Category: Garden Tips

The Perfect Garden Tool for Small Jobs

Often when gardening you can find yourself transplanting very small seedlings, or trying to plant in small pots or tight containers.

When this happens, a regular garden trowel is just too large, and makes too big a hole.

Well if you haven’t tried one, use a bulb trowel, also called a transplant trowel.

It’s the perfect tool for making small, narrow holes in areas with little space and it makes just the right sized holes for small seedlings.

This type of trowel has a longer and narrower blade than an ordinary garden trowel and it holds a sharp edge, which makes it very easy to use.

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Recycles Newspaper for Mulch

Mulch is a layer of organic or synthetic material that will suppress weeds. 

If you subscribe to any newspapers, you can use your piles of old newspapers to block weeds from growing on your lawn. Start by placing 2 to 6 sheets of newspapers on the soil around your lawn plants. Add a 1-inch layer of grass clippings on top and cover it with soil.

Using newspapers for Mulch has been proven to be very effective, and it’s also good for the environment because you are recycling

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Add Fragrance to your Lawn

To add fragrance to your lawn, add plants such as banana shrubs, Japanese privet, or even pine trees. Flowers such as magnolias, roses, jasmines, lilies, and gardenias also bear wonderful scents. Be sure to buy these plants in full bloom to make sure that you know the type of scent you’re getting