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To Many Bugs in My Garden
Apr 20, 2009 ... Read all 27 responses: "Hi mamas, I have a small garden and I have notice tons of aphids on my sugar snap peas and tomato plants.
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- You can buy ladybugs at most garden and big name hardware stores. Follow the instructions on the carton, but I think you release them at sundown. Has worked wonders ...
- Hi, M.. You can buy ladybugs at the nursery. (The "bags" tell you just how/when to let them go.) It is really fun for the kids to watch and worked great for us.
- I just bought a bag of ladybugs from Ace Hardware. Call around, some store in your neighborhood should have them. Better to release them in early morning or evening wh...
Homemade Insecticide for Vegetable Garden
Read all 25 responses: "Does anyone have a homemade insecticide for our vegetable/herb/fruit garden. We have a 8'x8' garden that I would prefer to use ...
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- I just wanted you to know that my experience with the ladybugs did not work. They all flew away the next day so it was a waste of money. Not too long ago some wrot...
- a water spray bottle with a drop of dish soap and a bit of olive oil works to get aphids off my roses. Not sure about other bugs. I've also heard marigolds keep bu...
- Praying mantis are excellent garden protectors and will eat almost any insect. You can buy bags of praying mantis eggs at any hardware store.
Greenhouse
I love having a garden and fresh homegrown veggies and herbs. ... The nice thing about living in TX is that you can garden all year long and do not need a ...
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- If I were going to build a greenhouse in Austin, I would make it just a small housing for seedlings...And so I would collect old windows people take out of their house...
- I agree with Jennifer T., that in Texas you can get by without a greenhouse. I have always wanted one but a higher priority for me would be a drip irrigation system. I...
- The nice thing about living in TX is that you can garden all year long and do not need a greenhouse. I just built raised beds in my yard and grow EVERYTHING in them. I...
Gift Ideas for 6 Year Old, Other Then Toys
what about a "theme" for the birthday like arts n crafts, camping, gardening or swimming/beach? My kids have LOVED getting a whole slew of "toys" that have ...
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- Hi YS! For our daughter every year we give her a Family Membership to Brookfield Zoo. We make so many memories there and always have a blast! Maybe there or a museu...
- I've learned that kids want to get and give toys no matter what you have in the house! My stepdaughter begged for Webkinz and freaked out with excitement over them, an...
- Does he like CD's, like stories on CD? Or art supplies? If he doesn't really need anything more, you could do a book drive instead for his class or a local kids ch...
Can I Grow Vegetables on My Balcony?
I'm sure there are some great sites for container gardening, but I just wanted to ... I gave up growing a "garden" a few years ago. All of my veggies are in ...
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- I gave up growing a "garden" a few years ago. All of my veggies are in containers & doing well. I bought some plants already planted in large containers. I put them al...
- yes. i would just take a digital photo of your balcony & take it to Loewes or Home Depot. The specialist there should be able to help u out.
- Yes you can! I'm a first timer this year to growing my own on my deck and so far so good. I did loose 2 plants but that's ok I accidently overbought in the first pla...
Gardenia & Potted Tomato plants....Help!
Does Anyone Have Any Advice for Growing a Small Vegetable Garden? ... Probably an Odd Request for Those of You Who Are Gardeners ...
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- I believe Gardenias need acidic soil. I pour leftover pickle juice around my acid loving plants, and it seems to work. Also, the tip about coffee is good -- you can ...
- I read somewhere Gardenias need the right ph in the soil. Putting a few drops of vinegar in the water helps. As for the tomatoes, I have never tried to grow them in a ...
- if you drink coffee cool off the last few coups and put them on your plantsi am living proof that it works
How Do I Mulch? and More...
I purchased a garden "kit" from a seed company, and we put it in this past May. ... Gardening is great, and the best teacher of all is time! ...
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- My husband is in landscaping and here are his thoughts: You need to amend the soil as much as possible by adding sand, compost, organic matter, etc whatever you can...
- M., That clay is a curse for sure. Yes you can mulch now. A cheaper way to go about it is to wait until people have raked and bagged their leaves for fall. If you ha...
- Ellen gave some good advice concerning calling your agriculural extension agent, so try that. As far as mulch is concerned, it doesn't matter whether you mulch in t...
Landscaping Ideas
We went to Brandon Garden Center (I think that's the name) on Bloomingdale ... Also Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia has everything but the kitchen sink in it ...
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- I want to second the idea for getting Pamela Crawford's books. Her books are geared for the South Florida region but I can't imagine St. johns area is that much diffe...
- I'm not sure where you live, but my husband has been in the industry for a long time. He uses Pine Lake nursery for all of his plants and trees. They are located on ...
- Hi S., I do most of the landscaping at our house and it's probably one of the nicest looking on the block. I try to keep it full of color, planting flowers for summ...
Stray Cats Taking over Backyard
They sleep on our outdoor furniture and get hair all over it and use our garden as a litter box. Any ideas to discourage them for coming into our yard would ...
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- get a couple of dogs for the back yard or hook up with the lady that has the birds on the pool problem
- A., I must say I am a bit surprised by the responses. A lot of people think cats can survive just fine outside, but this is simply not true. How about finding homes...
- hi A.! get a dog!!! we got a dog. the cats just walk along the wall teasing her!!!!!!
Spiders
You can get a large bottle of orange oil at Home Depot or Lowes for about $15 ( in the cleaning supplies or organic gardening aisles). ...
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- One suggestion that my pest control person gave me is to take the mesh/coiled scrub pads without detergents on it, that you would use on say your grill to clean it, an...
- We get spiders a lot at this time of year as well. They come in through the tiniest cracks in the house, when we open the back door there always seems to be one hiding...
- From what I've been told....the best thing to do is spray for bugs which will eliminate the spiders food source. But, I'm not sure how long it takes to starve a spide...
