{"id":17917,"date":"2018-08-24T09:33:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=17917"},"modified":"2018-08-24T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:42:02","slug":"5-gardening-hacks-you-hadnt-thought-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/5-gardening-hacks-you-hadnt-thought-of\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Gardening Hacks You Hadn&#8217;t Thought Of&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If gardening is a passion of yours, then you\u2019re probably always on the lookout for some new tricks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot more that goes into keeping your garden in good shape than people realise. Way more than just the basics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping plants alive and having a garden that looks nice is all well and good, but actually having a thriving garden is a different story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s lots of little things that you pick up with practice, or by talking to other gardeners, but there\u2019s always going to some new idea for you to discover.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s 5 of those gardening hacks that you probably haven\u2019t thought of before&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2>Keep your plants watered while you\u2019re away<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve all been through this before. You\u2019ve got a vacation coming up, you\u2019re going to be away from your house for a little while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re probably looking forward to it, but what you\u2019re not looking forward to is putting your garden in someone else\u2019s hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if you can convince someone to take the time every couple of days or so to come to your house and water your plants, they may not be experienced gardeners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can solve this problem with just a few paper towels and a glass of water though. This only really applies to indoor plants and greenhouses, but that\u2019s how a lot of gardener\u2019s do it today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s as simple as rolling up a paper towel as tightly as possible and laying one end on the soil and the other as deep into a glass of water as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The water will spread evenly onto the soil and keep the plants watered. Do this with every plant and you\u2019re good to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Use Hydrogen Peroxide on your soil<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name sounds a tad bit scary I must admit. It doesn\u2019t really sound like something that you\u2019d want near your plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust me though, Hydrogen Peroxide is actually useful for your garden in a couple of different ways. In fact, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com\/30-uses-for-hydrogen-peroxide-youll-want-to-know-about\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gardening is one of many things that this compound is unexpectedly useful for.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chiefly, it will keep away certain diseases. Sometimes your plants can be affected by fungal diseases such as root rot and this can occur completely out of nowhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it happens, it\u2019s disastrous and it will kill your plants fast. You can prevent this if you spritz the soil with a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution every once in a while. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing this can also help new seeds to sprout early in their development. Use the same solution we talked about on the seeds every time you moisten the soil and it should speed up sprouting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Use Diapers to improve moisture-retention<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No seriously. Diapers. You might not even want to believe it but you would be shocked at how helpful implementing diapers into your gardening can be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is especially useful if you\u2019re living in a particularly warm climate, where it\u2019s more difficult for your plants to retain moisture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What you\u2019ll want to do, is place the diapers at the bottom of your pot with the absorbent side facing upwards. This is more effective if your pot isn\u2019t particularly shallow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fill the pot with soil and then plant away. As we all know, diapers are designed to absorb moisture and so that\u2019s exactly what they\u2019ll do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should keep your soil good and wet for quite a long time so even in those warm areas you won\u2019t have to worry as much.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Dispose of weeds using vinegar<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weeds. Ugh, I hate the word, it\u2019s probably the least favourite word of most gardeners and there\u2019s good reason why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These irritating things just keep growing and growing. You can\u2019t look away from your garden for two seconds without the whole thing being overrun with weeds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s a bit of an exaggeration of course but you know what I mean. They\u2019re everywhere and when they show up the usual solution is to manually pull them from the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s just frustrating and it takes up time. You can make a quick vinegar based concoction that will easily do away with any weed that infest your garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just mix some regular kitchen vinegar with a cup of salt and a few tablespoons of dish soap, put that in a sprayer and then you\u2019re just a few spritz away from a weed-free garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will destroy your other plants to if any gets on them so be careful where you spray it. Solutions like this that use household items are good to know because you can avoid spending too much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things like weedkiller would get the job done but it\u2019s costly. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/organicdailypost.com\/10-smart-and-budget-friendly-ways-to-garden\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s many ways to cut costs when you\u2019re gardening<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and because weeds affect us all this is a universally beneficial trick.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Keep pests at bay with eggshells<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17918 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/slugs-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"417\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So like weeds, pests are another problem that most of us have dealt with in our gardens at some time or another. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve got pests like slugs, snails, caterpillars and many, many others that can affect your garden and it\u2019s just infuriating. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eggshells are a good way to keep them at bay. If you finely crush up eggshells and sprinkle the pieces all over your plants, slugs, snails and caterpillars will all stay away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These creatures do not want to risk the sharp edges of the eggshells and so they\u2019ll avoid any plants covered in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a few other different things that you can try here with varying levels of success. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/035853_companion_planting_garden_vegetables.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like companion planting is something that\u2019s supposed to be effective<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that takes a certain amount of planning and you might not be interested in all of those specific plants, whereas using eggshells is pretty straightforward. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping a garden in shape isn\u2019t easy. There\u2019s a lot different things that can get in the way of your plants thriving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s sometimes hard to keep track of all the responsibilities that pile up when you\u2019re trying to keep the garden in check but there\u2019s ways to make it easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having a wide knowledge of useful hacks and tricks like these ones, can make taking care of your garden that little bit more convenient.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If gardening is a passion of yours, then you\u2019re probably always on the lookout for some new tricks. There\u2019s a lot more that goes into keeping your garden in good shape than people realise. 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