from You Grow Girl

Stick tools into a bucket of oil mixed with sand to clean and sharpen them

Fluorescent shoplights suspended on chains work great for seedlings. Baby plants do fine in the cool light or use one cool and one warm bulb for full spectrum

When sowing seed flats, press soil down with the bottom of another container

Sterilize your garden cutters in bleach 1:3 water

Soak clay pots for cleaning in bleach 1:10 water

Geranium herbal insecticide against leaf hoppers

Wait to set pepper plants out until nights stay reliably above 55°

Spray pepper plants and tomatoes with epsom salts dissolved in water for the magnesium, it prevents early blossom drop

Sorrel likes to stay moist. Try new varieties: 'rhubarb pie', 'silver shield' or French type

Stevia hates wet feet- dump its saucer promptly or don't use one

Lemon balm likes rich soil in part shade. Move mine?

Grow jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) in container for the flowers, harvest for the root after frost

Grow calendula use the petals as substitute for saffron in rice and other dishes

Use a fine strainer to separate seed from its chaff