Some love gardening and other like to stay as far away from it as possible. Whether you belong to the first or second category; it’s always nice to know a few handy garden tricks that will save you time and money. We have therefore listed 21 garden hacks for you. Here they come:
1. Use a newspaper against weeds
Even for those who like gardening, weeding can be a pain. Did you know that you can prevent weeds from growing in your garden by using a newspaper?
What to do?
Place an old newspaper over an area that you’d like to weed. Wet the newspaper and cover it completely with soil, firmly pressing the soil against the newspaper. This way the weeds (under the newspaper) do not receive sunlight or oxygen, which suffocates the weeds. The newspaper paper is organically degradable too, so you don’t have to worry about pollution.
2. Use cooking spray on your lawn mower
Do you regularly mow the grass and does the grass stick to the blades of your lawn mower? You can easily prevent this by spraying the blades of your mower with cooking spray. As a result, grass sticks to the blades a lot less easily.
3. Grow your own tomatoes
You don’t have to buy tomato seeds if you want to grow your own tomatoes. All you need is a pot, potting soil and an overripe tomato. Cut the tomato into slices and fill the pot up to about three quarters with potting soil. Place the cut tomato slices in the pot and press lightly. Cover the slices with some soil and press again. Place the pot in a sunny spot and water the soil occasionally.Once the seedlings come up, you can repot them. There is a good chance that dozens of tomato plants have emerged from the soil. If all goes well, one tomato plant can produce dozens of tomatoes. Four tomato plants are probably more than enough. Carefully repot four plants in separate pots and then allow the tomato plant to grow further.
4. Using garlic against slugs
Do snails regularly feed off your plants? There is a natural solution that you can use to chase snails out of your garden. All you need is garlic. Snails do not like the pungent smell of this herb. The moment the mollusks smell the smell of garlic, they’ll stay away from the garlic cloves or bulbs.
What to do?
- Crush two whole garlic bulbs and put them in a bowl or bucket.
- Boil 1 liter of water and pour it over the crushed garlic bulbs and let it sit for 20 minutes.
- Carefully pour the water into a spray bottle (making sure the water has cooled enough).
- Spray the plants that are being eaten by snails with the garlic water and you will notice the snails start to disappear. Nice and easy!
5. Get rid of green buildup on your fence with green soap
Green buildup on the fence is a pain in the butt for many people. Thankfully you don’t have to buy expensive cleaning supplies to get all the buildup off. What will you need? Green soap, baking soda, and warm water. This combination works perfectly against green buildup, algae, and moss on your fence.
What do you need to do?
- Dissolve 50 grams of green soap and 50 grams of soda into 5 liters of water.
- Rub a bit of the mixture onto your fence and let it sit.
- Scrub the fence with a medium-hard brush. Watch out: don’t use a steel brush, this could damage the wood.
- Covered all of your fence? Rinse it off with water and your fence is as good as new.
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