7. Apply cooking spray to your shoe
Required supplies: nonstick frying spray
Making Cost: $3–$6*
Cooking spray is helpful whether you’re in the kitchen or the garden. Your gardening equipment can benefit from the spray’s nonstick barrier properties in the same way as it does for pots and pans. To lubricate the surface, mist the shovel with cooking spray, vegetable oil, or wax.
Apply some cooking spray to your shovel. Copyright Maxbelchenko/Shutterstock
The fact that soil doesn’t stick will astound you. This trick also works well for wintertime ice and snow shoveling. Though it may cost you a few extra dollars, you can always get a can of WD-40 Big Blast ($8.50) if you want something stronger than cooking spray.
8. Keep Pests Away With Cayenne Pepper
Supplies needed: one-half cup cayenne powder
Cost to Make: $29.29 on Amazon for a 5-pound jug
For thousands of years, people have used cayenne pepper to cause their faces to turn red and their eyes to water. Since humans first started cooking, they have added spice and flavor to food with this fiery chili pepper. This spice not only scares off humans, but it also keeps pests out of your garden.
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Add a quarter-cup of cayenne pepper to your garden every two days. Although this natural pest control method is a little more labor-intensive because peppers can easily be blown or washed away, it is a very efficient way to keep unwanted guests out of your garden without using pesticides. Everything is scared away by the pepper, even hungry animals and tiny insects.
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