First tip - if you are growing carrots or leeks etc, use old toilet roll tubes to sew your seeds into. Then thin them out. Plant the seedlings you are keeping into the ground inside the tubes. This makes them grow stronger, bigger and straighter. It also keeps them protected from frost and some underground critters.Teabags make great seed starters.
The best place to store seeds is in the fridge.
Reflect light with tin foil if your plants don't get much.
Collect seeds from flowers then dry them out and store them, cheaper than buying them.
Swap cuttings and seeds with other gardeners. If you must buy plants do so in the spring as you can get a good idea of the health of the plant. Try not to buy a plant that has moss or weeds in the pot, this could mean it has been in the pot too long.
Save water by putting potted plants under hanging baskets to catch any overspill.
Brush water off your hedge before cutting as a wet hedge is harder to cut.
a potato peeler is great for digging up weeds from the lawn. Blast weeds with Gin and detergent to kill them off.
Use a cut up plastic drink bottle as a mini greenhouse over your pots.
Keep cats and birds away from new seeds with a snake! Use a length of hose pipe that looks snake like and wind it between your seeds.
Pepper and citrus also works well at keeping cats away.
Half a grapefruit left upside (skin side up) down makes a great slug trap. Deter them with crushed egg shells scattered around your plants.
Ok I think this is another one that will need a part two. lol. So many tips but so little time. Keep coming back to read more another day. :)
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