7- Banish beetles.
Baby powder’s pest powers aren’t limited to ants and their “pets.” Another common problematic garden insect hates the stuff just as much: the Japanese beetle! Use it to keep the leaf-destroyers from munching through your plants.How to do it? Just sprinkle some baby powder onto the leaves, and reapply after every rain until beetle season is over. The new taste will prevent the bugs from taking their usual meal, and your garden will thank you.
6- Discourage rabbits.
It’s not just the insects gardeners have to worry about attacking our plants; pests can be of the furry and adorable variety, too! Rabbits are one of the most persistent, hopping into beds to munch on just about everything.
Baby powder can discourage them from eating the younger plants and seedlings. Simply shake baby powder over them to discourage rabbits from putting them on the lapine menu.
5- . . . and deter nighttime thieves.
Of course, other mammalian gardening thieves like to sneak into our plots and beds, too, and their palates aren’t nearly as discerning as a rabbit’s. We find it very easy to believe that something like a raccoon or an opossum wouldn’t be put off by some baby powder seasoning; they do eat literal garbage, after all!
4-Make gloves gentle . . .
Your fruits, flowers and veggies aren’t the only things that will benefit from adding baby powder to your gardening routine; your hands will thank you too! Ever notice how at the end of a day of gardening, your gloves are difficult to take off and/or leave your hands raw and red? Baby powder will help!
All you need to do is sprinkle some inside the gloves before you put them on and go to work. They’ll slip off much more easily at the end of the day, and leave your skin baby soft, too.
