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Garden-Smart TIPS
EASY ID TAGS
for your vegetable garden can be made from the plastic tags that come with your transplants. I take a hole punch and punch a hole in the end of the tags and twist-tie them to my tomato cages, trellises or wherever I need to identify a specific variety. (from Bonnie Newhoff)
KNOW WHEN TO WATER PLANTS
Using those complimentary raw wood chopsticks that many oriental restaurants make available. One set of chopsticks takes care of two plants; just snap them apart and gently twist them down into the soil. A quick glance will tell you it's time to get out the watering can.
TIRED OF LOOKING AT THOSE WHITE, 60'S ERA SCALLOPED BORDERS?
Pull them out a few at a time, scrub them off, and paint them in earth tones (or even wilder colors if you prefer) once they're dry. Now put them back where you got them-only upside-down! Voila...an updated look that not only costs very little, but also keeps excess material out of the landfill! --Candice Sherrill, Master Gardener
MAKE YOUR BED AND BASK IN IT!
A clever friend recently put a rusty old bed frame to good use in her garden. She partially buried it and turned what would have been the mattress area into a mounded "bed" for her annuals. Each season, she creates the look of a patchwork quilt by planting the bed with 2 colors of annual plants. --Candice Sherrill, Master Gardener
Maricopa County Master Gardener Volunteer Information
Last Updated May 28, 2003
Author: Lucy K. Bradley, Extension Agent Urban Horticulture, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County
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