DID
YOU KNOW? & Other trivia!
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A great way to remove a
stubborn sliver in your finger is to coat it with white glue. When the glue is dry, peel
it away and the sliver will come with it!
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Banana
skins contain lots of phosphorous and potassium and burying them just under the surface of
the soil can do wonders for your roses!
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Adding dandelions, nettles,
comfrey, or yarrow to your compost helps speed up decomposition
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If you
loosen the soil before planting carrots, they wont be deformed & 2 legged! Use a
Garden Bandit or Telesco-Weeder for the task, both are quick & effective!
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Little brown bats don't drink
blood or get tangled in your hair, instead they eat up to 600 mosquitoes per hour plus
many other garden pests! Encourage them to your yard! look up bats on the Internet..there
is a wealth of information on building bat houses & attracting them.
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The expanding human
population has destroyed 50% of the worlds original 7.4 billion acres of forest. Human
population control may be the single most important environmental factor of the future.
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In order of effectiveness at
controlling pest damage to cabbage: #1 Hot pepper spray(click for recipe), #2 BT., #3 Garlic juice spray, #4
chemical pesticide.
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Wild Orchard Mason bees are
approximately 90% effective at pollinating the flowers they visit. By contrast the normal
honey bee is only about 5% efficient! Mason bees are easy to propagate in your back yard
with a "Bee Nursery"...ask about them at your local garden shop or build your own. You will benefit
by getting bigger healthier fruits and higher crop yields because of proper and thorough
pollination.
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