Gardening Tricks You Didn't Know (Maybe)

[icyfroth]

1. Make biodegradable planters out of toilet paper rolls

Recycle your old toilet paper rolls when you are finished with using them. Then convert them into pot plants, which is also great for holding moisture!

2. Start planting your seeds in a lemon rind

 Just poke a hole in the bottom of the peel for drainage, fill with potting soil, then add two seeds and some water. The peels will compost directly into the soil to nourish the plants as they grow.

[serendipityricho]

Good tips Icy---know were i could find about 40 of those toilet roll tubes--

-on the floor of the mens dunny at my ex work place..................................Richo.

[polksaladallie]

Good idea, Icy.

Reminds me of a Burke's Backyard episode when he went to Warwick Capper's house.  Capper was asking about the health of a ? fruit tree that he had planted.

Burke dug around and found that Capper (IQ less than his shoe size) had planted the tree still enclosed in the black plastic wrapping that they are sold in.

[icyfroth]

3. Make your own vertical garden with an old shoe rack

Use hooks to hang the shoe rack above anywhere such as a wooden fence or garage. An easy idea if you don’t have any space to plant a garden. This also allows for easy watering and gardening.

4. Use an old milk bottle as a replacement watering can

Instead of throwing out your used milk or orange juice bottle learn to recycle! It’s as easy as using a needle, heat the needle at the end for a few seconds and then pierce the lid. Be careful! Then reheat and repeat this to have your new and recycle watering can

[imastawka]

[imastawka]

I like this one

[icyfroth]

5. Turn an old milk bottle into a shovel or tray

Using a permanent marker, draw the outline of exactly where you want to cut. Make sure you get the right size and shape of your shovel/tray.

 6. Plant more basil from your left-over store-bought cuttings

Use your leftovers to create more. There is no need to revisit the store, instead utilise your leftovers.

[lloydslights]

Our old garden had some of my Mum's best intentions to plant out trees that she'd bought on special and would plant out in her spare time. 

A couple of jacarandas were still "girthed" in plastic pots some 20 years after she passed.  They had rooted down and become a purple crowning feature of "her" garden.  

DEB

[imastawka]

I have a giant blue/white  Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) like that.

Sitting in the garden bed, still in it's pot,  waiting patiently.

[icyfroth]

 7. Use your leftover onions too!

Why not also reuse with the leftovers of the red-onions you bought. This idea can be applied to many other vegetables and herbs as well, be creative!

8. Use shower caddies to make a hanging garden

Who knew that your shower caddie could make a useful hanging garden? Make sure you have the right hooks for the wall and away you go!