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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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