We came across a couple of great gardening tips we found really useful, and easy. It's about staying clean, and keeping your veggies clean.
Keep Your Nails Clean While Gardening
Not everyone likes the feeling of doing manual labor while sporting a pair of gloves. As far as gardening goes, wearing gloves doesn't necessarily mean your hands and nails won’t be dirty at the end of the day. If you are looking to prevent the charming appearance of soil-stains beneath your nails—not to mention the intense scrubbing that follows—check out this simple tip!
Before you set outside grab a bar of soap, wet it, and drag your nails across its surface, claw-style. The soapy buildup will protect the area under the nail bed from a soily invasion. Once you are done mucking about in the dirt you’ll find that washing up is a breeze!
Remove Toxins and Pesticides From Fruit and Veggies
Less about your own homegrown veggies, but a good tip nonetheless. We follow this method when we're in China, or unsure of the source or quality of our veggies. We soak them in a 1:4 ratio of vinegar and water to help remove toxins and pesticides. We soak for about 3o minutes or so. Longer with nonorganic apples. At the end of the bath, sometimes you can even see cloudy like stuff in the water from the skins and waxes, and dirt on the bottom. And No it doesn't change the taste.
Another one of those great uses for Vinegar. There's lots more. Check out more Uses and Tips with Vinegar here.
[ NOTE: A friend of bambu, Julian Thomas, wrote to tell us that she has compiled THE ULTIMATE list of uses for vinegar. 216 Mind-blowing Ways to Use Vinegar over on her blog, A Passion for Cleaning. Check it out! ]
Garden Tools. Made from Nature.
Check out Garden Tools and Accessories from bambu. The company makes tools for nature from nature. Many of the products are made from certified organic materials. bambu designs products for modern lifestyles using only sustainable materials like bamboo, hemp, and cork.
We have some Great Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Gardener here.
Among our favorite tools in our garden and utility line is our one-of-a-kind bamboo and cork fly swatter.
A beautifully burnished bamboo handle with a fly motif burned into the handle and tied with a wax cotton loop. The 'business' side is a sheet of cork fabric perforated for optimum striking. Works great. Looks even better. Replace your plastic and metal wire version with this handsome piece.
Hit the dirt, and dig in......
