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 ...

Just when I thought opening social media wouldn’t raise my blood pressure, I discovered another “must do” garden hack that is really a “don’t you dare”! And then I started hyperventilating again.