If you have a garden, you know like me that it gets very quickly the kings of resourcefulness!
And that all objects can have a second life in the vegetable garden...
Not only is it good to recycle, but it also saves money by limiting unnecessary expenses.
Today, we are going to show you how to recover and recycle objects for your garden and vegetable garden.
And you don't even have to be a handyman to get by easily!
Here are 20 great recycling ideas to save money in the garden . Watch:
Glass jars have many uses in the garden. They can be used as very decorative flower pots. I put succulents in it.
It can also be made into a mini-greenhouse to put on top of your still fragile young plants or even to try your hand at smothered cuttings.
What is that ? Quite simply a technique that puts the small cuttings under a glass greenhouse in a very sunny room so that they develop faster.
It works great for tomatoes for example.
To discover: 12 Ingenious Ways to Recycle Your Glass Jars.
It's not easy to pick apples, pears or plums at height.
There are commercial fruit pickers, but you can make your own. How?
By recycling a plastic bottle with the bottom cut off.
Then, thread a long stick or tool handle through the neck and secure it with string.
Remember not to extend the handle too far into the bottle.
Then all that remains is to raise your arm a little to catch the fruit too high to gently drop it into the bottle.
For vegetable garden maniacs who like the plants to be well aligned and perfectly spaced, you need a sowing ruler.
But don't bother buying one!
You can make it yourself with an old wooden cleat painted white.
Make marks every 5 cm with a permanent marker.
Or drill a hole every 5 cm in which you will put the seed. With this tool, the garden is lined up with a line!
Spun tights can still be used in the garden!
How? 'Or' What ? You can use them to tie trees or plants to stakes without hurting them.
The material of the tights is very soft and elastic.
To properly stake a tree, insert 2 stakes on each side of the tree and connect each stake to the trunk with an old tights which will be arranged in the shape of 8.
To discover: 36 Amazing Ways To Reuse Spun Tights (Watch #27).
Egg boxes are perfect for creating a small, completely biodegradable sprouter.
Each small box receives a seed which will develop before being transplanted. Check out the trick here.
To start and sprout potatoes before planting, place them side by side in a crate in a bright, cool place.
Make sure your "eyes" are up.
When the sprouts are well out, plant the potatoes in the ground.
To make your homemade rain gauge, nothing could be simpler!
Take an empty plastic bottle 5 cm in diameter.
Graduate the bottle every centimeter with a permanent marker.
Cut off the top of the bottle, where it is widest...
...and return the neck to the bottle cut like a funnel.
There you go, the rain gauge is ready...and it cost you 0 euros!
Do you have a worn or too small pair of shoes or boots?
Don't throw it in the trash and take it out of your cupboards!
They can serve as an original flowerpot.
For this, it is enough to pierce the soles of the boots and put some earth in them.
Then you can plant a pretty flower there in the little boots of children, or even a tomato plant for the big ones.
And if you want to see the result quickly, plant nasturtium seeds that grow quickly.
To discover: 28 Great Ideas To Beautify Your Patio.
Want a small pond in your garden?
Bury an old dustbin that is still sealed in the ground. Preferably black or dark in color.
Hide the edges of the trash can by laying out a beach of large pebbles.
Then, put aquatic plants in it, arranging them on bricks to raise them if necessary.
You can even add other bins around it to enlarge your artificial pond.
To make a shallower pool, recycle a tub or old tires with a tarp.
You now have a beautiful water garden without spending anything.
If you have old zinc basins, or if you found some at a flea market, they make beautiful vintage flower pots.
Drill a few holes in the bottom, add gravel for drainage and potting soil.
Let your creativity go to combine flowers with beautiful colors.
For example, you can plant aloes, houseleeks and other succulents there.
In garden centers, large trees are often sold in large wooden pots with handles.
These pots are reusable at leisure and easy to transport thanks to the handles.
Very practical, for example, for bringing in a shrub or plants in winter.
In addition, you can paint and customize these wooden boxes as you wish:matt paint, striped, polka dot or with inscriptions.
Fresh fish are packed and transported in large white polystyrene boxes.
These crates are perfect for planting seeds directly in them, or for storing small seedling pots.
They are reusable for 3 years without any worries.
Large fabric or canvas bags are perfect for turning into a compost heap or a large flowerpot.
They are original and super strong containers that can be placed in strategic places in the garden.
You can create a raised vegetable bed using recycled pallets.
Make steps every 50/60 cm and make a small tray on each floor to put the earth.
Then dress the entire vegetable bed with the remaining planks.
100% recycled, and ideal for small spaces or terraces.
If you have the opportunity to collect straw bales, use them to make a temporary garden furniture during the summer.
By stacking them, you can make a comfortable sofa, an armchair with armrests, a coffee table...
It will last for a nice evening with friends, or all summer long.
To avoid it stinging the legs of your guests, consider covering them with an old tablecloth.
Against the rain, wrap the bales of straw in oilcloth or place them under a canopy.
To have pretty unified borders for your vegetable garden and your beds, you can recycle old tiles.
Bury them side by side, overlapping, in a trench about 15cm deep.
Lay the tiles side by side in 2 rows, fitting them one inside the other and close the trench by packing the soil.
Thus, they will stand on their own and beautify your garden.
Very practical for separating vegetables from the vegetable garden, maintaining the soil of a bed along an alley.
Screenings or palisades are sometimes used to hide from neighbours, but there is no need to buy new ones.
Instead, recycle pieces of wood, joinery, old shutters, windows or planks.
You can strip them naturally with this recipe here, then paint them.
You now have pretty recycled wood dividers!
Do not forget to fix them well to the ground to prevent the wind from knocking them down.
Containers of 5 liters or more can be transformed into a super practical shovel for the garden.
Cut the container by following this tutorial here, and here is a shovel for soil, fertilizer granules or wood pellets.
Do you have chickens in your garden? And they don't have a dust bin? This is essential for them, because it rids them of parasites!
They can take regular showers and stay healthy.
To remedy this problem, here is a super easy and economical idea! The trick is to use old tires as dust pans for the hens. Check out the trick here.
To discover: 36 Ingenious Ways to Reuse Old Tires.
If you have a few cinder blocks left after a build, don't throw them away.
Instead, arrange them in a staircase to create a very original flower bed. Let your creativity run wild!
Have you tested these recovery tips for your garden? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!
