Frugal gardening, what frugal gardening did you do today?

valentina

Already posted this on the os board, but I got a free black composter bin from a neighbour at the weekend.

4li5on

EmptyPockets wrote: »

How do you do that..? :money:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2325969

Davesnave

I didn't do anything money-saving yesterday, but I repotted a few Cotoneaster trees I'm growing from seed picked up in front of the Royal Crescent in Bath about 18 months ago. They are already around 60cm tall, so I began to prune side shoots & straighten the main stem.

I also spotted that some Acacia dealbata, collected from under a tree last autumn, were just coming through. So were some Galactites I'd scattered. The latter are particularly pleasing, because I guerilla-gardened a parent plant when I moved last year, hoping to harvest some seed later, but the foul winter weather killed it.

rhiwfield

Cut an old garden fleece into 4 strips and OH sewed ends together to make 2 x 1sqM vertical fleeces to stop carrot root fly.

tru

In the past couple of weeks, we have -

Dug up wild garlic and planted it in our garden.
Planted seeds in toilet roll tubes.
Left the veg peelings etc. in a bucket with some water, when it's full I'll strain it and use it as liquid feed.
Mr tru has been peeing in the compost bin

SuzieMum

Today I sowed some salad seeds in a plastic kiwi tub because I ran out of pots and trays.

kimmee

Today I jet washed my patio with a washer borrowed from my neighbour, and poured boiling water over the weeds that I couldn't dig up rather than using weedkiller.

I potted on about 30 aqualeiga seedlings, in previous years wouldn't have dreamt of growing anything from seeds - would have just gone down the nursery and filled my trolley. I'm getting far more pleasure and satisfaction from growing my own

At the weekend I'm going to sow cucumber, radish & onion seeds in containers that have had 'another life'!!!

Btw - great thread, will give all of us some ideas we hadn't thought of. Thanks zarazara

MrsBartolozzi

EmptyPockets wrote: »

How do you do that..? :money:

There are many sites giving instructions but this one has a video and shows you don't need any special tools to do it!

zarazara

Thanks for that clip, Now I'll be making paper-pots next week to sow my sweet corn seedings in.

katholicos

I received some free bubble wrap today, a single piece approx 2 x 1 metre, it will be great for keeping my seedlings warm.