7 Insects You Actually Want In Your Garden

  1. Lady Beetles Benefits Of Having Them In Your Garden: They eat aphids and other softbodied pest eggs, scales and whitefly nymphs. Bait Them With: Asters, marigolds, cosmos, cilantro, yarrow, dill, cabbages, sweet alyssum, flowering kale. 2. Ground Beetles Benefits Of Having Them In Your Garden: They will destroy slugs, snails, cutworms, flys and rootmaggot eggs and larvae. Bait Them With: Sweet or white clover and other...

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8 Medicinal Plants You Can Grow at Home

Grow a Healing Garden Physic (or physick) was the name given to gardens of healing plants grown by physicians and monks in ancient times and by home gardeners well into the nineteenth century. Why not plant your own with some of these herbs? By investing a little sweat and the cost of seeds, you'll have the makings of infusions, teas, and balms. Just choose a sunny spot with rich soil for your garden. Perennial plants will grow from season to...

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6 Tips for Starting a Windowsill Garden

1. Let the Sunshine In Locate your brightest window and add a set of grow lights, if needed. 2. Make a Flat Plan Whether you use flowerpots, a seed-starting box or repurposed grocery-store containers, make sure there are holes in the bottom for drainage and a liner underneath to catch excess water. 3. Get Dirty Fill your chosen receptacle three quarters of the way with organic potting soil. Sprinkle a handful of seeds on top and...

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