| Whether you are an avid vegetable gardener, a | | | | aphids and other pests.6. My husband bought some |
| beginning herb gardener or just like to have a pretty | | | | used carpet at a garage sale, cut it into wide strips |
| yard, these frugal tips may help you save a little | | | | and laid it down between the rows in our garden. |
| money!1. Stale coffee and coffee grounds make | | | | Now we can pick peas with getting our shoes |
| great organic fertilizer. They provide many trace | | | | muddy.7. Use grass clippings as mulch around your |
| minerals and low, gentle levels of nitrogen, potassium | | | | vegetable plants to keep moisture in and weeds out. |
| and phosphorous.2. Remember that a good soaking | | | | Just don't use the clippings right after you have |
| of water less often is better than a light sprinkling | | | | fertilized your grass or treated for weed control.8. If |
| every day -- for veggies and for your lawn.3. If your | | | | you have access to them, pine needles make |
| neighbor has a plant you particularly like, ask for a | | | | excellent mulch.9. A natural, frugal garden pest spray: |
| cutting, instead of going to the nursery and buying | | | | mix 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup |
| one. Maybe you could trade a cutting from one of | | | | of cooking oil. Use 3 tablespoons of this mixture to 1 |
| your own plants.4. To easily water a tomato plant, | | | | quart of water and spray on plants.10. In the herb |
| bury a bottomless coffee can next to the plant and | | | | garden, to keep plants like mint from taking over too |
| pour the water into the can. This allows the water to | | | | big an area, put it in a clay pot and simply plant the |
| go straight to the roots.5. Plant marigolds in your | | | | whole pot!"He who plants a garden, plants happiness. |
| vegetable garden. They will attract insects that eat | | | | |