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Place 2 Nails Beside Your Plants And See What Happens

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inspiration and usefulness often comes
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00:00:04.539 00:00:04.549 gardening is no exception to this over
00:00:07.700 00:00:07.710 time gardeners have dreamt up a weird
00:00:10.100 00:00:10.110 array of garden hacks that actually work
00:00:12.350 00:00:12.360 really well as strange as they may seem
00:00:15.020 00:00:15.030 here are nine weird or unusual household
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00:00:21.939 00:00:21.949 disposable diapers before filling garden
00:00:25.009 00:00:25.019 containers are hanging pots with potting
00:00:26.960 00:00:26.970 soil and plants lay a disposable diaper
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00:00:31.730 00:00:31.740 moisture in the pot and prevent all that
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00:00:37.750 00:00:37.760 pantyhose in vertical gardening systems
00:00:41.479 00:00:41.489 melons can easily become too heavy and
00:00:43.790 00:00:43.800 snap off the vines before they are ripe
00:00:46.000 00:00:46.010 create slings using pantyhose or nylons
00:00:48.950 00:00:48.960 to hold melons in place three old
00:00:52.930 00:00:52.940 bicycle strip all of the hardware
00:00:55.880 00:00:55.890 implants from an old bicycle
00:00:57.729 00:00:57.739 reconfiguring the wheel and handlebars
00:00:59.479 00:00:59.489 to create an easy-to-use garden plow for
00:01:04.359 00:01:04.369 copper tubing slugs and snails naturally
00:01:08.090 00:01:08.100 avoid copper info barrel technology
00:01:11.090 00:01:11.100 states the pests receive a small
00:01:12.910 00:01:12.920 electromagnetic shock when they touch it
00:01:15.170 00:01:15.180 electrocuting them create a circle of
00:01:18.109 00:01:18.119 copper tubing and lay it around the base
00:01:20.270 00:01:20.280 of your tender garden plants to keep
00:01:22.070 00:01:22.080 slugs and snails from bothering them
00:01:24.520 00:01:24.530 five laundry basket growing potatoes in
00:01:29.179 00:01:29.189 the garden usually means having to dig
00:01:31.190 00:01:31.200 the fully grown spuds in the fall to
00:01:33.859 00:01:33.869 make this job easier at harvest time
00:01:35.539 00:01:35.549 plant your seed potatoes in a plastic
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00:01:48.260 00:01:48.270 gather them up six styrofoam packing
00:01:53.060 00:01:53.070 peanuts gardening containers become very
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00:01:58.280 00:01:58.290 plants to keep their weight down and
00:02:00.560 00:02:00.570 improve soil drainage making them more
00:02:02.630 00:02:02.640 manageable to move around line the
00:02:04.969 00:02:04.979 bottom of the container with styrofoam
00:02:06.590 00:02:06.600 packing peanuts and then fill with
00:02:08.719 00:02:08.729 potting soil 7 CD
00:02:12.820 00:02:12.830 hang old unused CDs by thread or string
00:02:16.180 00:02:16.190 and suspend them above plants that are
00:02:18.550 00:02:18.560 prone to birds and other furry pests
00:02:20.730 00:02:20.740 hang it around plants like beans and
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00:02:26.290 00:02:26.300 reflector will keep these nuisance pests
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00:02:32.140 00:02:32.150 Michigan State University Extension cut
00:02:34.570 00:02:34.580 worms in the garden are often
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00:02:38.949 00:02:38.959 them from chewing their way through the
00:02:40.360 00:02:40.370 stems of plants place nails in the
00:02:42.820 00:02:42.830 ground on either side of them this will
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00:02:51.900 00:02:51.910 for an inexpensive biodegradable pot for
00:02:55.180 00:02:55.190 seedlings use ice cream cones add
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00:02:59.710 00:02:59.720 seedlings right in the cone and then
00:03:01.660 00:03:01.670 transplant to your garden this is
00:03:04.150 00:03:04.160 especially useful for kids gardening
00:03:06.070 00:03:06.080 activities as strange as they may seem
00:03:08.680 00:03:08.690 these unusual items prove themselves to
00:03:11.680 00:03:11.690 be extremely useful in the garden so
00:03:14.290 00:03:14.300 take the time to get a little creative
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