- Planting lavender in your strawberry bed will improve the crop.
- Thyme deters cabbage worms, mint deters cabbage moths, and basil deters mosquitoes.
- To prevent accumulating dirt under your fingernails while you work in the garden, draw your fingernails across a bar of soap .
- Paint the handles of your gardens tools a bright color to help you find them amongst your plants.
- Keep a box in your garden for easy tool storage.
- Train your melons, squash, and cucumbers onto a vertical trellis or fence.
- Milk jugs, soda bottles and other plastic containers make covers to place over your plants and protect them from frost.
- Water your garden in the early morning to conserve moisture loss .
- Add a few drops of food coloring to the bottom of your rain gauge. The level will be easily read the next time it rains.
- Prevent agressive plants from taking over your garden by planting them in a plastic container.
