{"id":2678,"date":"2014-09-30T12:38:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:16:07","slug":"20-insanely-easy-gardening-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2014\/09\/20-insanely-easy-gardening-tips.html","title":{"rendered":"20 Insanely Easy Gardening Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julygardenphoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2679 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Julygardenphoto-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"spade and hoe\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m all for making gardening easier, and these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listotic.com\/20-insanely-clever-gardening-tips-and-ideas\/\">20 Insanely Clever Gardening Tips<\/a>\u00a0really do make gardening easier. I was up early today thanks to restless pets and decided to look up cleaning tips. No, really. Not because I had nothing to do, but because I made lasagna on Sunday evening and it boiled over just a wee bit into the oven&#8230;and since I&#8217;m generally ignorant about how to clean things up, I tried to clean it up with a wet rag, and ended up burning the tomato sauce onto the oven floor. Okay, stupid, right? So I&#8217;m up early hunting around for cleaning tips and stumbled over the 20 Insanely Clever Gardening Tips. LOVE them!<\/p>\n<p>A few tips from the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use cinder blocks to make a raised bed garden instead of wood.<\/li>\n<li>Use a coffee filter in the bottom of a pot to keep the soil from spilling out of the drainage holes.<\/li>\n<li>Use packing peanuts in the bottom of a container for drainage and to keep the container lightweight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And those are just 3 tips!<\/p>\n<p>Great article&#8230;link is above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m all for making gardening easier, and these 20 Insanely Clever Gardening Tips\u00a0really do make gardening easier. I was up early today thanks to restless pets and decided to look up cleaning tips. No, really. 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