Homemaking

Georgia's Garden Tips - continued...
This material appears courtesy of The Pastor's Wife

For battling those creepy, crawly critters in your garden..(no...not the grandchildren)..I use Liquid Sevin....it's very good for all sorts of bugs, catapillars, slugs, beetles and the like....it also comes in powder form..It's a war out there.....and I'm out to win!!!

I haven't had problems so far with tops of beans and tomatoes being eaten..but if you do....here's a tip from south of the border....In a spray container, put equal parts of tabasco sauce and water and spray the plants affected (leaves and all)...There will be some "hot" tamales hopping around your yard after that..But NO MORE missing veggie plants. Also....put some moth balls all around and in your garden...they don't like the smell...(neither do I!!!)

Here's some more critter tips for deer and other 'nibbling predators' I got from Housenet today..."Deer don’t go for spicy foods, so give them a taste to remember with a hot pepper spray. Mix 2 tablespoons of hot pepper sauce with 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and 1 gallon of water. Spray on plants weekly or after it rains. Another homemade spray recipe: 3 eggs whipped up with 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper and a gallon of water. Being herbivores, deer will turn their noses up to the eggs. And if they do take a bite of a treated plant, they’ll regret the taste of the cayenne pepper."

Always remember to keep those petunias and other plants flowering all summer...pick off those dead blooms (the dead heads) ..REALLY WORKS!!

Do you want to attract more butterflies to your garden? Here's some ideas....plant a variety of perennials, annuals, and grasses of different height, color and season of bloom to provide nectar for butterflies throughout the growing season. Small tubular flowers attract a variety of butterflies. Don't overlook wildflowers and other native plants; Plant shrubs, vines and trees near the garden area of provide cover for butterflies; Also..butterflies need moist soil from which to drink. A pot-saucer filled moist sand will serve a a water source for butterflies...

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