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Post by lilolpeapicker on Feb 15, 2016 12:23:05 GMT -5
for any start... Also, write on the calendar when you want to do your starts inside and when to start soaking them because I forget all the time that certain ones in particular need soaking first and slap myself to get with the program!
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Post by ahntjudy on Feb 20, 2016 11:12:15 GMT -5
I just saw this tip on a Fons and Porter quilting program on public TV... ***Use a piece of scrap fabric in the bottom of flower pots to keep soil from leaching out***
Good idea... I usually use either newspaper or a coffee filter but the fabric would certainly last much longer...
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 20, 2016 11:59:48 GMT -5
That's a great idea. Will do! Maybe some unbleached muslin.
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Post by OregonRed on Feb 20, 2016 22:35:34 GMT -5
different subject:
this year, soaking seeds... some seeds are soooo small - they would fall out of the stainless steel filter provided on the top of the jar. I read some where recently to use a nylon stocking! done! especial I bet for petunias, carrots, celery, lemon grass and on and on...
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Post by binnylou on Feb 21, 2016 0:25:07 GMT -5
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Post by OregonRed on Feb 21, 2016 10:51:30 GMT -5
DAM you're good binny! and I have one of those!
well, I found some 50 cent knee highs too... LOL
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Post by ahntjudy on Apr 23, 2016 9:31:53 GMT -5
Found another great use for the small baby spoon... It's the perfect size for scooping out small seedlings from the 36 cell packs when transplanting...
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 23, 2016 9:33:56 GMT -5
Found another great use for the small baby spoon... It's the perfect size for scooping out small seedlings from the 36 cell packs when transplanting... I use an old iced tea spoon - same idea.
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Post by ahntjudy on Apr 13, 2021 10:14:40 GMT -5
I used to use the narrow baby spoon... A member on another forum posted this hint...Good idea...
"You just break off two tines from a plastic fork and it works like a charm for loosening and then lifting seedlings for transplant into a small pot."
Break off every other tine... It does work like a charm...
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Post by centralilrookie on Apr 19, 2021 6:58:34 GMT -5
ahntjudy,used the plastic fork idea yesterday. Your right it did “work like a charm”. Thank you for sharing!
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Post by binnylou on Dec 6, 2021 22:29:40 GMT -5
Open for new hints…step right up.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 6, 2021 23:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by ahntjudy on Sept 9, 2022 14:44:52 GMT -5
Not so much a 'helpful hint' rather something I do.
I keep a 5-gallon bucket in the kitchen and a stainless bowl in the kitchen sink. Any clean rinse water of anything, hands, veggies, etc., goes into the bowl then poured into the bucket. That water I use for outside veggies, plants or shrubs, whatever needs it.
I'm very frugal with water and it's amazing how much can be collected and reused by doing this.
(I must say that it is convenient that I have a double kitchen sink.)
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