When it comes to pots and containers, protect with a layer of netting or hardware cloth across the top of the pot. Or, here’s a more-expensive pantry solution: Lay aluminum foil across the top of vegetable pots, poking holes in it to allow for water exchange. The squirrels do not ...
4. How to Plant a Flower with Potted Plants Potted plants make it easy to create a garden. If you simply don't have time to prepare the soil and nurture seeds or bulbs, you can simple transfer flowers from pots to plots. You just have to be gentle, so you don't disrupt the roots...
How To Prevent: Physical barriers: Creating physical barriers can help protect your plants from slugs. This can be achieved by using copper tape or placing a barrier of coarse materials, such as crushed eggshells or diatomaceous earth, around susceptible plants. Slugs are discouraged by these rough...
Lupins can be enjoyed inside the house by cutting fresh flower stalks and placing in a vase indoors. Keep the cut flowers out of reach of children and pets. Common pests and diseases with lupins Slugs and snails Especially damaging to young plants, so protect from damage as far as possible...
Do I need to protect my Cavolo Nero from birds? It’s a good idea to do this, as birds like to east brassicas. However Cavolo Nero seems to appeal slightly less than other varieties, so you might be lucky! Place netting or humane bird scarers nearby if you are worried. ...
Gather fallen fruit and nuts, and don’t leave pet food out in the yard so as not to attract animal pests such as ground squirrels and raccoons. The best way to keep critters out of your garden is to make sure they can’t get in Build A Barrier Around Your Garden Put up a garden...
Well, they were adorable, but I totally forgot to seal them after I painted them, so the paint job didn’t last very long. Oops! So this year I decided to start all over from scratch and do it right! I painted a new set of flower pots, added a few little dahlias, and sealed ...
Pots and shelves If you’re lucky enough to get a lot of light in your apartment or tiny home, try putting up some shelves in full sun areas or pots on the floor. Just like window boxes, you’d be amazed at how much you can grow and how it can become part of your interior desig...
Forget-Me-Nots should be sown from March to June, or in September. They will flower the year after they have been sown. When growing Forget-Me-Not flowers from seed, you will need: Gloves. Seed tray. Levington® Peat Free Seed & Cutting Compost. Forget-Me-Not seeds. Watering can. ...
Egg Shells: Sprinkle a generous layer of crushed egg shells around the vegetation you want to protect, they will give up trying to reach the greenery since it’s so uncomfortable and prickly on their bodies to get across the jagged shells. ...