Some handy how-to’s from the August issue of Fine Gardening magazine:
*Fix a hose: If it’s a good-quality hose, fix it with a repair kit from the hardware store. The kit reattaches the two ends that remain after the punctured section is cut away. You can also buy brass and plastic fixtures to replace leaky male or female ends of the hose.
*Remove sap from your skin: Rub a dab of vegetable shortening on the pine sap.
*Read an N-P-K label: Fertilizer packages are marked with three numbers, separated by hyphens — for example, 10-10-10 or 34-0-0 — that represent the percentage of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), the three major nutrients in the fertilizer. The N-P-K label helps you choose a fertilizer that contains what your specific plants and soil need.
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*Prevent dirty fingernails: Scrape them on a bar of soap before you work in the garden. The soap behind your nails will keep dirt out.