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POPSCompost Pile Friends they may not look nice but they are big helpers (most of the time). However, if you are concerned about the food web in your compost pile "breaking out," try the following tips: 1. Create a barrier by spreading a line of wood ash (not barbecue ash because of fat residues) or crushed egg shells around your compost pile. This will keep the activity contained within the pile. 2. A similar, but more lethal technique, is to sink small margarine containers full of stale beer, molasses and water, or yeast and water in the ground around the compost pile. Unsuspecting slugs, sow bugs, and earwigs will be attracted to the liquid, crawl inside, and drown. Earwigs can be sprayed with a solution of one tablespoon of liquid soap detergent combined with one quart of water. This will kill the earwigs that are doing damage and spare the helpful bugs that are eating dead organic material. (information from California Integrated Waste Management Board)
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POPSHeirloom Vegetables: When Historic is Better And When It Is Not One of the most enjoyable reasona I like getting my hands dirty in the garden is to grow hierloom tomatoes. Moving to the southwest has been a challenge to myself when trying to master the realm of growing hierloom tomatoes. After following Front Range Living monthty online newsletter for the past three years. I've realized that they have a vast knowledge of Colorado Springs and the front range area and you can always count on learning a few landscape or garden tips from Front Range Living. (This Tomatoe Basket is so beautiful) . Here are a few hierloom vegetable tips on when growing to grow historic hierloom vegetables and when it's not.
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POPSHeirloom Seeds Learn how to start your own home garden. Whether an organic garden, vegetable garden or indoor garden. Catalpa Tree Seeds has all the gardening and plant & tree seed planting advice and tips you need.
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POPSSecrets of container gardening Revealed inside easy gardening tips free report NOW. Huge info about container gardening, flower gardening, home gardening, indoor gardening, landscape gardening, organic gardening, gardening tools, water gardening, vegetable gardening, and many more.
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POPSGardenBot GardenBot is the definitive source for information on all aspects of gardening. Gardenbot is filled with hints and tips and advise on flower gardening, perennials, organic gardening, vegetable gardening, herb gardening, landscaping and much, much more.