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Want some BEAUTIFUL ROSES?
(Works for Tea Cup roses also) Add these three foods in the soil on a regular basis.
Crushed Egg Shells
Egg Shells supply nutrients to the plant, helps deter snails, and the decomposition helps support the bloom.
Cut Up Banana Peels
Banana Peels gives your Roses the BOOST of Potassium they need!
Used Coffee Grounds
Coffee Grounds give your Roses Nitrogen!
There are two VERY IMPORTANT things to follow when starting a Garden!
1) Size. ALWAYS start smaller…You can add on! Never make it bigger then you are able to maintain and keep weed free.
2) Find the right location. You need an area that gets a good amount of sunshine through out the day! The More Sunshine the better!
Your first step will be to lay your garden out. I prefer to use Cardboard, (Pizza boxes actually), but you can use newspaper also. Then take a shovel and put a trench around the square you have laid out. Pick up the boxes or newspaper, and dig up the sod within the square. Just enough to bring up the roots of the grass, then lay the boxes back down.
Now it is time to build your box! Make sure you use rot resistant lumbers. I prefer cedar two by six boards and galvanized screws. (Will not rust) Use a level and make sure your box is level or else you will have problems with water pooling.
TIME TO ADD THE DIRT!
Use quality top soil, rotted manure, and compost. Mix it up, level it off, and your garden is ready to go! The GREAT thing about Raised Gardens is that each year you just add a little manure and compost and you are ready to go! I also like to add some used coffee grounds and crushed up eggs shells to my soil, and my plants LOVE IT!
Want to save a FORTUNE on your grocery bill EVERY year, and get healthier? PLANT SOME ZUCCHINI! My freezer is full year round! Chopped Zucchini, Shredded Zucchini, Zucchini Boats! Did I mention I have a separate chest freezer JUST FOR Zucchini? It is SUPER easy to grow, does not need a lot of watering, and let me emphasize again HOW MUCH IT WILL SAVE YOU ON YOUR GROCERY BILL!
First, let me explain the benefits of this amazing vegetable! The dietary fiber in zucchini helps lower cholesterol, it helps prevent cancer, it is GREAT for prostate health, it is an anti-Inflammatory, it helps prevent heart attack and stroke, it helps lower blood pressure, and it is high in manganese. (Get more details here)
Now let me explain how it is going to help you save on your grocery bill! I add zucchini to pretty much ALL my dishes! I replace half of the ground beef in a recipe with zucchini, I add it to my soups, I even add shredded zucchini to my mashed potatoes & brownies. The great thing about Zucchini is it takes the taste of what you are baking or cooking! You are going to use less meat in your hamburgers, meatloaf, chicken tacos, whatever you are cooking…THROW IT IN! You can make YUMMY bread with shredded zucchini and even make Zucchini Crisp. (Tastes just like apple crisp)
So get out there, buy a packet of Zucchini seeds for $.99 and get your plants growing! That one time $.99 purchase years ago, has saved me thousands over the last few years! (When I clean my zucchini’s I dry some of the seeds and use them the following year)
