Baking soda helps keep common garden pests away, especially slugs, which can't tolerate the salt levels in baking soda. Meanwhile, ants don’t like this pantry staple either. "Ants tend to lose their ...

Baking soda can sweeten tomatoes and deter pests, but must be used sparingly to avoid harming plants. A light sprinkle around the base wards off slugs, ants, and aphids, and a diluted spray mix helps ...

Baking soda is a versatile household cleaner in the laundry room, too. Here’s how to use baking soda in laundry, from pretreating stains to freshening fabrics.

Lindsay Springer, director of plants, nutrition, and digital agriculture at Gardyn, empowering people to grow fresh, sustainable produce at home Adam Weiss, gardener and founder of Pike Lane Gardens, ...