This flash briefing is all about West Seattle in Washington (WA) State. For more info, visit: http://www.Sea-Town.com/welcome-to-west-seattle If you own an Amazon Echo device, you can enable this daily audio content by simply saying "Alexa, enable West Seattle Daily Skill" or click here - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082NR5KM4, login to your Amazon account and click the "Enable" button. ---- With the recent news that our kiddos will not be returning to school this school year, homeschooling while trying to work has become the new norm for many parents. We try to get our high-energy kid outside as much as possible and what better way to celebrate #NationalGardenDay then taking advantage of the free labor by putting them to work in the yard! Thanks for joining us for West Seattle Daily, Episode #058, brought to you by Sea-Town Real Estate. I'm your host, Christian Harris. It’s #NationalGardeningDay hopefully these weird plant tips will inspire you & your family to get out in the sunshine this week and learn more about plants! Start a summer garden to learn more about the earth & to stay connected to nature through this #stayathomeorder Here are some crazy plant tricks! Put coffee filters in your potted plants Sounds pretty weird, doesn’t it! By putting the filters in the bottom of a plant, it helps make the transportation process easier. Once the plant outgrows its pot, it will need to be moved to something new, dirt and all. The filter keeps the entire plant in one piece, avoiding a huge mess to clean up later. Grow a rose bush in a potato Not as hard as you think! You can take the trimmings from other roses that you have cut, and stick them into potatoes. Yes, you read that right! Securing the trimming in the potato makes it easier to plant it. Simply dig a small hole in the dirt, stick the potato in the hole, and cover it back up. This avoids the need to buy a rose plant and follow all the rules that come with it. Eggspecting Quality soil? No problem! Instead of buying mineral rich soil that is definitely overpriced, you can just as easily make your own. You can take the eggshells from the eggs that you have used and put them in the blender. From there you blend them into a powder, which you can then take and sprinkle into your soil. From that you just created soil filled with calcium! Start composting with your kitchen leftovers Most people enjoy helping the environment with as little effort as possible. Composting is one way to do this. All you need to do is take the food that you are no longer going to eat, stick it into leftover takeout bags, and bury them in your garden near the plants. This makes your plants healthier, relieves you of more waste, and helps the environment. Want to create your own greenhouse? Use plastic bins! This task can seem daunting at first. A greenhouse is a large structure that you would need to actually create before you even begin the planting. It is overwhelming and a lot of work. A way to start smaller and leave more room for growth before giving up is to create a mini greenhouse. This can be done by taking old plastic storage bins and filling them with potted plants. You now have the start to a wonderful greenhouse without all the stress! Too many weeds? Vinegar to the rescue Gardening cannot be done without finding weeds along the way. It can be a challenge to pull them out, because that can run the risk of messing up your plants. However, you want to keep your garden looking as beautiful as possible. An easy fix to the weed problem is to pour vinegar on them. Vinegar is a great solution to the problem because it kills the weeds without destroying the environment. An eco-friendly weed killer? Sounds pretty good to me! Want to keep animals away from your garden? Instead of buying all the gardening tools to scare away animals, create your own tool. All you need to do is plant plastic forks into your soil with the tips pointed out of the ground. This keeps the animals away from your plants. They will see the forks, get scared, and turn away. Avoid the expensive and potentially unhelpful methods with this simple gardening trick without harming the animals. Keep fungus away from your garden with cinnamon Often times, gardeners like to move plants from one place to another. If you are replanting something, you do not want fungus to start growing in place of the actual plant. It will ruin your garden, and will be a frustrating process. To avoid it altogether, use cinnamon! Before you plant what you want to, dip the root into cinnamon. It will help keep fungus from invading your garden, and keep the plants healthier. Don't forget to subscribe to this on your favorite podcast app or on your Amazon smart speaker by simply saying, "Alexa, enable West Seattle Daily". See you tomorrow.