Comments on: Tips For Greening Up Your Garden. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/01/29/tips-for-greening-up-your-garden/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:45:13 -0500 hourly 1 By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/01/29/tips-for-greening-up-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-18738 David Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2256#comment-18738 Might have to try that with the groundhogs this Spring! Might have to try that with the groundhogs this Spring!

]]> By: Allie http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/01/29/tips-for-greening-up-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-18736 Allie Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:38:48 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2256#comment-18736 I spray cheap hot sauce on my plants to keep the bunnies away. I only had to do it for a week or two before they learned that they didn't want to eat the plants in my garden. And, watching from the window, the first time they discovered the hot sauce was hysterical. I didn't know bunnies could make faces like that. I spray cheap hot sauce on my plants to keep the bunnies away. I only had to do it for a week or two before they learned that they didn’t want to eat the plants in my garden. And, watching from the window, the first time they discovered the hot sauce was hysterical. I didn’t know bunnies could make faces like that.

]]> By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/01/29/tips-for-greening-up-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-18709 David Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2256#comment-18709 The old hose is a good one as well, thanks Matt! The old hose is a good one as well, thanks Matt!

]]> By: Matt SF http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/01/29/tips-for-greening-up-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-18707 Matt SF Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:40:20 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2256#comment-18707 I use a drip watering technique with a soaker hose. If you want to go cheap, take an old hose with a few leaks, and poke a few more pinhead sized holes along the length of the hose. Run it parallel with a row of plants, or wrap a loop around each plant, cover it with mulch, and you have a slow but effective watering system. Here in the southeast, we often use pine needles as natural mulch. They're highly effective at keeping weeds away as well as evaporation prevention. I use a drip watering technique with a soaker hose. If you want to go cheap, take an old hose with a few leaks, and poke a few more pinhead sized holes along the length of the hose. Run it parallel with a row of plants, or wrap a loop around each plant, cover it with mulch, and you have a slow but effective watering system.

Here in the southeast, we often use pine needles as natural mulch. They’re highly effective at keeping weeds away as well as evaporation prevention.

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