{"product_id":"2940014397292","title":"Gardening Secrets For A Lush Garden!","description":"Gardening Tips: Borders\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to add ground cover such as creeping thyme or alyssum to your garden here is a\u003cbr\u003egreat way to get started early and a fabulous way to create instant borders without the backache\u003cbr\u003eof having to plant each flower. Measure the area you want covered with ground cover. Let’s\u003cbr\u003esay you want to create a border along an existing garden that is 10 feet long. Cut newspaper\u003cbr\u003e(about 2 pages thick) into two feet long by one foot wide strips. To cover 10 feet you will need\u003cbr\u003efive of these two foot strips. Place the strips in a slightly sunny area but where the seeds won’t\u003cbr\u003ebe disturbed or pelted with rays of light, such as basement shelving near a window. Place\u003cbr\u003egarbage bags on the shelves then add the newspaper strips. Do not overlap strips.\u003cbr\u003eSprinkle the seeds on the newspaper like you would if you were planting them in the ground.\u003cbr\u003ePlace a layer of paper towel over each strip and then spray the towel, seeds and newspaper\u003cbr\u003ewith a water bottle. You want to saturate the towel and the newspaper, but you don’t want it to\u003cbr\u003edrip. The paper must never dry out (if it does spray immediately.) Remove the paper towel\u003cbr\u003ewhen the seeds germinate (in about a week.) Two months later, weather permitting, you can\u003cbr\u003eplant your newspaper strips, now bursting with seedlings, outdoors. First carefully arrange each\u003cbr\u003eseedling strip where it will be planted. Once you are happy with the arrangement cover bare\u003cbr\u003enewspaper areas with soil to anchor the strip.\u003cbr\u003eGardening Secrets For A Lush Garden!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Gardening Tips\u003cbr\u003eSave all flats and flower pots that come with your plants. First, you can always use these to\u003cbr\u003estart your seeds next season (be sure to wash the flats to rid them of any disease.) Second, it\u003cbr\u003emay look funny at first, but if you cut out the bottom of plastic pots and place them over younger\u003cbr\u003etransplants it will protect them from rabbits. Additionally, placing pots around ornamental\u003cbr\u003egrasses is a great way to contain the younger, lower grass strands from rotting as they lay on\u003cbr\u003ethe ground. The band created by the pot will keep the strands off the ground.\u003cbr\u003eHere’s a coffee tip. Humans are not the only ones to get a boost from espresso. Plants do too!\u003cbr\u003eCaffeine and theophylline, two ingredients of coffee are popular ingredients in expensive skin\u003cbr\u003ecare products, and key ingredients in asthma medications, but also make excellent fertilizer for\u003cbr\u003eplants. You can get it by the big bagful and for free just by contacting your local coffee shop.\u003cbr\u003eJust mix the espresso in with your existing soil every few months and watch your plants grow.\u003cbr\u003eSuccessful gardening means that you don’t always have to buy everything new, such as pots or\u003cbr\u003efertilizer. Look around your home to see what you already have that you can reuse.\u003cbr\u003eGardening Secrets For A Lush Garden!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate Autumn Gardening Tips\u003cbr\u003eCome fall gardeners are usually a little teary-eyed over parting ways with garden tasks. For a\u003cbr\u003elittle late season planting run to the nearest garden section and buy California poppy, candytuft,\u003cbr\u003ecornflower, dianthus, phlox, cosmos, soapwort, spinach, larkspur, pansies, some marigolds,\u003cbr\u003esnapdragons, garlic, and\/or sweet pea seeds for what should be half off at that time of year.\u003cbr\u003eThese hardy annuals can actually be planted in the fall and will bloom in the spring or summer!\u003cbr\u003eWho doesn’t want instant blooming results in the garden? If you buy a plant you want it to be all\u003cbr\u003eit can be like, yesterday, right. Nurseries know this and so you will pay a premium for larger\u003cbr\u003eplants. Not only is there a demand, but also the overhead on a mature plant is more than a new\u003cbr\u003eone (larger container, more water, etc.) But if you are patient, buy the smaller plant. It will save\u003cbr\u003eyou a good deal of money and in a couple of months, with the right conditions and some Miracle\u003cbr\u003egrow your plant formerly known as small, will be a force to be reckoned with.\u003cbr\u003eAutumn is a great time of year to buy your seeds on sale as well as plant those late year garden\u003cbr\u003evarieties in your garden. Take the time to plan an autumn garden so you can enjoy flowers late\u003cbr\u003einto the year.\u003cbr\u003eGardening Secrets For A Lush Garden!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGardening Tips: Using The Internet\u003cbr\u003eThe Internet is a gardener’s best friend. You might be surprised to know that your local nursery\u003cbr\u003ehas been charging you way too much money. Or you might be pleasantly surprised to discover\u003cbr\u003eyour local nursery is the best kept secret with great prices and stock. The point is, shop around\u003cbr\u003eonline as well as offline. Here is one reason why: while searching for farmers or companies that\u003cbr\u003esold plants in her area, one gardener we interviewed came across a nursery she had never\u003cbr\u003eheard of. She called","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083821302000,"sku":"2940014397292","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014397292_p0.jpg?v=1763607668","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014397292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}