Here are the latest tips and tricks Paul James, host of Gardening by the Yard:


1. The soil in the pot to remove salt deposits occur, white vinegar, wine, and water in a spray bottle for a combination of equal parts. Bring the mixture to the pan and scrub with a plastic brush. Let dry before you even plant pots.

2.Then, after you are finished in the garden, use a nail brush to remove the soap and your nails will be sparkling clean.

3. On your trimmer to avoid jamming or breaking the line, before placing it in the trimmer treated with vegetable oil spray.

4. Turn the measuring stick of a long handle tools! Put a long-handled garden tools on the ground and place a tape measure. Handle with a permanent marker to write on the inch and foot marks. If you need the space to plant a certain distance from each other (only a few meters, centimeters), has been an instrument in the hands.

5. Garden rope on hand when you need just a small clay pot a ball of twine knife, pull the end of the rope through the drainage holes and turn the pot upside down in the garden. Do that, and you see the rope will never go again.

6. Small clay pot overnight frosts and freezes great cloches to protect young plants.

7.Guide to prevent damage to your plants when you pull the hose bed.

8. Completely natural markers, different sized flat stones on the face of the name of the plant (with a permanent marker) to write and place them on or near the bottom of your plants.

9. Do you have aphids? Water hose or insecticidal soap you can get away with a strong blast. But here's a suggestion, one that is much more fun, get some tape! Wrap your hands around a wide strip of tape, sticky side out, and leaves of plants infested with aphids Pat. Concentrate on the underside of leaves, because that's where the little buggers want to hide.

10. The next time you cook or steam vegetables, do not pour water in the drain, patio pot of water to use it, and how plants "soup" will be amazed at the answer.

11. Azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, gardenias and acetic acid loving plants such as blueberries left to the use of coffee grounds. A light dusting of about a quarter of an inch applied once a month to keep the soil pH of the acid side.

12. Damping-off fungi, which often attacks young seedlings to investigate the sudden Use chamomile tea.

13. If you have a second table for serving tea, pottery and utensils look no further than our collection. Just flip a large pan, and top it off with a large dish. And if you had your share of tea, fill the dish with water, and the "table" is now a birdbath.

14. Herbs Dry to glory in the world: only one sheet of paper lying on the car seat, arrange a layer of herbs, then roll up the windows and doors closed. Will dry your herbs quickly to perfection. What's more, your car smelling great.