Reasons To Use Soap In Your Garden

 9 Interesting Reasons To Use Soap In Your Garden

Using soap in the garden seems a bit ridiculous. After all, dirt and soap are not exactly breast friends. But, with a little ingenuity, this common household item can work outside the four walls of your home.

Can't believe you can take that extra soap and put it to good use in the backyard? Here are some ways to use soap in your garden:

1. Prevent deer

If you start eating your vegetables, deer will completely destroy your hard work. Look for high-scented bar soap, cut it into pieces, and tuck it into the ground around your garden. Avoid soaps containing coconut oil because they can actually attract deer.

2. Kill snails and snails

If you want to get rid of annoying snails and snails, sprinkle them with a mixture of vinegar-based salad dressing, hot sauce, hand soap, and water. According to Briggs Garden, spray the mixture directly to kill the snails.

3. Clean your houseplants

You were so busy dusting and cleaning everything, you may have overlooked one thing that requires a little TLC in your home: your houseplant. If the leaves are dusty, wash them with a warm soap/water mixture. Spruce recommends 1/4 teaspoon of soap per 1 quart of water.

4. Create a lubricating oil

Need to remove a tree or shrub branch? To lubricate your teeth, lightly brush your hands with a little soap to make it easier to see through the wood.

5. Protect yourself from toxic scabies

Soap is one of your best defenses against poison ivy. If oil gets from the plant on your skin, remove it all in a few hours using soap and lubricant to prevent rashes. Check out the tutorial here.

Dissolve a tablespoon of dish soap and a cup of salt in a gallon of hot water and spray to destroy the poisonous weeds.

6. Kill the weeds

Combine boiling water, a little vinegar, salt, and a little dish soap in a container. Mix well. Spray the mixture on your weeds often as an organic solution to your garden problems.

7. Avoid errors

Add 1 teaspoon natural food soap to a 1-quart spray bottle filled with water. Spray where you want to collect bugs and repeat them when they reappear.

8. Give your repellent extra stickiness

Whether you make the bug repellent yourself or buy it in the store, add a few drops of dish soap. This allows the spray to stick to the plants, allowing the repellent to work better.

9. Clean up

The most obvious use of garden soap: Use it to wipe off dirt after digging. All you need is soap and warm water to properly clean your basic garden tools.