Lipstick:
Use it to seal fresh cuts on trees, roses, shrubs, evergreens, etc.
 

Talcum Powder:
Dust cabbage & other veggies for  insect control.
 

Medicated Baby Powder:
Keeps varmints away from your bulbs.
 

Antiseptic Mouthwash:
 Use to control insects and prevent plant disease.
 

Moth Balls:
For borer control in bulbs, trees, and shrubs, use 1/2 cup per 4" of circumference sprinkled on the soil in early March and September. Also hang around garden in nylons to deter rabbits, deer, raccoons and skunks.
 

Epsom Salts:
Use 1 TBSP per plant for tomatoes & peppers around roots when planting them in the garden. Also use a pinch every month around soil of peppers. Use a TBSP each month around tomato plants.
 

Mineral Oil:
Use 1-2 tsp per ear of corn when silks first appear to repel bugs and have tasty corn.  Just apply to the silk.

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