7 Gardening Tips for Spring

By PAgirl63
April 19, 2015

With springtime here now, here are seven gardening tips that might seem weird, but they actually do work!

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Apr 18, 2015 7:14 PM CST
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Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Terrific tips there, Jane. Thanks, I specially like the use of old shoes as wildlife repellent - going to set out my stinkiest shoes and see if they keep the dag-nabbed raccoon out of my pool cage tonight!
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
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Apr 18, 2015 7:28 PM CST
Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
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I agree

I think my old tennies would run anything off! Big Grin

And thanks for the reminder about the matches for the peppers... I've heard that before but had forgotten, and we have a bunch of old book matches that I was going to toss out. Thumbs up
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Apr 18, 2015 8:28 PM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Very cool tips!
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Apr 19, 2015 1:19 PM CST
Surprisingly GREEN Pittsburgh (Zone 6a)
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Love it!
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Apr 19, 2015 3:55 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
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Thanks for all the great ideas Thank You! Thank You!
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Apr 19, 2015 3:59 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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Wonderful ideas ... I'm going to do the soap in a sock thing as well as place some old sneakers in the garden (hidden out of sight of course!) Green Grin!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for sharing these great tips! Thumbs up
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~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Apr 19, 2015 4:22 PM CST
Name: Julie
La Crescenta, CA (Zone 10a)
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All very good ideas! Thanks for these!
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Apr 19, 2015 8:20 PM CST
Name: Anna
North Texas (Zone 8a)
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Terrific! Love the soap idea!
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Apr 20, 2015 4:33 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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All great tips! Thank You!
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