Potting benches are great because they give you a place to pot new plants without having to worry about getting dirty. They also keep your tools handy and give you a standing desk for your laptop when you want to work outside. They can be expensive to buy, but here’s a plan that uses wooden pallets for most of the materials.
After you’re done enjoying a nice bottle of wine (perhaps with a slice of pizza), don’t toss the wine cork. Recycle it into a plant label for your garden.
Most of us don’t have the option to just throw open the windows every time we want a little fresh air in our offices or cubicles, especially if someone’s been using the microwave to cook a particularly stinky lunch. If you have a small space that could do with a little freshness, these fragrant friends don’t take too much energy to care for and will keep your space smelling nice all day long.
Whether the weather is warm or cool outside, we could all probably use more veggies in our diet. One of the best ways to go about it is to add some leafy greens. Before you head to the shops to pick up a couple of pricey bags of salad, why not grow your own with a space-saving simple container garden and a salad in a box?
Now that we’re heading towards winter, you maybe worried that your plants won’t do so well on those cold nights. This tip will help keep them comfortable during the day and warm at night, and all you need is a few buckets of water.
If you love your olive oil or vegetable oil and cook with it often, you probably have one of those huge metal oil cans in your pantry and use it to refill a smaller container you keep close to the stove. When that container is empty, you can toss it in the recycling, or you can use this trick and grow some spring herbs in it.
If you have a pair of jeans beyond repair you can repurpose them into a gardening (or other activity) apron by cutting away everything not part of the apron.
If you grow blueberries or other fruiting plants that are preyed upon by birds you can keep the winged thieves at bay while allowing access to your plants for honeybees by using inexpensive wildlife netting and a PVC frame for the netting.
Did you know instead of sticking seeds individually into the ground or haphazardly throwing them into the earth you can lay them out on toilet paper to plant them right where you want them? Well, yes you can!
If you have little space for a garden and want to grow some herbs you can inexpensively mount mason jars to a board with pipe clamps. If you already have the mason jars on hand you can easily do this for less than $US10.
