Fill a quart jar with a 1/2 inch of apple cider vinegar and a small piece of banana. Roll up your paper into a funnel shape (larger at the top) and tape it in place. Place the funnel into your jar and make sure all the edges are secured shut with tape. You may have to adjust the size of [ Read More ]
Borax is the most common ingredient in house ant control products, and get this: it’s absolutely 100% natural. The best way (in my opinion) to use Borax is to mix 1 cup of warm water with 1/2 cup of sugar, and 2 tablespoons of Borax. Then soak the Borax mixture up with cotton balls or put it in a container [ Read More ]
Fungus gnats are small, dark, short-lived flies, Fungus gnats are typically harmless to healthy plants – and humans – but can inflict extensive damage to seedlings; their presence can be indicative of more serious problems. In houseplants, the presence of fungus gnats may indicate overwatering; they may be feeding on roots that have sat in drain water too long and [ Read More ]
Aphids are soft, pear-shaped, and very tiny. They have long antennae. And two short tubes project backward from the tip of their abdomen. Some types of aphids have wings, Aphids may be green, pink, yellowish, black, or powdery gray. Nymphs resemble adults but are smaller and wingless. Both adults and nymphs suck plant sap, which usually causes distorted leaves, buds, [ Read More ]
Tree Stump Removal – Get rid of tree stumps by drilling holes in the stump and filling them with 100% Epsom salt. Follow with water, and wait. Live stumps may take as long as a month to decay, and start to decompose all by themselves.
Spider mites They generally live on the undersides of leaves of plants, where they may spin protective silk webs, and they can cause damage by puncturing the plant cells to feed. To get rid of spider mites use a Mixture of soap and water, you can use dish soap,,dawn may be strong so use that if it doesn’t work the [ Read More ]
Wood Bees “Carpenter Bees” Nasty to get rid of. They come back year after year and more holes only attract more the following spring. And woodpeckers love to eat them. Once they bore into the wood and lay eggs, the woodpeckers will tear the place down getting at the larva. How to get rid of wood bees: Get a spray [ Read More ]
Do you have mosquitoes breeding in your fountain here is how you can i get rid of them. Use baking soda, the baking soda smothers the larve and wont allow them to hatch. We use baking soda in the water holes laying in the woods and it does seem to keep it under control. Or you can use Mosquito Dunk’s. [ Read More ]
Damping Off’ diseases are the bane of seedlings. It is the gray white furry fungus that forms on the stems of your seedling right where they meet the starting mix. To stop Damping Off. Sprinkl cinnamon on the infected seedlings as a way to kill off the fungi or ‘damping off‘ disease and stop its potential spread. You could also [ Read More ]
How to clean fruits and veggies. soak them in a 1:4 ratio of vinegar and water to help remove toxins and pesticides. leave them soaking for up to an hour, longer with non-organic apples. At the end of the bath, sometimes you can even see cloudy like stuff in the water from the skins and waxes, and dirt on the [ Read More ]
