Home Remedies for Insect Control

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• New home; virtual and real!

  Just like to say hey! I love gardening. We are moving into a new home because we needed more room to grow what we need. At the same time I found this wonderful site to discuss gardening with fellow enthusiasts;) More

• Pictures from Home

  Spent Sunday afternoon in my favorite botanical garden (Houston/Harris county's Mercer) and found a few that still can take the heat. But I only lasted about an hour before retreating to the A/C and a Wendy's frostie..... Mid-90s and wilting humidity took the toll on both me and the wife,… More

• Chance needs a home!

  Chance needs a home! He is a Boxer/Lab about 8-10months old. He has had his first round of shots and needs boosters in a month. He has not been neutered yet. He weighed 40.5pounds and the vet said he looked awesome. I'm willing to drive a few hours to bring… More

• New home and all new bulbs!

  We bought our home in december and i have done as much work as i could do since then to clean and care for our yard. Yesterday i went to the hardwear store and saw they have so many nice blubs out so i bought Tall Cannas, a Golden Emblem… More

• how to take care of plant watering when someone away from home.

  I am going on vacation and will be away from home for 0ne month, what should be the best method to water the plants during the time, i have indoor plants like croton, daieffenbachia and others and i have placed them under florescent light, please note here we don't have… More

• Welcome back home HerbyAnne.....

  My friend - it is so good to see you back at GG. We missed you so much and prayed for your safe return and recovery - life just is not the same here at GG without you around. I trust you are feeling much better - and following the… More

• Growing Acai Palms at Home.

  I got some very pretty Acai Palms from Acai Farms. Can't wait to get some berries. Does anyone have any experience growing them? They are in my greenhouse and I have a solar water heating system. They seem to be doing well. But I could use some advice. Has anyone… More

• New Mexico Home Garden

  In the desert, we have to watch the amount of water we use. We also have very sandy soil. So I made raised beds, fortified the soil and installed a drip system which uses about 1/3 of the water. These are some pictures of our chiles, tomatoes, cilantro, lettuce, spinach,… More

• 16 week old puppy looking for a home.

  I got an email from a friend...she has a coworker who has a 16 week old black brindle pit she is trying to rehome. I'll have more details later and pictures. From what my friend said she has 3 pits all together but doesn't have time to properly train the… More

• gnome home

  the snow`s gone finely and i`am in the garden, had an old stump so i turned it in to a gnome home.grandkids helped boy that was fun. More

• Home Page

  The Home Page has a box called Current Community Discussions, which sends people to the deleted General Garden Discussion forum. We need this to link to an actual forum. Who is and has been in charge of general upkeep of GardenGuides? (Not just the forums--we know that's you, Rach!) Was… More

• Home Again

  Just got home Wed. after a week in the hospital. I had another bout with pnuemonia. This time they found a slow growing bacteria growing in my lungs. They think it is why I have been having so much problems with my lungs. They also think they are giving me… More

• Home at last

  As many of you know, I moved back to Michigan (the motherland ;) ) from NY last September. My husband whom I had married six months prior, had to remain in NY until his plant closed. For nearly nine months we have been apart, except for brief holiday visits. Last… More

• Home Remedies for bugs in the garden

  Just curious if anyone has any good home remedies for getting rid of the bad critters in the garden. I was told of a concoction (?) of water, listerine, beer and dish soap that would kill and deter any and all garden critters, japanese beetles, aphids, cabbage worms and tomato… More

• A New Home

  for my three Tropical Hibiscus. My friends the Rogers have wonderful gardens. I think there are pix in one of my photo albums. They are the couple that raise Monarch butterflies. The Red one has a variegated leaf and the Coral one is just beautiful. The decision to give my… More

• new here and new home

  Hello folks. I'm new here and now in a new ( to me) home. I have plenty of backyard ( about 2 acres) and plan on doing some serious work out there. First off is getting rid of all the trees ( i still have about 40 or so to… More

• Crawfish Home

  Here are some pictures of a crawfish's home. It is like 2 ft from the side of my house! The first pic is when I first saw it. I left it alone and about 4 days later he had it built up twice as high (pics 2 & 3). Since… More

• snow at our new home

  Better late than never? It snowed last month at our new place! It melted away in about 4 or 5 days though. :( First time I've seen snow so close to home. It was real neat only I was pretty stranded lol and I didn't know how to clean up… More

• Toby has a new home

  We picked him up yesterday. The little furball is 7 weeks old. More

• Home Remedies

  I've been reading different threads about using teas, banana peels, egg shells, and coffee grounds in the gardens, and I'd love to try some of your home remedies. I thought it'd be helpful to have all that infomation under one thread where we can discuss the non-commercial products that people… More

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