Sassy Silver Sisters

***UPDATED 5/31/24*** Did you know you can use household pantry items to help grow your garden and are great insect/animal repellants? Here are a few tips & tricks: BAKING SODA - S prinkle it on the surface of your soil to make your geraniums, coneflowers, daylilies, and clematis bloom like crazy. That’s because baking soda is alkaline, and those flowers thrive on alkaline soil. Also makes your tomatoes sweeter. Y ou can use it to prevent fungus because its alkalinity creates an environment hostile to fungal growth. Simply stir a teaspoon of baking soda into a liter of water and spray the leaves of your fungus-prone plants (these include tomatoes and lilacs). CREAM OF TARTAR -  makes a great ant repellant, s imply sprinkle a bit on the perimeter of the table or wherever you want to dust their trail. CAYENNE PEPPER - Repel  squirrels, these little buggers like to  dig flower bulbs. To deter them, sprinkle cayenne pepper around your bulb gardens. Reapply when you see the squirrels