Article: If the bottle is dirty on the inside, fill it with water, close the cap, and shake it, then pour the water out. Do this a few times until the bottle is clean inside. When you are done, peel off the label and remove any glue residue. Use a permanent marker to draw a square on the side of the bottle, just below where it starts to curve upward into a dome shape. You can also mask off the patch with masking tape. The square should be no longer than your finger. Space the holes as evenly as you can. You will need to make five rows of five holes each for a total of 25 holes. If the plastic is very thick, you can heat up the nail over a flame for about 10 seconds; hold the nail with a pair of pliers so that you don't burn yourself. Wiggle the nail to remove it from the bottle. Rotate the bottle so that the holes are facing away from you. Draw a 1-inch (2.54-centimeter) U-shape on the side of the bottle. Have the top of the U touch the bottom of the bottle's dome. Cut the U shape out with a razor blade. Your watering can is more or less finished, but you can make it look more interesting by decorating it. Draw some gardening-themed designs on it using permanent markers. You can also stick on some stickers instead, but be aware that they may fall off if they get too wet. Fill the bottle until the water level reaches ½ to 1 inch (1.27 to 2.54 centimeters) below the bottom row of holes. If you want to, you can even add some water-soluble fertilizer to the water. Hold the bottle by the sides, then tilt it on its side. Keep the watering holes on the bottom and the pouring hole on the top. When you are done watering, tilt the bottle back upright. Refill the container as necessary.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Find a plastic bottle to use and remove the label. Figure out the placement for the holes on the side of the bottle. Use a nail or thumbtack to punch holes in the square. Cut a pouring hole on the opposite side of the bottle. Add designs, if desired. Close the bottle tightly and fill it through the U-shaped hole. Tilt the bottle over your plants to water them.

Problem: Article: If you do plan to use herbicide on the tree, then the hack and squirt method can be just as effective as the girdling method with even less work involved. The hack and squirt method uses precise chops to coat with herbicide instead of an entire band around the whole tree. Start by getting an axe or a hatchet. The hack and squirt method requires fewer cuts than girdling, but you will still use the same herbicides. Read the entire label on the herbicide to figure out how much to make. Mix the herbicide in a spray bottle before you begin cutting.  Commonly available, effective herbicides include glyphosate (Roundup or Killzall) and triclopyr (Garlon or Brush B Gon).  Wear protective clothing, like safety glasses, long sleeves, and gloves before working with any herbicide. Using the axe or hatchet, make a downward cut into the trunk of the tree roughly 2 inches (5.1 cm) long. The cut needs to be deep enough to get into the lighter-colored sapwood, so you can effectively introduce the herbicide. Once you have made the cut, pull the head of the axe or hatchet to the edge of the cut rather than out completely. Then use the spray bottle to spray the herbicide down the top side of the hatchet, allowing it run down into the deep sapwood portion of the cut.  Make sure you spray in the herbicide immediately before the softer wood in the cut has a chance to start drying out and hardening. Your specific brand of herbicide will instruct you regarding how much herbicide to spray into each cut. Various specially made injectors are also available for this purpose if you need to treat several trees. Your specific brand of herbicide will have directions for how many cuts you need to make based on the circumference of the tree. Most trees will require additional cuts with the spacing 1–3 inches (2.5–7.6 cm) apart from edge to edge. For each cut in the trunk that your brand of herbicide suggests, you want to add the same amount of herbicide. Continue using the injector or the flat side of the axe or hatchet to spray the herbicide into the cuts until you’ve gotten each one.
Summary: Get an axe or a hatchet. Mix the herbicide in a spray bottle. Make a downward cut into the tree trunk. Spray herbicide into the cut. Repeat the downward cuts as directed. Keep adding herbicide to each cut.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Borax is a cleaning chemical that is poisonous to ants, but non-toxic to humans. To try and kill the ants at their source, make a Borax bait that the ants will flock to, and bring back to their nest. Mix one part corn syrup (or any sweet, sticky substance) with one part Borax, and spread the mixture on an index card. Place the index card in an area where you have witnessed a lot of ant activity. The ants will bring this sweet, poisonous mixture back to their colony, and it will slowly eliminate the ants.  Consider setting this bait at night, because ants tend to hunt for food during the night hours.  You could also make a poison mixture with Borax and powdered sugar. Mix together 1 part Borax with 3 parts of powdered sugar. Fill small containers with this mixture (bottle caps, spoons, etc.), and place these containers around areas where ants may be entering your house. If you have pets or children who could get into this powdered Borax mix, consider mixing 1 cup of warm with ½ cup of sugar, and 3 tablespoons of Borax. Soak cotton balls in this mixture, and set the cotton balls out in shallow dishes near known ant entry points. Commercial bait traps eliminate ants much the same way as Borax traps, but they tend to work a bit faster (although they are still slow-acting), and can be more targeted to specific food preferences of your invading ant. For example, there are ant baits that are sugar based, grease based, and protein based depending on what kind of ant you are dealing with.  When in doubt for what kind of ant bait to use, consider getting one of each.  If you find that the ants are not taking the bait, you may have to change the type of bait you are using, or relocate the bait to a more active area.  When using bait, all other food competition must be removed from the area. This food competition could inhibit the effectiveness of the bait. When the ants start feeding on the bait, leave them alone to feast and bring it back to their colony. After some time, you should see a reduced number of ants. If you are able to follow an ant trail back to a nest or anthill, consider pouring salty boiling water down the hill opening. You may have to use many containers of water, but this will be a surefire way to eliminate a large amount of intruding ants.

SUMMARY: Poison the ants with Borax. Set up a commercial bait trap. Pour boiling water over the anthill.

Various plants grow at different speeds. Look at various species of the plant you wish to grow. For instance, the glacier tomato will grow in 50 days compared to the average 70-90 day growth period of normal tomatoes. Certain types of greens grow very fast. Microgreens grow in 14 days. Arugula takes 21 days to grow. Lettuce takes 28 days to grow. There are many greens that grow quickly, particularly those that are used in salads. If you are growing vegetables, pick ones that grow quickly. Fast growing vegetables include, snap beans, beets, broccoli, green onions, radishes, squash, cucumbers, okra, and peas. Fast growing flowers are useful for gifts or for filling out a garden. Pot Marigolds, Cosmos, and Yellow Flags grow fast and look great. Other great flowers to consider are sunflowers, sweet peas, and nigellas.
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Choose the type of plant you want to grow. Consider growing greens. Pick your vegetables. Select fast growing flowers.