Houseplants for Shade: July 24 2014, 
• Hummingbird Feeder: January 23 2013
• Ice: January 3 2013
• Insecticide Shield: April 20 2012
• Kitchen Tip: May 30 2013, May 31 2013, June 1 2013, July 31 2013, August 4 2013, August 11 2013, August 15 2014, 
• Lawn Care: June 13 2013, July 4 2013
• Latin Names: July 15 2013
• Leaf Mold: July 30 2014
• Leggy Flowers: October 2 2013, 
• Lemon Scented Plants: March 22 2013
• Medicinal Tea Garden: May 18 2012
• Metal Containers: May 23 2012
• Mulching: March 18 2013, April 22 2013, July 29 2013, July 31 2014, 
• Micro Climate: January 15 2013
• Mini Green House: February 27 2013
• New Bed: August 31 2013, 
• Neem Oil: August 1 2013,
• Organic Fertilizers: July 17 2014, 
• Organic Gardening: August 13 2014
• Outdoor Furniture: April 9 2013
• Patching Hose: June 20 2012
• Patio Trees: May 5 2013
• Plant Burn: January 29 2013
• Plants for Shady Window Boxes: August 9 2014, 
• Plants for Stepping Stones: August 10 2014, 
• Pollinators: May 27 2013
• Potting Soil: January 2 2013, January 17 2013
• Predicting the Weather: April 23 2012
• Pruning: June 14 2013, June 15 2013, August 23 2013, 
• Purchasing Plants: April 16 2012, May 22 2013, July 10 2014, 
• Purchasing Trees: May 7 2013
• Rake (broken): April 5 2013
• Raised Beds: February 27 2013
• Rock Garden: April 16 2013
• Rooting Cuttings: September 25 2012, April 29 2013, June 12 2013
• Row Covers: July 23 2013, 
• Salt: July 18 2014, 
• Seed depth: April 3 2013
• Seedlings: March 19 2013
• Seeds: May 28 2013, August 3 2013, August 28 2013, September 4 2013, September 1 2013, July 20 2014, 
• Shade Plants: May 27 2012, May 18 2013
• Short Season Crops: August 14 2014
• Slope: July 14 2014, 
• Soaker Hose: January 6 2013, February 18 2013
• Soil Typing: September 6 2012, September 8 2012, February 11 2013, June 28 2013, September 2 2013, 
• Strawberry Pot: January 12 2013
• Tea Bags: January 14 2013
• Terra-cotta Pots: February 19 2013
• Tilling: March 10 2013
• Training tree to weep: April 25 2013
• Twine: April 23 2013
• Unused Garden Bed: April 27 2013
• Vases: October 30 2012
• Wet Soil: July 16 2014, 
• What weeds tell us: April 28 2013
• Windy Garden: July 25 2014
• Window Boxes: October 10 2013, 
• Winter Protection: August 6 2012

Pests and Problems (See also Garden Recipes)

• Apple Scab:  September 9 2013
• Ants: June 9 2012, July 21 2012, February 16 2013, March 12 2013, March 21 2013
• Aphids: September 30 2012, July 9 2013
• Bermuda Grass: August 16 2015
• Birds: April 7 2013, July 8 2013
• Biting Flies (Deer Flies, Horse Flies): June 2 2012
• Black Spot: September 11 2012
• Black Walnut: May 29 2012
• Blight February 23 2013
• Blossom-end rot: February 23 2013, April 11 2013
• Bolting: May 21 2013
• Boxelder Bugs: March 11 2013
• Cabbage loopers: June 2 2013, July 2 2013
• Calcium Deficiency: February 23 2013
• Cucumber Beetle: March 7 2013
• Cutworms: March 19 2013, April 13 2013, August 3 2013,
• Damping Off: February 15 2013
• Deer: October 7 2012
• Defoliating Tree Worms: May 5 2012
• Diseased Soil: July 29 2014
• Dry Garden area: June 5 2013
• Earwigs: March 26 2013
• Earworms: May 21 2012
• Flea beetle and all of it's jumping kin: June 6 2012, May 12 2013
• Fire Ants: March 8 2013
• Foggy Lens: October 6 2012
• Fruit Flies: May 6 2012
• Fruit Production Low: June 8 2013
• Fungal Gnats: May 6 2012, October 9 2012, July 20 2013, 
• Gophers: March 9 2013
• Groundhog/Woodchucks: June 30 2012, March 9 2013
• Grasshopper: May 30 2012, July 22 2013, 
• Japanese Beetles: August 1 2013, August 9 2013, 
• Leafhopper: March 7 2013
• Mealybugs: July 9 2013
• Mildew: March 21 2013, July 18 2013
• Mold: March 21 2013
• Moles: June 8 2012, March 9 2013
• Mosquitoes: April 8 2012, June 4 2012
• Moss August 29 2012, May 11 2013, August 8 2013,
  
• Mushrooms: March 21 2013
• Pill Bugs: September 11 2013, 
• Poison Ivy: May 31 2012
• Powdery Mildew: April 22 2012, February 26 2013
• Rodents: April 7 2012, January 25 2013
• Sap Beetles: June 16 2013
• Scale: July 9 2013
• Shady Areas: May 18 2013
• Skunks: April 10 2013
• Slugs: April 25 2012, May 26 2013, July 11 2013, August 3 2013, September 20 2013, 
• Snail: September 20 2013, July 15 2014, 
• Sow Bugs: September 11 2013
• Spider Mites: July 1 2013
• Squirrels: September 10 2012, July 6 2013, July 8 2013, July 10 2013
• Stink Bugs: July 5 2013
• Thrips: April 15 2013
• Tobacco Mosaic Virus: June 7 2012, May 17 2013
• Voles: September 7 2012
• Wasps: June 1 2012
• Whiteflies: May 28 2012, July 9 2013
• Wildlife: September 25 2013
• Wind: February 28 2013, July 25 2014, 
• Weeds: March 24 2013, April 28 2013, June 25 2013
• Worms in apples February 24 2013

Pets:

• Dogs: April 12 2013
• Urine Spots: April 12 2012
• Cats:  January 5 2013

Pruning

• Branches: June 14 2013, June 15 2013, June 17 2013
• Clematis: May 2 2013
• Hedges: March 27 2013
• Lopsided: September 18 2013
• Misc Tip: July 22 2012, April 6 2013
• Pinch Pruning: May 9 2013, September 7 2013, 
• Roses: October 3 2013, October 4 2013, 
• Shrub: September 18 2013
• Spirea: August 22 2013
• Trees: August 23 2013, September 18 2013

Specific Plant Tips

• African Violets: May 13 2012
• Aloe: May 13 2013
• Annuals: May 26 2012, August 2 2014,
• Apples February 24 2013
• Asparagus: May 9 2012, April 14 2013
• Avocado: June 4 2013
  
• Azaleas: May 6 2013, July 15 2014,
• Apricot: July 15 2014
• Basil: February 17 2013, March 28 2013, September 3 2013, July 15 2014
• Bay: November 9 2013
• Beans: May 1 2013, July 15 2014
• Begonia: September 7 2013
• Beets: April 2 2013
• Blackberries: May 24 2013
• Black Walnut: May 29 2012
• Blueberries: April 3 2012, March 26 2013, April 20 2013, July 7 2013, July 21 2014, 
• Bok Choy: August 15 2014
• Borage: August 4 2013
• Broccoli: March 7 2013, April 2 2013
• Brussels Sprouts: March 31 2013, April 2 2013, August 5 2014
• Bulbs: September 23 2012, February 22 2013, April 26 2013, July 21 2013, October 7 2013, October 8 2013, October 9 2013, 
• Cabbage: April 24 2012, October 4 2012, March 7 2013, March 14 2013, April 2 2013, April 24 2013, August 15 2014
• Cactus: August 27 2012
• Carrots: May 17 2012, April 2 2013, August 27 2013, 
• Catnip: July 26 2014
• Cauliflower: April 2 2013
• Celery: August 15 2014
• Chamomile: January 30 2013
• Chard: July 15 2014
• Chinese cabbage: April 2 2013
• Chervil: September 3 2013
• Chives: June 6 2013, September 3 2013
• Chrysanthemums: October 2 2013
• Clematis: August 28 2012, May 2 2013, June 24 2013
• Clover: July 29 2013, 
• Collards: August 5 2014
• Conifers: August 6 2013, 
• Corn: May 21 2012, June 17 2012, July 8 2013, July 15 2014
• Crabapple: May 5 2013, September 9 2013, 
• Cranberries: July 7 2013
• Cucumbers: July 23 2012, May 4 2013, May 25 2013
• Cranberries: April 3 2012
• Dahlia: September 7 2013, 
• Daffodils: July 15 2014
• Dill: February 20 2013, September 3 2013
• Dogwood: May 5 2013
• Eggplant: July 23 2012, September 1 2013, July 26 2014
• Endive: January 24 2013
• Fennel: February 20 2013, July 15 2014, August 15 2014
• Ferns: June 20 2013
• Ficus: November 12 2013, 
• Freesia: April 15 2013
• Fuchsia: September 7 2013, July 15 2014, 
• Gardenia: October 14 2012
• Garlic: October 12 2012, January 25 2013, March 16 2013, June 1 2013, November 9 2013, August 15 2014
• Geraniums: July 25 2012, August 30 2012, August 16 2013, August 17 2015
• Ginger: July 15 2014, August 15 2014
• Gladiolus: March 15 2013, April 15 2013
• Grapes: April 7 2013, July 15 2014
• Herbs: August 24 2012, May 26 2013, September 3 2013, December 19 2013, 
• Hibiscus: August 5 2012
• Holly: July 15 2014
• Hollyhock: August 20 2013, 
• Hot Peppers: June 3 2013
• Houseplants: January 5 2013, January 27 2013, May 29 2013, July 9 2013, August 2 2013, August 10 2013, August 19 2013,  September 3 2013, November 12 2013, July 24 2014, 
• Hyacinth: January 8 2013
• Hydrangea: July 12 2013, August 7 2013, 
• Impatiens: June 5 2012
• Iris: April 11 2012, September 4 2012, July 26 2013, 
• Jerusalem Artichoke: August 5 2014
• Kale: September 3 2012, August 5 2014,
• Kohlrabi: April 2 2013
• Leeks: August 5 2014, August 15 2014
• Lemon Grass: August 15 2014
• Lettuce: January 24 2013, April 2 2013, August 15 2014
• Lilies: April 17 2012, February 12 2013, August 1 2014, 
• Maple Tree: January 18 2013
• Marjoram: July 13 2013
• Melons: May 7 2012
• Mint: July 13 2013, September 3 2013
• Mistletoe: November 30 2013, 
• Moss: August 8 2013,
• Okra: August 29 2013,
• Onions: September 9 2012, April 2 2013, July 31 2013, 
• Orchids: August 13 2013
• Oregano: September 3 2013
• Oyster Mushrooms: January 21 2013
• Parsley: September 3 2013, July 11 2014, July 15 2014, August 11 2014,
• Parsnips: August 5 2014
• Peas: April 2 2013, June 17 2013
• Peonies: April 11 2012, May 22 2012, October 2 2013, 
• Peppers: May 17 2013, May 31 2013, September 1 2013
• Periwinkle February 25 2013
• Peruvian Lily: July 15 2014
• Pineapple: August 15 2014
• Plum: July 15 2014
• Poison Ivy: May 31 2012
• Pole Beans: April 13 2012
• Potato: March 4 2013, May 26 2013
• Pumpkin: September 5 2012, November 6 2013, July 15 2014
• Radish: April 21 2012, April 2 2013, May 25 2013
• Raspberries: April 19 2012, August 18 2013, 
• Rhododendrons: August 25 2012, July 15 2014, July 19 2014, 
• Rhubarb: May 1 2012, April 24 2013, July 16 2013, July 15 2014
• Rosemary: September 3 2013
• Roses: May 11 2012, June 19 2012, February 13 2013, April 17 2013, August 4 2013, August 5 2013, August 21 2013, September 25 2013, October 3 2013, October 4 2013, July 13 2014, 
• Sage: July 15 2014
• Salad greens: July 30 2012, June 30 2013
• Salsify: August 5 2014
• Scallions: August 15 2014
• Shrubs: June 26 2013, August 22 2013
• Spinach: April 2 2013, May 16 2013
• Spirea: August 22 2013, 
• Squash: November 6 2013
• Stinging Nettle: April 28 2012
• Stone Fruit: August 12 2013, 
• Strawberries: April 29 2012, September 14 2012, April 4 2013, September 5 2013, July 6 2014, 
• Summer Savory: September 3 2013
• Summer Squash: July 19 2013
• Sunflowers: July 27 2013, 
• Swedish Ivy: July 15 2014
• Sweet Marjoram: September 3 2013
• Sweet Peas: September 6 2013, 
• Sweet Potatoes: August 17 2013, August 15 2014
• Sweet Woodruff: May 18 2013
• Swiss chard: April 2 2013
• Tarragon: July 13 2013
• Thyme: June 10 2013, September 3 2013
• Tobacco: May 17 2013
• Tomatoes: May 9 2012, July 27 2012, February 23 2013, March 4 2013, March 14 2013, April 11 2013, April 19 2013, May 17 2013, May 20 2013, May 26 2013, June 29 2013, July 28 2013, August 28 2013, September 1 2013, July 5 2014, 
• Trees: September 8 2013, 
• Tulips: April 15 2012, January 10 2013, August 30 2013, August 12 2014, 
• Umbrella Palm: January 26 2013
• Valerian: May 10 2012
• Violets: August 4 2013

Watering

• Best Sprinklers: September 29 2012
• Conifers: August 6 2013, 
• Containers: May 15 2013
• During Frost: September 24 2012
• Garden Plants:  May 19 2013
• General: August 25 2013,
• Hanging Baskets: April 21 2013, May 15 2013, August 2 2013, 
• Hard, Dry Soil: May 12 2012
• Houseplant: August 2 2013, August 10 2013
• Kitchen Water Use: February 21 2013
• Rain water: April 8 2013, May 19 2013
• Tips: January 9 2013, April 8 2013, May 15 2013, May 19 2013, May 29 2013, July 30 2013, 
• Trees: May 24 2012
• Weeding: July 1 2012

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