Gardening Tips Weekly (November 18, 2018)


We have a great recipe for making your own suet for the birds visiting your garden this winter.

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Today's Featured Post

Homemade Suet

By linda

Flicker at suet feeder.I just got done making suet for the wild birds. It is cheap enough to buy, but gets even cheaper if you make your own. The following is my recipe.

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This Week's Guides
Collecting Rain Water for Garden Watering
Rain Barrel in Garden
Growing Chrysanthemum from Cuttings
Orange Chrysanthemum
Encouraging Hedgehogs in Your Garden
A hedgehog nibbling on a mushroom.
Identifying Garden Ants
Two garden ants on a rock.
Overwintering a Hibiscus
In colder climates you will want to bring your hibiscus indoors in the winter. They can reside in the garage or in the house. If they do not go dormant you will need to water sparingly. This guide contains useful information regarding <i>overwintering a hibiscus</i>.
Protecting Your Garden from Fall Frost
Protecting Your Garden from Fall Frost
Today's Posts

Making Loose Leaf Tea

By attosa

Making Loose Leaf Tea - clear tea cup of herbal tea with sprig next to saucerI adore loose leaf tea. Most of the relaxation teas I drink at night, my family and I grow and make from scratch. This way, we handle what's going in it, and save tons of money. Here, we've made a big batch of tea leaves from a lemon verbena plant.

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Using Bird Feeders for Houseplants

By Donna

Using Bird Feeders for Houseplants I picked up two inexpensive wooden bird feeders that were actually a little broken in a local department store for $1 each. I decided to use them inside my house to hold some hanging plants. I bring in a number of herbs for the winter and so window and plant space becomes an issue for me in the winter.

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Line Small Flower Beds With Concrete Mixing Tubs

By likekinds

mixing tubs with drainage holesBermuda migrates towards wetter soil. If flower beds are kept wetter than the surrounding lawn, Bermuda will easily invade them. Using sunken concrete mixing tubs as liners for beds can prevent this migration, underground. Keeping above ground migration at bay is much easier.

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Birds Need Water in Winter

By littergitter

Several birds on bird bath placed on the ground.For the winter months, I take the birdbath bowl off the pedestal and place it on the ground near the bird feeder, just outside my kitchen window.

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Use Tape to Remove Bugs from Plants

By anne

Bugs stuck to tape.If you notice bugs on your plants, get as many off as you can using regular cellophane (Scotch) tape before treating with bug spray. Works like a charm!

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Repurposed Plastic Buckets as Garden Planters
I used plastic cat litter buckets in my garden. My small raised bed is not deep or big enough to grow tomatoes. I drilled a few drain holes along the bottom, plus used a circular saw bit and cut a large 4" hole in the middle. I raised the soil depth and allowed the roots to extend out the bottom into the raised bed soil.
Use Coffee Filters To Dry Seeds
Line dinner plates with coffee filters to dry flower and garden seeds. When the seeds are dry, discard the coffee filters and store the seeds in a container lined with coffee filters.
Hidden Waterfall (White Haven, PA)
Hidden Waterfall (White Haven, PA)
Fat Separator For Watering House Plants
The fat separator I use has a long spout which I have found handy and useful to water my house plants. I really appreciate double duty gadgets.
Use Your Leaves As Winter Mulch
After spending years raking up those fall leaves, I decided to make short work of the job by using my mulch mower and ran the mower over the leaves, which mulched them all and enriched my lawn happily at the same time.

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Shifter Stuck on Murray 40 Inch Mower
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Identifying a Houseplant
Identifying a Houseplant - dark red leafed plant
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