Garden utility ideas

The contents are a classic example of consumer power, when they first came out they were full of additives, after a bit of a revolt by customers they removed nearly all of them, i'm quite happy to eat one now, just noodles & dried veg & soya really, nothing wrong with that

 

I'm with you Clueless on the use of yoghurt pots for growing plants, I've been doing it for a few years now. Only yesterday, I made my first sowing of Sweet Corn in some old yoghurt pots.

I've also got a couple of large compost bins made from some old wooden floorboards rescued from work, which were otherwise going to be thrown away or burnt. Got the idea and plans from one of my favourite, well thumbed gardening books, 'Successful Organic Gardening' by Geoff Hamilton.

If you can get hold of old football goal nets, they are great for keeping pigeons off your brassicas. The holes are still big enough though, to allow the smaller birds like Tits and Robins etc. to get in there and sort out the aphids and whitefly.

 

Have got a big thing in mind, but I ought to photograph it before adding it. Will do that when i'm able to.

 

I use coke bottles as mini cloches for my cuttings....if i can find a use for the empty JD bottles i'll be laughing

 

NO Ziggy

 

The big plastic garden trugs are selling at £3 now (Asda ) with a few holes in the bottom are just the job for container veggie growing.
The £1 plastic 10 litre buckets , B and Q et al , make good large indestructible light plant pots. Got my canna rhizomes in them now.
Plastic vending machine coffe cups with a hole pierced in the bottom make great 3" plant pots.
Bamboo BBQ / Kebab skewers £1 for a 100 make goood little plant stakes.

 

Madames et Messiurs, je me vous present le winner de la Corner Jardiner Mot du semain, Harry,le roastbeef,S.

 

No, please don't! that was dreadful

 

When you've known Jack Daniel's for as long as me, you get to call him Jim.

 

Lol yeah have also used pop bottles for coches that's a good idea too ,

 

As well as the big pop bottles for mini-cloches I use redundant storage boxes. I get one or two damaged ones from our offices and use them for a season or so (until they go brittle) then off to the recycle centre.