Garden Tips Using Castor Oil
Keep Your Garden Beautiful with Castor Oil!
Garden tips using castor oil: Controlling moles
You can easily control moles from taking over your garden by using castor oil and mild dishwashing liquid. All you need to do to repel the moles out of your garden is to mix ½ cup of castor oil, about 4 tablespoons of mild dishwashing liquid, and 2 gallons of water. Take this solution and drench all the molehills you can find. This should run them out and keep them from damaging your garden.
Garden tips using castor oil: Repelling rodents
A mixture of ½ cup of castor oil to 2 gallons of water works great for running mice and rats out of your garden. Just use this mixture to water your garden, it works great because the oil will enrich the soil while also repulsing the rodents out of your garden.
Garden tips using castor oil: Keeping squirrels away
You can keep the squirrels from damaging your garden by mixing a solution of ½ cup of castor oil to 2 gallons of water. Use this solution to water your garden. The solution runs the squirrels off because they are repulsed by it and it will also enrich your garden's soil.
Garden tips using castor oil: Rejuvenate your houseplants
Castor oil is great for enriching the soil in your garden as well as enriching the soil in your houseplants. If you find that your houseplant is drooping and much need of help, just dribble about 1 tablespoon of castor oil into the soil and then water the plant well. It will bring your houseplant back to life and beautiful again.
Garden tips using castor oil: Lubricating garden tools
You can use castor oil to keep your garden tools in great condition. Just lubricate the tools with a few drops of castor oil instead of using petroleum. It works wonders.
These are a few things that you can do with castor oil to keep your garden beautiful and in great condition. Try some of these tips today to see for yourself.
Sources: Joey Green's Gardening Magic book
Published by Dina Montgomery
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16 Comments
Post a CommentI had no idea you could use castor oil for your garden. Really awesome article and tip.
PV love. In Beaumont, TX. Mom and I are not feeling well at all.
Wow.
why I would have never known it.
Wow, this is some great advice. Thanks for sharing.
Castor oil definitely works for moles. We went from having molehills everywhere to a nice lawn again. Molehills can be dangerous, caving in and causing people to break feet or legs.
These are great idea Dina!
Who would have thought castor oil could be so useful!
Brilliant article: I just found a small can of castor oil today--it was in the back of my hall closet.
Just the thoughts of castor oil makes me shutter!