14 Gardening Tips, Tricks, & Ideas

In this video you'll find 14 useful tips to make growing vegetables and gardening easier. From how to keep dirt out of your ...

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🔑 Using a bar of soap to clean your nails before gardening prevents dirt buildup.

🔑 Yellow cups coated in Vaseline can attract and trap aphids in your garden.

🔑 Repurpose cinder blocks to create a strawberry pyramid.

🔑 To quickly dry out herbs, lay them out in your car and roll up the windows.

🔑 Using cardboard as a bottom layer in a raised bed garden helps kill off grass and feeds worms as it decomposes.

🔑 Marking your gardening tool with measurements using a tape measure and sharpie makes spacing easier.

🔑 Adding a 1/4 inch of coffee to the soil of acid-loving plants like azaleas can act as a mulch and maintain the soil's pH level.

🔑 Using cinnamon in potting soil can prevent dampening off in seedlings.

🔑 Egg cartons with holes in the bottom can be used as seed starters.

🔑 Coat a weed eater or trimmer line with vegetable oil cooking spray to prevent jamming.

Timestamped Summary

00:45 Job interview or working in the garden? Use a bar of soap for squeaky clean fingernails.

01:00 Got aphids? Coat yellow cups in Vaseline and place them in your garden to catch the aphids.

01:13 Build a strawberry pyramid using cinder blocks.

01:17 Dry out herbs by laying them out on a flat surface in your car with the windows rolled up.

01:28 When building a new raised bed garden, coat the bottom layer with cardboard to kill off the grass.

01:42 Use a gardening tool with marked-off measurements to easily measure spacing in your garden.

02:03 Give acid-loving plants like azaleas some coffee grounds as a mulch.

02:15 Use cinnamon mixed into potting soil to prevent dampening off when starting seedlings.

02:26 Sprinkle cinnamon on top of seedlings to prevent green algae.

03:00 Use egg cartons as seed starters by punching holes in the bottom and filling them with seed starting mix.

03:05 Choose morning sun over afternoon sun for plants.

03:16 Use Irish Spring soap grated and sprinkled in your garden to keep away squirrels, deer, or mice.

03:37 Coat trimmer line with vegetable oil cooking spray to prevent jamming.

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Q&A

What can I do to keep my fingernails clean while working in the garden?

Before starting to work in the garden, rake your fingernails across a bar of soap. Afterward, wash your hands and use a fingernail brush to clean them.

How can I get rid of aphids in my garden?

Coat yellow cups with Vaseline, put them on a stick in your garden, and aphids will be attracted to the cups and get stuck to them.

What can I do with cinder blocks in my garden?

You can use cinder blocks to make a strawberry pyramid in your garden.

How can I dry out herbs quickly?

Lay the herbs out on a flat surface in your car, roll up the windows, and they will dry out quickly. Make sure to use herbs that have a pleasant smell.

How can I prepare the soil for a new raised bed garden?

Coat the bottom layer of the raised bed with lots of cardboard. The cardboard will decompose and kill off the grass, providing food for your garden worms.