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Let’s take a look at a
few more of your emailed gardening questions looking for a quick fix for
fall gardening problems.
Our first emailer asks,
“Going up and down the ladder to clean the gutters this fall is tiring and
can be dangerous. Do you have a suggestion for an easier way to get this
project done?”
Well, how about this
one. There are several specially designed tools that attach to your garden
hose, that will blow the leaves and debris out of your gutters using water,
while you are standing on the ground. They telescope to reach the first
floor gutters.
Our next emailer asks,
“I have planting beds with ground cover and other small plants, which makes
it hard to rake leaves in the fall. Is there a better way to deal with this
situation?”
Try taking bird or
erosion netting and laying it over the area. If it’s windy, you’ll need to
peg down the corners. As the leaves fall, they fall onto the netting, and
every now and then, pick up the netting and carry your leaves away.
This emailer asks, “I
would like to use the leaves I collect for winter mulching or for adding to
the soil. But I need them to be ground up in smaller pieces. Any
suggestions how to grind them up?”
If you’re collecting
whole leaves, simply place them in an empty garbage can, get out the string
trimmer, and use it like a food blender. It’ll chop those leaves into small
pieces, perfect for the garden and for mulching. Make sure you use eye
protectors when doing this.
Our last emailer says
they are tired of having to change rakes, depending on where they are
raking. Big rake for the lawn, smaller rake for between plants, etc. Well,
here’s a quick fix for that problem. It’s called an Adjust o Rake…flip the
lock, and it expands wide for lawn raking, flip the lock and it adjusts to a
smaller rake for the hard to get between spots. Big rake, little rake, all
with the flip of the lock. And, the Adjust O Rake usually retails for less
than $20. |
