Everyone seems to have advice for budding gardeners-divide perennials only in spring, never water plants in direct sunlight-but how much of this advice is grounded in science, reality, or even common sense?[...]
Can beer make plants grow? How about buttermilk? Or music - classical or rock? Is it true about planting trees in deep holes? And how about chasing insects with hot sauce and stopping slugs with eggshells? Remedies for all garden woes are there for the taking: the challenge is to know what will work[...]