With so much time on your hands, there’s never been a better time to get the lawn of your dreams. 

Plus, here’s some good news: landscaping companies are considered essential businesses during COVID-19. That means they’re ready to help with all your yard and garden plans. 

We want to go one step further and offer you some incredible landscaping hacks only the professionals know.

Sound good? Then check out our top nine tips, tricks, and smart hacks for the perfect lawn and garden every time. 

1. Rig a Rain Barrel

Whether you like a DIY yard project or prefer a property maintenance landscaping company to do it for you, a rain barrel is the best hack for easy watering. Hook up a piping system and grab a bucket. That’s all you need for this DIY watering system.

2. Add Some Baking Soda to Your Soil

Have some honeysuckle or clematis to plant? Odds are your soil is too acidic for these plants. Give them what they need to thrive with a spoonful of baking soda in your soil; it’ll bring up the pH and your plants will thank you.

3. Add Some Coffee Grounds to Your Soil

If, on the other hand, your soil is too alkaline for acidic-loving plants, add a few handfuls of old coffee grounds as a quick fix. Plants like azaleas, blueberries, and rosemary prefer acidic soil.

4. Keep Tools Clean with Oil and Sand

Hate pulling your gardening tools out of the shed, only to find them dirty all the time? Grab a bucket of sand a spray bottle of oil for this quick hack. At the end of a workday, spray your tools with oil before sticking them in the sand for clean tools every time. 

5. Plant Pots to Keep Flowers Compact

Have a small space and big ideas? Earth your plants and flowers in their original pots to keep them under control. This will contain the spread of roots, ensuring cute, compact shrubs.

6. Start Seedlings in Eggshells

Eggshells are the perfect size for starting seedlings. Plus, once your plants start to grow, you can bury them with the eggshells to provide plants with much-needed calcium.

7. Kill Weeds with Boiling Water

Have an annoying weed that likes to grow between your pavers? Simply douse it in boiling water for a pesticide-free weed killer. Avoid getting your flowers and herbs wet, though, or else they might die off, too.

8. Pack Planters with PackingPeanuts

It can be difficult to move pots around when they’re filled with dense, wet soil. Add in some packing peanuts at the bottom of the pot. Now, it’ll be easy to transport even after watering.

9. Give Your Pots a Bath with Vinegar

Clay pots are notoriously difficult to clean. Not anymore with a 3:1 water to vinegar soak. Those unsightly mineral blemishes will disappear right before your eyes!

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