Garden Hints!!! - A Gardener's Forum


	[The Garden Helper][Gardening Basics]["How to" Guides][House plants][Monthly Reminders][Galleries][Graphics]

You are not logged in. [Log In] A Gardener's Forum » Forums » General Discussion » Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity
» Helpful Hints » Garden Hints!!!

Page 1 of 1

1

Topic Options

#222534 - 07/19/08 04:55 AM Garden Hints!!!
emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Dream Gardener Registered: 02/22/08 Posts: 1744 Loc: Merced,California	You can use a rake as a hoe;it breaks up clods better.I tried it. _________________________ Waiting for summer...
Top

#222562 - 07/19/08 08:31 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Unregistered	water before you weed, it makes pulling the weeds easier.
Top

#222770 - 07/20/08 06:16 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: ]
emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Dream Gardener Registered: 02/22/08 Posts: 1744 Loc: Merced,California	now that's a good idea. _________________________ Waiting for summer...
Top

#222842 - 07/20/08 11:38 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
cricket cricket Fencer Dream Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 3563 Loc: Texas	I read that weeds, before they go to seed, are very good for your compost. something to with them being native to the soil, and vigerous growers....strong cells ect. Edited by cricket (07/20/08 11:38 AM) Edit Reason: mis spelling _________________________ Cricket Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
Top

#222851 - 07/20/08 11:52 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: cricket]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Unregistered	have to do two things though if you put them in your compost. one is make sure they are seed free and two make sure they are disease free. but then, yes, they are good compost material.
Top

#222910 - 07/20/08 02:26 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: ]
tkhooper tkhooper TGH Valedictorian Garden Helper Registered: 03/09/05 Posts: 11427 Loc: triangle, virginia	If you have a fireplace and burn wood you can take the ash put it in a bucket fill it with water skim off the stuff that come to the top and the rest will be potash. I add that to my compost and to my flower beds. It is great. The other thing I do is wash my egg shells and when I have enough I run them through my coffee grinder until they are powdered and then I add them to my tomato beds to help stop BER. Foundation beds shouldn't be mulched with a wood mulch because it can draw termites to your house. _________________________
Top

#222916 - 07/20/08 02:49 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tkhooper]
angelblossom angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Garden Helper Registered: 10/02/05 Posts: 25476 Loc: Grandprairie,Texas	Banana skins are full of nourishment. Since they rot quickly, dig them in near the surface of the soil. _________________________ * *
Top

#222955 - 07/20/08 04:25 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: angelblossom]
tamara tamara Northern Star Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 22167 Loc: NB Canada	Pure ammonia is a cheap weed killer. _________________________ ~Waiting on our first grandbaby August 9/2010~
Top

#222964 - 07/20/08 04:39 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tamara]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Unregistered	so's pure vinegar
Top

#223009 - 07/20/08 07:37 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tkhooper]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Garden Helper Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 23996 Loc: Worden, Illinois	Originally Posted By: tkhooper Foundation beds shouldn't be mulched with a wood mulch because it can draw termites to your house. I read where all you need to do is put a rock barrier (I put pea gravel) between your mulched area and the foundation. It has to be at least 6 inches in width. it seems that termites will not/cannot(?) go over 6 inches of rock. it looks kinda nice as well. _________________________ .............................. Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!!
Top

#223016 - 07/20/08 08:00 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: JunieGirl]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Unregistered	6-8 inches minimum. which is why so many houses in the south are on brick or block pillars. keeps those critters out.
Top

#223035 - 07/20/08 10:08 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: ]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Garden Helper Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 23996 Loc: Worden, Illinois	now i AM CONFUSED-- I meant 6 inches horizontally not vertically. which do you mean???---I wish I knew where I read my info at I really would like to go re-read it to make sure I didn't misunderstand it. also: I have like 8 to 10 inches of rock not the 6 the article recommeded. first is the foundation then the rock then the mulch--- [Wall]---6-10 inches pea gravel---I---mulch---I _________________________ .............................. Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!!
Top

#223047 - 07/21/08 04:54 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: JunieGirl]
tkhooper tkhooper TGH Valedictorian Garden Helper Registered: 03/09/05 Posts: 11427 Loc: triangle, virginia	it sounds like you are fine JunieGirl. Me I'm pulling the bark away and will just have the bed so full of pretty plants that I won't need any mulch at all. Although a horizontal or vertical barrier certainly will work. Right now I have bulbs that will cover from early spring all the way through summer. I just have to save my money for the fall blooming plants now and that bed will be complete well and some snowdrops. I like the boiling water for weeding. At least where there aren't any plants that I can damage. _________________________
Top

#223053 - 07/21/08 05:31 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tkhooper]
tamara tamara Northern Star Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 22167 Loc: NB Canada	I have the foundation-12 inches width of crushed rock-then the flower beds also. We do it here to prevent snakes from nesting against the foundations(we don't have termites in our area) Another tip....don't use bark nugget mulch if you have ants on your property, they'll re-nest in it. (lesson learned) _________________________ ~Waiting on our first grandbaby August 9/2010~
Top

#223093 - 07/21/08 10:40 AM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tamara]
tkhooper tkhooper TGH Valedictorian Garden Helper Registered: 03/09/05 Posts: 11427 Loc: triangle, virginia	If you have rhysomes, bulbs or corms and rodents like squirrels, or voles you can use screen around your plants to keep the rodents from damaging them. _________________________
Top

#223140 - 07/21/08 01:07 PM Re: Garden Hints!!! [Re: tkhooper]
suzydaze suzydaze Daisy Dream Gardener Registered: 08/03/04 Posts: 4012 Loc: Arkansas	you got that right, everyone knows I dig plants up and sometimes I have other things to do besides get them all back in the ground and last summer I had nake ladyes where I am sure I didn't plant them _________________________ I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -March 2010
Top

Page 1 of 1

1

Previous Topic

Previous Topic View All Topics

View All Topics

Index Next Topic

Next Topic

Hop to:

Google Box

Shout Box

The Gardens of Cedar Hill

Willy Got a New Bird Cam

The Further Misadventures of
Wild Willy
Video Play List
A Satellite view of Cedar Hill
Neighborhood events

July
Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Who's Online

2 registered (Tina, 1 invisible) and 33 anonymous users online.

G Tower

Newest Members

Jonathanlam115, Asadd, JESSY, Gershon, scheda
14675 Registered Members

Top Posters

30514

29060

26485

25476

23996

22745

22167

22119

17566

16245

Forum Stats

14676 Members
58 Forums
11100 Topics
165447 Posts

Max Online: 340 @ 08/08/08 09:54 AM

Generated in 0.043 seconds in which 0.005 seconds were spent on a total of 13 queries. Zlib compression enabled.