Frugal gardening, what frugal gardening did you do today?

Mrs_Weasley

I have a fertilizer tip from my grandad, don't know if this has already been posted or if its the right thread! Apologies if not x

He made his own liquid fertilizer with fresh horse manure. Simply put the fresh droppings in a carrier bag, puncture some holes in the carrier and hang from a pole in your water butt making sure it is sbmerged.

Mrs W xxx

GarnetLady

Went to the local skip today, (sorry, civic amenity site :rotfl:) to dump another load of stuff from the back garden and we found an abandoned a slightly sorry for itself azalea. Been tidied up and potted, hoping it'll start looking happier soon.

bottlehalffull

Saved some containers for putting lettuce in.
Got some poles for pea netting to go up.
Got two hanging basket brackets off oh's mum.

full-time-mum

GreenFly wrote: »

I got a pallet from work to make into a compost bin!

We retrieved a number of palletts from the nearby industrial park. OH has now made me 2 raised beds for herbs/veg.

Now just need to find some free topsoil/compost to fill them!

katholicos

I rescued 2 x B & Q plants.

Golden Thyme = 50p and 70% dead

Lavender = 10p and 95% dead.

I've potted them up in some new compost and give them a bit of food and water, hopefully they can be loved back to life.

bertiebots

Got 8 veg /salad growing bags from wilkinsons today with 75% off. Cost me less than £3 for the lot!:D Now I have an excuse to plant some more seeds:rotfl:

monicaj

As I'm new to gardening and having quite a lot of money on shrubs and perennials for our new garden, rather than purchase expensive gardening books, I have made an excel spreadsheet, with links to websites with information about care and pruning.

I have listed each plant down the left side of the page and have the following columns to remind me what to do and when and I can filter on each column by month etc etc

Plant name/ Height x Width /Flowering Time/ Feeding/ Soil Type/Sun/Shade Pruning Time /Notes on Pruning /Website Link to Caring for the plant

I'm finding it a very easy guide to caring for my new babies, I just hope they will thrive now !!

gillian62

monicaj wrote: »

As I'm new to gardening and having quite a lot of money on shrubs and perennials for our new garden, rather than purchase expensive gardening books, I have made an excel spreadsheet, with links to websites with information about care and pruning.

I have done a similar thing. I have borrowed gardening books from the library and made an excel workbook with the info I need. I have been able to sort out container gardening, herb schedule, veg shedule, even list the different seeds I have available. I also have monthly tags where I list what I have sown, planted and harvested, so that it is a diary to give me more of an idea next year.

GarnetLady

gillian62 wrote: »

monicaj wrote: »

As I'm new to gardening and having quite a lot of money on shrubs and perennials for our new garden, rather than purchase expensive gardening books, I have made an excel spreadsheet, with links to websites with information about care and pruning.

I have done a similar thing. I have borrowed gardening books from the library and made an excel workbook with the info I need. I have been able to sort out container gardening, herb schedule, veg shedule, even list the different seeds I have available. I also have monthly tags where I list what I have sown, planted and harvested, so that it is a diary to give me more of an idea next year.

Wow, you're both so organised! I'm nowhere near that organised, thought I was doing well marking on the back of the plant label the date things are planted/sown...

soul619

i am so haphazzard with mine i have no dates on anythin except my spuds lol