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Use Your Left Over Potato Water in the Garden.

Don't throw out that left over potato water. Put it to use in the garden. Be sure it is unsalted (salted water will hurt your plants.)

Pour it on the garden near your plants.Starchy potato water will spur the release of plant nutrients in the soil so it makes a great addition. (plants like starch better than your figure does!)

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Carol Speake - The Garden... Raleigh, NC Yesterday
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    A lot of times when I boil potatoes I use some of the water to make gravy with meat drippings ...»
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Before and After Home Garden Project.

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  • Create this easy and colourful art using washi tape and scrapbooking paper!
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    Thank you, Rachel!
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Flower Boxes for the Playhouse

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    Thank you so much, Miriam! :)
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Fresh Herb Wreath

Make a wreath using a grapevine base and fresh herbs! A perfect summer wreath that looks great both fresh & dried!
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    Thank you Miriam I !
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Use Your Old Coffee Grounds in the Garden.

Are you a big coffee drinker? If you are, you will have used coffee grounds. Don't throw them away...used them in the garden.

There are many ways to use them. Camellias, hydrangeas, and roses are all nitrogen loving plants so the coffee grounds help.

The grounds are also a great deterrent for slugs and snails around hostas and other plants that the pests love.

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    away? I had another year of them eating my hosta and lily buds and leaves. SO upset.

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Two new garden divas have joined my garden and are putting on a show for all to see! Hydrangea Macrophylla "Nantucket Blue" (zones 5 to 9) is a reblooming hydrangea that will bloom June ...»
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DIY Bookcase Media Wall

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