Easy, useful tips to make gardening fun!

Taking cuttings home?

• Cut the top off a raw potato
  
• Use a chopstick to poke holes in the raw potato
  
• Insert your cuttings in the holes
  
• They will stay moist for several hours until you can get them planted

• Always water *before* weeding. This will make it easier to pull with its entire root system intact
  
• Sprinkle salt on weeds that grow in paved areas
  
• Pour boiling water over weeds that grow in paved areas
  
• When removing weeds, it is important to get all of it so that it will not regenerate itself

• Mix one level tablespoon of Epsom Salt and one level tablespoon of cement dust in 1 gallon of water
  
• Mix well
  
• Pour this mixture in a ring one foot away from plants
  
• Repeat this procedure once a month

• Get a toad or two for your garden
  
• They'll need water and shelter
  
• If you do not have a pond, simply sink several pans into the soil in a remote corner of your garden
  
• Fill these with water and rocks
  
• For shelter, simply place a broken flowerpot upside down in a shady part of your garden
  
• Be sure there is a place for the toads to climb through

• If you do not have any, import some in!
  
• They eat insects and spiders
  
• Some wild flowers that they enjoy are Queens Anne's Lace and Goldenrod

• Add a lump of charcoal to your vase water
  
• This will prevent mould and the odour of plant decay
  
• Use this tip also when rooting cuttings in water :-)

• Always plant bulbs in groups, not singly in rows
  
• For an even more natural look - toss a handful on the ground
  
• Plant them where they fall