Make sure you have these materials on hand when making insecticidal soap. Spray bottle Distilled water Castile soap Vegetable ...

the abundance of olive trees in the Mediterranean area led to the development of soaps based on olive oil and lye from the ashes of the barilla, a common plant. The soap shown here is Castile soap, an ...

an all-purpose spray likely isn’t tough enough for more stubborn soap scum and mildew deposits. For those types of jobs, a ...

Snails and slugs dislike sand, lime, and ashes, so the next time you have a wood braai, apply ash to the base of plants under threat.