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Categories Gardening

How To Make Free Vegetable Seedling Markers [Chopsticks]

Create these free vegetable seedling markers in just minutes using chopsticks and downloadable garden grid!

January 19, 2022January 25, 2024
8 Frequently Asked Questions on How to Winterize Your Rain Barrel for Harsh Weather #rainbarrel #fallmaintenance
Categories Gardening

How We Easily Winterize Our Rain Barrel – 8 Questions Solved

Here’s 8 commonly asked questions about how to best winterize a rain barrel and protect it from the harsh winter elements.

October 23, 2021January 5, 2024
DIY Rain Barrel Stand Ideas #rainbarrel #savewater #sustainablegardening
Categories Gardening

15+ Easy DIY Rain Barrel Stand Ideas

Check out these amazing DIY rain barrel stand ideas using wood and pavers. Elevate your rain barrel to increase water flow to your garden!

June 10, 2021March 23, 2024
Find out which vegetables and herbs rabbits love, and which they avoid
Categories Gardening

10 Rabbit Resistant Vegetable Plants [Printable List]

Free printable list of Vegetable Plants Rabbits Won’t Eat so that YOU (and not pesky rabbits) enjoy your garden’s harvest (List of Herbs too!)

May 8, 2021June 2, 2024
Learn these 3 easy (and most free!) way to stop critters from digging and eating your tulips.
Categories Gardening

How To Easily Protect Tulips from Critters

Learn how to protect tulips from critters uninvited to your garden through physical barriers, odor repellents and companion planting.

May 7, 2021January 25, 2024
How to Stop Rabbits from Eating Tulips - Includes Homemade Repellent Recipe with All-Natural Ingredients #savetulips #gardenpests
Categories Gardening

Homemade Rabbit Repellent for Tulips (Recipe)

Stop pesky rabbits, deer and groundhogs with this easy homemade rabbit repellent for tulips using ingredients found right in your kitchen!

April 11, 2021January 5, 2024
Garden planner will help you grow a successful, bountiful vegetable garden. Check out these 7 FREE printable garden journal templates to get organized. Get your free copy today! #garden #gardeningtips #gardenplanner
Categories Gardening

7 Amazing & Free Vegetable Garden Journal Printables

Dream, plan and achieve your best vegetable garden yet with one of these FREE vegetable garden journal printables!

July 20, 2020March 21, 2024
How to Build a Blueberry Bush Cage - Easy and Cheap! #frugalgarden
Categories Easy DIY, Gardening

How to Build a Simple DIY Blueberry Bush Cage

Learn how to build a simple, inexpensive DIY blueberry bush cage with netting that will keep those pesky birds and wildlife away from your berries!

June 1, 2020January 5, 2024
Vegetable gardening and its benefits - why you should plant a Victory Garden this spring #veggies #gardening #healthy
Categories Gardening

10 Surprising Benefits of Victory Gardens

These inspiring benefits of victory gardens will inspire you to pick up a trowel and create a garden that will nourish your body and soul.

April 30, 2020March 22, 2024

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