{Gardening} Newspaper weeds away

Newspaper weeds away:

Plant your plants in the ground, work the nutrients in your soil. Then wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go, cover with mulch, and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

{Gardening} Plants That Repel Insects

Keep the crushed leaves of these six plants in a small container at intervals on your patio to repel mosquitoes.

• Catnip (Nepeta cataria).

• Marigold (Tagetes spp.).

• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).

• Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus).

• Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium).

• Mint (Mentha spp.).

via Fresh Clips: Plants That Repel Insects.