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How to Make Your Own Hummingbird Food
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10
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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How to Make Your Own Hummingbird Food Hummingbirds are amazing little creatures and using the right hummingbird food recipe will help attract them by the dozens. The best way to attract hummingbirds is by knowing ...
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Let good bugs eat bad bugs!
09
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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Whether it is your first garden, or the latest in a string of many, nothing is more disconcerting than watching creepy crawlers turn your dreams of a verdant paradise into an all-you-can-eat salad bar. Natural insect control for gardens is an option, and this natural way of eliminating garden ...
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Tomatoes and Blossom end blight!
08
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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Blossom drop is a common tomato growing problem that can be extremely frustrating to the home gardener. Otherwise healthy looking tomato plants set flower blossoms, only to have them dry up and fall off the plant before a fruit is formed. What Causes Blossom Drop in Tomatoes? Blossom drop can ...
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Annuals to attract humming birds
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06
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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    They have to be one of the coolest little birds, but not seen very often, the beautiful Hummingbird!  We all want to see them!  Here is a list of annuals that will attract them to your garden! ...
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Top 10 drought resistant plants
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06
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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10 Plants That Beat the Summer Heat Plant these heat-loving, hardy plants that thrive in hot weather. Simply water them once a week to enjoy their blooms all summer long. Black-eyed Susan Mealycup Sage Coreopsis ...
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Butterfly attracting plants
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05
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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Butterflies use plants in different ways during their life cycles. Host plants provide shelter for butterfly eggs and food for growing caterpillars. Many butterfly species have only a few or even just one plant ...
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Natural Homemade Pesticides: Recipes & Tips
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04
Jun 2014
By: sharon

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These homemade pesticides are cheap and easy to make with many being just as effective as some commercial products on the market. No fancy ingredients required, everything you need is likely stocked in your ...
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Top ways to get rid of ants!
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May 2014
By: sharon

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Everyone has had issues with ants here and there, but don’t always want to use chemicals to get rid of them!  here are 21 ways to naturally rid your house of ants! Of course I want something that is non- ...
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Alternatives to impatiens
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29
May 2014
By: sharon

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Have you heard about the impatiens problem in recent years?  Although our seed companies are saying this year it is “clean seed” this year, many are still going with different options for the shade. ...
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How to make a mosquito trap
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May 2014
By: sharon

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This is very interesting!!  And if we didn’t have bats and citronella around I would try it. Because mosquitoes are attracted to the CO2 we breathe out, I started looking for ideas that used CO2 as the bait ...
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