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Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the squirrels won’t come near it.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Good-bye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid and mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," & can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
Newspaper keeps weeds away
Start putting in your plants, then wet some newspapers and put layers around the plant overlapping as you go cover with mulch / Dirt and forget about weeds. Weeds will go through some gardening plastic, but they will not get through wet newspapers.
These are some great tips!