Crafting with Kids

Whether you are an eager plant gardener, a beginning herb gardener or simply like to have a pretty yard, these frugal tips may assist you in saving a little money!

1. Rancid coffee and coffee grounds make great organic manure. They supply many trace minerals and low, light levels of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous. Some individuals even operate their own home business offering this precise service.

2. Remember a good soaking of water more infrequently is better than a light sprinkling every day — for veggies and for your lawn.

3. If your neighbour has a plant you especially like, ask for a cutting, instead of going to the nursery and buying one. Maybe you could trade a cutting from one of your own plants.

4. To simply water a tomato plant, bury a bottomless coffee can next to the plant and decant the water into the can. This permits the water to go directly to the roots.

5. Plant marigolds in your plant garden. They’ll attract insects that eat aphids and other pests.

6. My hubby acquired some used carpet at a garage sale, cut it into wide strips and laid it down between the rows in our garden. Now we will pick peas with getting our shoes muddy.

7. Use grass clippings as mulch around your plant plants to keep moisture in and weeds out. Simply don’t don’t use the clippings right after you have fertilized your grass or given treatment for weed control.

8. If you have access to them, pine needles make fantastic mulch.

9. A natural, frugal garden pest spray: mix one tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup of cooking oil. Use 3 spoons of this blend to 1 quart of water and spray on plants.

10. In the herb garden, to keep plants like mint from taking over too big an area, put it in a clay pot and simply plant the entire pot! “He who plants a garden, plants happiness.”

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