The DIY Water Conserving Garden Sprinkler

Watering your garden with a garden hose wastes a lot of water and the pressure of the water can damage your baby leaves and buds. Sprinklers, on the other hand, work wonders in a garden. On high pressure, they spurt water out for your leaves; while on a low pressure, you can use them for soil wetting too. This DIY garden sprinkler is easy to make and it helps conserve water.

Things You Will Need:

• A strong used Plastic/glass bottle 
• Water-proof tape
• Black & Decker 10mm Keyed VSR Hammer Drill
• A simple garden hose
  

Here’s What You Need To Do:

• The first thing you need to do is connect your bottle with the hose using the water proof tape.
• Tape the hose to the bottle multiple times and make sure there is no gap, thereby avoiding leaks. 
• Be sure to test it against pressure as you do not want it to disconnect later. 
  

• Drill holes in the bottle, placing the holes wherever you want water to spurt. Be sure to use protective gear while drilling to prevent any injuries. Safe DIY is good DIY!

• Test-run your sprinkler and check for any leaks, especially where the tape connects the hose and bottle. If there are, identify the leaky spots and reinforce with the tape.

                            

• Finally, turn the tap on and reap rewards for your labour. Keep your gardens looking its best while saving water! Also, don’t forget to use kitchen waste and kitchen water for your garden to keep it nourished and healthy. 

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Keep Garden Pests at Bay in a Healthy Way

Summer is a great time in your garden; growth accelerates as new leaves and shoots grow out and slowly make their way to flowering. At this time, remember that it’s best to water your garden in the morning so that the scorching sun doesn’t dry up your soil too much. A healthy looking plant in your garden can be highly infected and it takes a close view to see these pests. Mealybugs tend to hide inside new leaves and shoots and spread faster than lice in a playground. Of course, there is the common powdery mildew that contaminates your plants due to low ventilation and takes refuge under big leaves. Also, spider mites infect your plants visibly and suck the life out of it, as leaves turn yellow and your plants droops down in sorrow.

A common solution to these problems is pressure washing. We recommend the Black & Decker 100 Bar Pressure Washer on low pressure for this process. Tip your plant over, as you don’t want to wash away the soil, before pressure washing the leaves and shoots. Parasites like scale insects tend to cling on to your plant for dear life, and need to be scraped off with fingernails as you wash it off.

In some cases, pests tend to over populate on plants and if they are not spotted early enough can infect a plant completely. At this point, accompany daily pressure washing with neem oil or neem spraying to safely eradicate these pests. By using pressure washing and neem, you can refrain from using chemicals; as they not only smell like rotten eggs but are also poisonous to your plant, your pets and your family.

Here are some tips to keep your garden looking its best:

· Grind eggshells into a powder and sprinkle it over the soil, this gives your plant calcium and isn’t an eyesore like crushed eggshells.

· While cooking, save vegetable cooking water instead of throwing it and water your plants (only the soil) with this water. A great vegetable soup is a nutritious treat for your plants.

· Tea leaves are excellent for increasing the acidity of your soil. As this is beneficial to your plants, don’t always throw strained tea leaves, occasionally sprinkle some on the soil.

· Plants love company! So, go ahead, layer your plants in a couple of rows. Be careful not to overcrowd, poor ventilation attracts trouble.

· Spend time caring for your plants. Individually inspect them for pests and don’t be shy, they just might enjoy light petting.

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We Are Black & Decker

Who is Black & Decker?

From getting that painting you’ve been hiding in the closet finally put up on your wall, to helping construct the spaces you work in, you can be sure that Black & Decker had a hand in it. Since 1910, we’ve been facilitating our customers do it themselves with ease. Fashioning beautiful homes, comfortable office spaces and even helping you prepare delicious meals. With more than 27,000 employees worldwide, there’s nothing that we can’t help you with when it comes to fixing, creating or refurbishing.

What do we do?

By providing premium tools and appliances, we’ve changed the way people DIY. It has become so simple that any chore can be accomplished effortlessly. (View our Power Tools and Gardening Tools)
At Black & Decker, our aim is to empower our customers to give DIY a chance and stay ahead. It can come in any form, be it building a table from scratch, trying a new recipe or even using recycled waste to create household ornaments. Our range of home appliances can help you do all of the above and more. (View our Home Appliances).

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Gardening and DIY - Black & Decker, India

It’s summer time for most of us, and this is a great time to spend hours in our gardens. The monsoons are starting off, and our plants are all getting new growth and everything is looking lush and green and beautiful. Gardening can sometimes turn into an expensive exercise, especially if we keep on buying new containers and equipment. Here are some ways in which you can repurpose and use DIY to meet your gardening needs:

Containers: If you keep an eye out, anything can serve as a container or pot for gardening. Old pots, buckets and crates from the fruit vendor can all be used in place of pots. The adventurous few could even visit the local “raddi” vendor to find large plastic containers that do very well for a garden. If using a material like wood, make sure to line it with a thick plastic lining such as tarpaulin to keep it as water proof as possible, and don’t forget to drill a few holes in the bottom for water drainage.

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Gardening equipment: Did you know that you can make your own watering can from an old plastic container? This is a good tutorial to try out. A lot of other items such as scissors, knives, brushes can all be put to good use in your garden, after they have run out of use in the home. For the interested DIYers here’s a great way to make your own garden rake – may take a little time but worth it.

Stands: When most of your garden is in pots, it can get tough to keep them from staining your floor. You can repurpose kitchen shelves as stands for smaller pots, and for the bigger ones you can even make your own. If you don’t feel ready for that metalworking yet, design it according to your specifications and get it made from your local metal furniture craftsperson.

Black & Decker provides you a range of tools that helps you DIY in an effortless way. We also have garden tools for your landscaped spaces! Do take a look at: http://www.blackanddeckerindia.com

How to care for your garden in summer? - Black & Decker, India

With the summer heat beating down upon us, our green friends too suffer at the hands of the harsh sunlight. Here are a few tips to save your plants from getting sun-damaged:

Shifting the planters to a place where the heat doesn't beat down as fiercely-too much of sunlight can cause the plant to wilt. Provide a shade above or shift the pots to a shady place where the amount of sunlight is just right.

Using a water spray can be effective in two ways-one the water can seep through the mulch and penetrate deep into the roots and two, this also saves precious amount of water in the season of water scarcity.

Watering the plants early in the morning or late in the evening will reduce the amount of water lost due to evaporation.  Also, watering deeply rather than frequently will ensure more water penetration and this is especially true for grass lawns.

Providing more mulch through dried twigs, leaves, etc will help the soil to remain moist. Mulch also provides the extra fertilizer needed for the plants.

Plants need more fertilizer during summer and by composting at home, one can provide the rich and organic fertilizer to the plants. Tips to effectively compost at home can be found here.

Regular pruning and trimming of hedges, shrubs and plants must be done to avoid excess water transpiration. In addition, the plants look better cared for and thrive better.

Black&Decker provides a range of tools for your outdoor gardening requirements. To know more about our products, please visit our website http://www.blackanddeckerindia.in or log on to our FB page https://www.facebook.com/BlackandDeckerIndia to get regular updates.