May 16, 2017

Hello Everyone!

Gardening is a great hobby to take up. It gets you outside, burns calories, and produces rewarding results. Whether you are looking to grow some yummy veggies or beautiful flower I've featured a few tips today to get you started off right.

Some plants are just known to be easier to grow than others! For easy-to-grow produce, Hometalk's gardening experts recommend tomatoes, peppers, onions, chard, basil, and bush beans. Easy to grow and maintain flowers include clematis(a vine), sunflowers, dahlia's, foxglove, roses, petunia & black eyed susan's. Just ask your local plant nursery employee to direct you to the "hardy" plants.

Handy Hints Holly
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Handy Hint #1

To prevent accumulating dirt under your fingernails while you work in the garden, draw your fingernails across a bar of soap and you'll effectively seal the undersides of your nails so dirt can't collect beneath them. Then, after you've finished in the garden, use a nailbrush to remove the soap and your nails will be sparkling clean.

Handy Hint #2

To remove the salt deposits that form on clay pots, combine equal parts white vinegar, rubbing alcohol and water in a spray bottle. Apply the mixture to the pot and scrub with a plastic brush. Let the pot dry before you plant anything in it.