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Slugs have a love-hate relationship with potatoes. Slugs love potatoes, but the spuds can also serve as a death trap for slugs.
Slugs will eat potatoes. Slugs in potatoes can cause as much damage to potato plants as does … Continue Reading
The trend today is less tilling and more mulching. That’s a good method of gardening, but is also favorable to slugs. Mulch keeps the soil damp for plants but also provides a good place for slugs to hide.
Experts … Continue Reading
Summer is the time for garage and yard sales. Here are 12 tips that will help make your garage sale a success.
Have a big yellow couch to sell? An especially pretty red lamp? Anything with bright colors should … Continue Reading
Gardening Tip of the Day
It is a fact that earthworms improve garden and agricultural soils, but it’s not so well known that earthworms also can help reduce weed growth.
Research has shown that earthworm castings, called vermicompost, … Continue Reading
When celebrating Halloween be sure to include your pets.
The National Retail Federation reports that 7.4 million families will buy costumes for their pets for this year’s Halloween celebrations.
Pets, both dogs and cats, love to celebrate the holidays … Continue Reading