Monday August 26, 2013 and looks like the sun will shine and bring on another great day. What a sunset last nite.... lots of pictures taken of the sky for sure. We are two days away from the municipal nomination day. Wed. August 28 is the day and the office will be open from 8am to 8pm on that day to receive the nomination. For more information on nomination procedures you can contact the office. Have a great day everyone and pay it forward with a smile .... ! continuing with helpful tips, here is one on gardening and indoor plants. Garden Tips 37 Garden / Lawn and Indoor Plants tips, hints, and tricks Natural Insecticide Add onions and garlic to a jar of water, let it stand for a week, and spray plants with it. Inexpensive Frogs Cut plastic mesh baskets that strawberries and other fruits are packed in at the grocery store, to fit into the bottom of vases for use as frogs to hold cut flowers. Wide Flower Vase If your vase is too wide for flowers, use clear tape across the mouth to make a smaller opening for your arrangement. Rose Holder When cutting thorny rose stems, hold onto the stem with a spring clothespin. Protect Bushes Invert bushel baskets over small bushes during cold weather to protect them. Anchor with old-fashion wood clothespins, shoved over the wire handles of the baskets. Tomato Ties Cut old stockings lengthwise to make ties for tomato plants. These will not cut into the stalk, and are very strong. Painted Flower Pots Invert flower pots over a large tin can when painting them. They can easily be turned and left until the paint dries. Vegetable Carrier Replace the bottom of a wooden box with chicken wire and place your freshly-picked vegetables in it. Spray the vegetables with a hose, and dirt and bugs will be washed out, without dirtying your kitchen sink. Flower Display If your vase is too deep for your cut flowers, crush a paper towel and put in the bottom of the vase. This will also hold moisture. Preserving Flowers Spray cut flowers with hair spray to make them last longer Tinting Flowers Mix some food coloring in warm water and put flower stems in the solution. Stems will absorb the color and tint the flowers. Removing Poison Ivy Mix a gallon of soapy water and 3 pounds of salt and spray the area. Grow Parsley Wet a clean sponge and sprinkle with parsley. Place near a window and you will soon have a large clump of foliage. Rabbit Plague Dust the cheapest talcum power you can find around the base of your vegetable plants outside and it will quickly rid you of rabbit and flea beetle pests. Sowing Seeds Use a salt shaker to sow seeds in your garden--it will distribute the seeds more evenly. Watering Seedlings Push a drinking straw into the soil and funnel water into it to avoid disturbing new seedlings. Lawn Tips Let new grass grow to at least 2 1/2 inches high before mowing. Never mow any grass to less than 1 1/2 inches. Watering the Lawn Light watering of your lawn causes grass to turn up and become shallow. Always thoroughly drench your lawn. Killing Weeds Pour boiling salt water on grass or weeds growing between sections of sidewalk Preventing Weeds Sprinkle salt or cheap motor oil between brinks in a walk to prevent grass and weeds from growing. Rejuvenated Flowers Wilted flowers will miraculously revive in very hot water. Speeding Blooms on Roses Add a lump of sugar to the water to make rosebuds open up. Long-Lived Flowers Prolong the life of fresh cut flowers by adding 2 tablespoons of white vinegar ad 2 teaspoons of cane sugar to a quart of water. Window Boxes To keep rain from splattering dirt on your windows, put a layer of gravel on top of your window boxes Marigold Odor Add a teaspoon of sugar to the water in vases of marigolds to remove their strong smell Watering Plants Plants may fail if the water is too cold or hot-use room temperature water. Over Watering Delay watering if topsoil feels moist. A major cause of houseplant deaths is overwatering Egg Water Use the water in which eggs have been boiled to water plants-a good source of minerals Water With Club Soda Water plants with stale club soda - remaining chemicals add vinegar and color to plants Watering Tip Plants in hanging baskets can easily be watered by putting ice cubes on top of the soil and allowing them to melt Melted Snow Snow contains wonderful minerals for plants - allow some to melt and water with it Fern Tonic Water ferns once a week with weak tea a good tonic Watering While on Vacation For extended absences, put plants in the bathtub on thickly folded newspapers in a few inches of water. Water will be absorbed through the bottom of the pots. Mending Plants Small splints made of toothpicks and tape often save broken stems Glossy Leaves Swab plant leaves with a few drops of glyercine on a cloth for a glossy shine Sick Plants A tablespoon of castor oil chased by water brings sick plants out of their slump Mini Trellis Bend a wire coat hanger into a loop to make a small trellis for potted ivy-push the ends into the soil.
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