Warmer weather brings sunny days, Spring rains, greener pastures and. . . pests. Silver fish, ants, gnats, beetles, spiders are a few of the more common and annoying but less dangerous ones. Fleas, ticks and bed bugs are harmful to…
This time of year the smell of cinnamon warms your soul and reminds you of when you were small and grandma baked snickerdoodles, cakes and pies. Here are 18 recipes to prepare in your own home using this spice. Stay…
It’s a few weeks before I can get out in the garden and start planting a few cool and more warm season crops. Pests are always a problem no matter where you live. One that seems to bother many gardeners…
eHow Home & Garden Garden & Lawn Pests, Weeds & Problems How to Make Insect Spray for a Lawn Although bugs and insects are an essential part of our ecosystem, some of them can be harmful to plants, trees and bushes in our yards. But there is no need to use toxic insecticides to eliminate bugs from the lawn area; you can make a homemade bug spray that will get rid of the bugs without using such chemicals. Commercial bug sprays can get expensive, so you also will save some money by making a homemade bug spray for your yard. There are a variety of different recipes to make a homemade insecticide. Does this Spark an idea? Instructions 1 Place two hot peppers into a blender. Cayenne or habanero peppers both work well. Add 1 cup of water into the blender. 2 Puree the peppers and water in the blender. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a gallon bucket. This will be your concentrated pepper juice. 3 Combine ¼ cup of the pepper concentrate with 1 gallon of water. Add 1 tbsp. of liquid dish soap. Pour the contents into a spray bottle and apply to the lawn and landscaping. 4 Chop 2 garlic bulbs into small pieces. Put them in a quart-size jar that is equipped with a lid. 5 Boil about 1 qt. of water in a pot and pour the boiling water into the jar of garlic. Seal the lid of the jar and allow it to sit overnight. 6 Pour the mixture through a strainer the next day. Transfer the mixture to a spray bottle and add about 3 drops of liquid dish soap. Apply the mixture to your lawn and garden. 7 Remove the peels, skins and ends from several onions. Use roughly […]
Last year my hubby decided to cut down the bushes we had growing in the front of the house. They were old yews and holly bushes that were getting out of hand. It would have taken some massive trimming to…
