Miniature Garden Troubleshooting

Before you reach for that bottle of chemicals to solve your issues, please try a natural approach.

Top Tip #1: Any bugs that have moved in are doing so because they are comfortable and have a food source. Make it uncomfortable by disturbing them every chance you get (- pinching them off with your fingers, sloughing them off or giving them a sharp spray of water works too -) and they’ll move along to find an easier life.

Top Tip #2: Bugs and disease are a sign of the plant’s stress. A healthy plant can ward-off most invasions. The very first thing to do is to assess your situation to find out why the plant got so stressed-out. (Lack of water, light &/or air?) You may have to gently take the garden apart to save your plants, but as you do, see if you can figure out what happened so you can learn and improve your gardening knowhow.

Squirrels, however, are a completely different issue. :o) See below.

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How to Bring Your Plants Back from the Dead

How to Bring Your Plants Back from the Dead

The Halloween Garden from the Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop Book. A project book written for miniature gardeners by a miniature gardener. Photo by Kate Baldwin. Did your plant just die? Did you get distracted for a week and forget to water it? Did it get fried in...

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Miniature Iris are to the left of the pond. The flower is big, but it's the perfect in-scale foliage that we love! ~ It's one thing to know what you did last summer, but the real question is: do you remember what you did last summer? :o) In last week's Mini Garden...

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Is Your Miniature Garden Tree Dead?

Is Your Miniature Garden Tree Dead?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5K4yOch_i8 Your miniature garden tree is not dying, it's blushing. We surprised a customer in Florida with a tree that was wearing its winter's blush. Needless to say, she picked up the phone to tell us the plant arrived half dead -...

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Sharing Your Miniature Garden Hobby

Sharing Your Miniature Garden Hobby

This miniature garden was created in an empty pond at our last house. It was in the backyard so it was only visited by friends and family. We had more fun with our mini gardens in the front of the house, next to the sidewalk for all to see and visit. ~ You'll hear the...

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[Miniature] Gardening in the Heat

[Miniature] Gardening in the Heat

Beat the heat by choosing plants that do well in the heat. This combination of the tall Compressa Juniper, a Blue Star Juniper on the left surrounded with Hens and Chicks, Brass Buttons, Miniature Daisies and assorted Sedums is perfect for a sunny spot. [Miniature]...

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