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When it comes to gardening, no matter where you live, many of us will take any of the tips and tricks we can get. From wives tales to science-backed evidence, we will try anything once to see how it works.
Sometimes we can’t even explain why these gardening tips work, but no use in worrying about that when it comes to growing food for your family. Check out these weird gardening tips that you should know for this upcoming growing season.
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1. Plastic Forks as Pest Deterrents
If your garden is prone to rabbits, squirrels, or other critter damage, consider this unusual tip. Place the handle of plastic forks into the ground around your plants with the prongs facing up.
The shape is supposed to scare pests away and keep them from eating your plants. Use this tip to keep pets out of the garden as well!
2. Plant with Packing Peanuts
When planting in a container, add a good amount of packing peanuts to the bottom before adding the soil. This will help make the container lighter and shouldn’t hurt the plant roots. This tip is especially helpful if you plan on moving the containers around.
3. Use Pennies to Deter Slugs
One cent doesn’t go far these days, so why not use them to help your gardening? Glue pennies onto the top of the container rim, making sure the pennies touch or overlap. Slugs and snails don’t like copper and won’t cross the barrier of pennies if done correctly. Go through your coin jar and pick out those pennies that were made prior to 1982 for pennies that contain more copper than those made today.
If you don’t have any copper pennies, try using copper tape. Just wrap it around your container and glue it in place.
4. Eggs to the Rescue
There are many odd gardening tips using eggs. You can save eggshells and blend them up to create a calcium-rich powder for the soil. Broken eggshells sprinkled on top of the ground will act like diatomaceous earth in deterring bugs.
After hard-boiling eggs, save the water afterward and use it to give plants a calcium-rich drink. Some gardeners even place a whole egg in the soil when planting to help boost the nutrients underground.
5. Deter Deer with Soap
If your area has a big deer population, keeping your garden safe can be a full-time job. Deer are very sensitive to smell, so some gardeners shave super scented soap around their garden to keep deer…