Information On How To Use Vinegar In Your Garden And Landscaping Efficiently And Safely
You will be amazed at the amount of information that can be found on how to use vinegar in your garden and landscaping. Vinegar can be used for clea...
You will be amazed at the amount of information that can be found on how to use vinegar in your garden and landscaping. Vinegar can be used for cleaning and disinfecting, for improving the health and growth of vegetation both in the yard and in the vegetable garden, to kill weeds and grass growing where you don’t want it, to safely sterilize bird feeders and baths, and keeping yourself comfortable while you work outside.
Both distilled white and apple cider vinegar can be used in the garden, and the benefits of both begin with their lack of toxicity. If you have ever read the label on many garden herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers, you know that gardening attire should include rubber gloves, protective goggles, and a face mask, not to mention long sleeves, long pants, and heavy boots.
Vinegar offers a safe and healthy alternative, not to mention cooler clothes. It is the ultimate in ‘green’, being so safe you can eat it, it is good for plants while being tough on bugs, and will also safely keep bugs away from you and cool down your sunburn.
Cleaning: Disinfect clay and plastic pots with a vinegar and water solution, and scrub way unsightly mineral deposits as you go. Clean the hummingbird feeders with non-toxic vinegar. Scrub the birdbath with vinegar and rinse to get off the droppings and sanitize the bath.
Rust will dissolve in a vat of vinegar, so you can rejuvenate tools, free up bolts, and restore other metal items. Vinegar disinfects as it cleans, so you can dip cutting and digging tools in a bucket of water and vinegar to keep from spreading organisms from one spot or plant to another. Lawn chairs that have mildewed over the winter will sparkle again and the mold will not grow back. A stronger vinegar and water solution will work as a scrub for decks, wooden furniture, and concrete floors.
You can also use vinegar on yourself and your family members of all ages, rubbing it on berry stains and using it to get oils from poison ivy and other irritating plants off exposed skin. What a good way to escape the itches and burning that inflict some of us when we venture outside.
Vinegar is good for ornamental plants. Mix it with water and use it on azaleas or rhododendrons that love an acidic soil. Use it in a foliage feeding spray of diluted compost or liquid seaweed. Mixed with water, vinegar can be sprayed to keep black spot off roses, and fights powdery mildew, mealybugs, and other insects as well. A direct application of vinegar will kill a snail or slug. Mixing vinegar with water and sugar will create a bait to lure insects to bug traps.
Keeping animals and bugs away: Deer, rabbits, raccoons, and cats dislike the smell of vinegar. Put soaked rags on stakes around your garden, place cotton soaked in vinegar among the rows of vegetables, and pour undiluted vinegar around the kid’s sandbox. Full-strength vinegar will destroy an anthill and keep ants out of the house. Apple cider vinegar will attract flying insects if placed in a bowl near your patio or barbecue pit – and keep them away from the guests.
Other tips include adding a spoonful of apple cider vinegar to your dog’s water dish so its urine will not make brown spots on the lawn, drinking it in your own water to make yourself less attractive to blood-sucking insects, pouring full-strength vinegar on weeds and grass in gravel or among the stones of a walk, and dabbing it on a bee sting or a bug bite to stop the pain and itch.
Experiment to discover more uses for vinegar, safe for you and your family. You can find many recipes in books and on line, but vinegar is safe enough to try out on your own and see what works. It can harm plants if used full strength, but diluted with water it will help make your garden strong and healthy.
Knowing how to use vinegar in your garden and landscaping is the first step. Now you can put this knowledge to good use as you keep your surroundings in good order with safe, effective vinegar.
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