Singing to plants, for example and burying beer in your backyard are just some of the many! Read on to find out the rest.
We Talk And Sing To Our Plants
Scientists have discovered that plants respond to the vibrating soundwaves of your voice.
The same is for music played on a radio, and scientists believe this helps stems grow sturdier in order to support themselves during windy conditions when replicating what they hear from you – which includes all those lovely noises we make!
We Consider Worms To Be A Viable House Pet
You can’t feed all your dogs and cats with table scraps. And worms love those!
Bring them inside in a vermicomposting bin, and start making sweet compost for your plants or garden.
We Bury Cups Of Beer In The Garden
Beer can keep slug and snail populations down. Slug damage can be prevented as slugs and snails are attracted from the yeast and carbohydrates in the cup of beer, and once they go in, they are drowned and have trouble getting out.
We Save Lots of Things Some Might Consider “Trash”
Gardeners are always on the lookout for new ways to reuse old items. One of my favorite is using yogurt containers as planters, labels and even seed collection jars!
They can be washed easily when not in use so there’s no need to buy another one just because yours got broken or dirty with stain from being outside all day long – that would be silly right?
The best part about this super versatile idea: you don’t have too many leftovers after making these cool planting tools- it only takes materials found around your own home.
We Consider Goldfish To Be A Viable Outdoor Pet
You’re probably familiar with the concept of a rain barrel, but did you know that adding goldfish can help keep mosquito populations under control?
The larvae love stagnant water and will quickly die off in an oxygen-rich environment.
We Make Compost Tea
Have you ever come across a gardener stirring up some brown sludge? You may have thought it was the worst and walked away.
But we’re not making this for ourselves; organic gardeners know that compost tea can be an all natural way to fertilize their plants!
We Bury Pennies In Our Garden
A penny is worth more than its metal and can be used to help eliminate pesky fungal growth. It may not seem like much, but when buried in the garden soil with copper content it slowly leaches out over time – leaving only healthy plants behind!
We Invest In Big Quantities Of Vinegar
You can use vinegar as a simple and effective weed killer. It won’t harm your soil, bugs or healthier plants in the area that you are trying to kill off weeds from because it isn’t toxic for those types of vegetation like some other chemicals may be.
Just make sure not too add vinegar that contains salt when using this method though since even roots will get damaged by salty environments;
We Save Cooking Water
It’s easy to take for granted the water you use when cooking or blanching foods. But did you know that plants can benefit from it?
Instead of throwing out your used potable (drinking) water down the drain, let it cool off and dump some into an empty plant container so all those vitamins in there will do good work!
We Steal Seeds From Our Neighbors
Not really but it’s a common practice to walk around one’s neighborhood and admire the varieties of flowers that your neighbors have on display.
If you find something like purple coneflower, go ahead with asking them if they can let some seeds from this plant before pruning back in fall for next year!
We Order A Bag Of Used Coffee Grounds Instead Of an Iced Latte
Coffee grounds can really speed up the process of turning compost, but if you are looking to use it as a mulch then don’t go with fine ground because this will cake up and stop air or water from getting down.
Some local coffee chains give out their used grounds which is great for using them around plants instead!
We Celebrate Some Unknown Holidays
The list of holidays is truly something to be excited about! We have quite a few that will get you outdoors and into the garden.
- January 10 – Houseplant Appreciation Day
- March 28 – Weed Appreciation Day (the kind you pull, not the kind you smoke…)
- First Saturday in May – World Naked Gardening Day
- June 6 – National Gardening Exercise Day
- June 13 – Weed Your Garden Day
- July 15 – Cow Appreciation Day
- July 27 – Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day
- August 8 – Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
We Keep A Bucket In The Shower
We all know how important it is to save water, so this tip might be the perfect way for you!
By placing a standard 5 gallon bucket in your shower and installing low flow shower heads or adjusting settings on existing ones (2.5 gal./minute), every drop will count towards saving some of Earth’s most precious resource-water!