↠ A reusable milk jug can be used as a watering can when a hose isn't convenient.
↠ Keep container plants close together to protect their roots from frost damage.
↠ Avoid applying pesticides of any kind to edible flowers: Keep in mind that they will be eaten.
↠ Rotate your compost pile every two weeks for quickest results.
↠ You can pick off and squash a few dangerous insects instead of reaching for a can of insecticide.
↠ Before scattering tiny seeds, combine them with sand, and then lightly cover with mulch or rake them in.
↠ Coffee filters can help potted plants retain moisture and reduce soil loss.
↠ Using grass clippings that have pesticide residue will help keep your compost free of pesticides.
↠ Rehydrate the roots of bare root plants after their dehydration by soaking them in water for many hours.
↠ To remove the salt deposits that form on clay pots, combine equal parts white vinegar, rubbing alcohol and water.
↠ Use cinnamon to prevent fungal diseases in plants.
↠ A coffee filter allows for drainage after watering, but keeps the soil from falling out the drainage holes.
↠ As watermelon begin to swell and get heavy, you can help support them by making slings from old t-shirts.
↠ You can use Saran Wrap around the bottom two rungs of your tomato cage to simulate a greenhouse.
↠ Use eggshells and grind them in your blender, sprinkle in your garden soil to provide a calcium boost.
↠ Insert the handle of plastic forks throughout your garden area to deter them from destroying your plants!
↠ If your plants tend to dry out, stick a diaper in the bottom of your potted plants to help with moisture retention.
↠ Make homemade weed killer with white vinegar, table salt, and liquid Dawn.
↠ Toilet paper rolls make the perfect starter planters for starting seedlings.
↠ Create a vertical garden made from rain gutters and strong wire.
↠ To help create that greenhouse warmth, recycle your plastic milk jugs and use them to insulate your smaller outdoor plants.
↠ The next time you boil or steam vegetables, don't pour it away, use it to water potted patio plants.
↠ Use chamomile tea to control damping-off fungus, which often attacks young seedlings quite suddenly.
↠ Use leftover tea and coffee grounds to acidify the soil of acid-loving plants such as azaleas.
↠ You can grow roses in potatoes, just stick the rose cutting into a potato, and then push both into the ground.
↠ To protect outside planted seeds, place an old window screen over the seed trays or pots.
↠ For free biodegradable planters paper egg cartons on a waterproof tray and fill them with potting mix.
↠ Covering the soil around tomato plants with corrugated brown cardboard keeps weeds out and retains soil moisture.
↠ To save potting mix fill the bottom one-quarter to one-third of pots with dried leaves or hardwood mulch.
↠ Plant marigolds to repel pests and attract beneficial insects.