Tomatoes love plenty of sun. Plant in the sunniest location and they will produce faster and be more prolific.
When purchasing tomato plants for your garden, look for healthy green plants with thick stems and no tomatoes or flowers.
Like most garden plants, tomatoes prefer rich, fast-draining soil that has been amended with plenty of organic compost [...]

Place 4 to 6 sheets of black and white newspaper under your mulch once a year to prevent weed seeds from germinating.  The newspaper will breakdown over time and add organic matter to the soil and help your mulch to work better by preventing the sun from germinating the seeds below. Stay away from the [...]

To prevent the line on your string trimmer from jamming or breaking, treat with a spray vegetable oil before installing it in the trimmer.

To turn a clay pot into a hose guide, just stab a roughly one-foot length of steel reinforcing bar into the ground at the corner of a bed and slip two clay pots over it–one facing down, the other facing up. The guides will prevent damage to your plants as you drag the hose along [...]

The next time you boil or steam vegetables, don’t pour the water down the drain, use it to water potted patio plants, and you’ll be amazed at how the plants respond to the “vegetable soup.”

The quickest way in the world to dry herbs: just lay a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car, arrange the herbs in a single layer, then roll up the windows and close the doors. Your herbs will be quickly dried to perfection. What’s more, your car will smell great.

Prior to your foray into the great outdoors, scrape your fingernails along a bar of soap, and off you go! When you come in to wash use a brush under your nails and voila, clean nails!