Tuesday, April 23, 2013

10 GARDENING TIPS FROM A PRO

(What?  I am pro-gardening.  Everyone knows that.)

1) If the weather forecast predicts a low of 36 in your town, yes, your yard will frost over.  No, your neighbors' yards will not frost over.  No, no-one will believe you.  Yes, the worst area of frost will be where you recently planted the most expensive flowers.

2) If your irises are over-run with slugs, here is a foolproof method for saving them: Simply plant daylilies among them.  Problem solved.  

3) If your daylilies are over-run with slugs, simply plant celery among them.

4) If your celery is over-run with slugs, go buy some cause it is either poison that shit or post a full time slug patrol.

5) The best time to pull weeds in the Willamette Valley is constantly.

6) Cayenne pepper placed under tulips will keep the moles from eating them - until they are in mid-bloom.

7) Cats do not deter moles.  They are too busy lying in the plant pots.

8) Cats also enjoy lying on freshly planted beds.

9) Cats also lie in established beds......

10) Lying in wait to kill birds.




3 comments:

Vita said...

Ha ha. Did you really plant celery amid your day lilies?

takeshi007 said...

Gardening and landscaping is truly becoming an art form. Planning, planting and watching your own garden grow can fill a person with satisfaction and pride. Gardening is truly a life-time hobby. The more you learn the more proficient one gets and the possibilities become endless.

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Garden Faerie said...

Vita: yeppers