THE USES OF VINEGAR in the GARDEN

VINEGAR has been around for a thousand years and it has 1001 uses!

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GARDEN

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KILL WEEDS AND UNWANTED GRASSES.  Just pour vinegar especially on a cracks walkways and driveways or pouring white vinegar on the weeds and grasses itself.

GIVE ACID-LOVING PLANTS.  A cup of white distilled vinegar to a gallon of tap water is a good mixture for watering plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas and gardenias.

STOP ANTS TO COME TOGETHER IN A GROUP. Pour vinegar on the area where ants are congregating.

DISCOURAGE CATS.  When kids are playing in the sand box it will discourage cats to play with them if you pour white vinegar on the sand.

PRESERVE CUT FLOWERS AND LIVEN THE DROOPY ONES.  Just add 2 tbsps white vinegar and 1 tbsp sugar to a quart of water in a vase.

AVOID SKIN PROBLEMS AFTER WORKING IN THE GARDEN. Just rinse your hands with white vinegar.

SANITIZE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND PICNIC TABLES.  With a cloak soak in white vinegar, just wipe it.

CLEAN PLASTIC PATIO FURNITURE.  A solution of 1 tbsp white vinegar to 1 gallon of water.

These are just some of the uses of white vinegar to our garden more HERE.

  

USING BAKING SODA IN THE GARDEN

BAKING SODA  has many uses as a non-toxic cleaner around the house.

Here I will share with you uses of Baking Soda
in the garden.

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• MAKE A SPRAY TO TREAT AND PREVENT POWDERY MILDEW.  We usually see this kind of plant problem in our backyards.

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All you need:

1. 1 gallon of water
2. 1 tbsp of baking soda
3. 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
4. 1 tbsp of dish washing liquid

Spray your plants weekly to prevent fungus on leaves.  Do this preferably on overcast days to avoid from burning the foliage.

• SPRINKLE BAKING SODA ON CABBAGES AND OTHER BRASSICAS TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF CATERPILLARS. If those small green itchy cabbage worms have been making Swiss cheese of your cabbages, broccoli and any other plants try to combine baking powder and baking soda and dust it all over the plants wherein the green itchy worms are eating.

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Repeat this as necessary until all caterpillars are gone.

• SWEEP BAKING SODA INTO SIDEWALK CRACKS TO DISCOURAGE WEEDS. Just sweep the baking soda into the cracks to kill any small weeds growing and to prevent new ones to sprout.

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• KILL CRABGRASS. This is an annoying glass that we usually see on our lawn, garden beds, or sidewalk cracks.  Just simply wet it down then pour a thick dusting baking soda on it, just be careful on applying, you might harm your lawn grass if you put to much baking soda on it.

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But for sure crabgrass will be gone for two to three days they will start dying.

NOTE:  I am not advertising BAKING SODA above. I am just showing an example photo of a BAKING SODA.  You can buy/use any baking soda as you want as long as it is pure baking soda. XOXO.   

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DIY: OPEN-SHELF POTTING BENCH

Looking for a nice garden and lots of beautiful scenery inside your yard.  

Well try this DO IT YOURSELF POTTING BENCH. 

This bench is so simple to make, be sure that you have a butt joints and notches cut into 4 legs for stability, a circular saw and a straightedge guide.  

Just to give you TIP for joints using screws, drill and countersink pilot holes before securing so that it will prevent from splitting.

And finished it with two coats of Waterproofed paint or clear polyurethane to protect the timber.

HAPPY GARDENING!!!!

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