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Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Yep...& I always learn things the hard way, usually as a result of my enthusiasm.RC3291 wrote:This kind of goes with your number one. If it doesn't germinate plant some more. Then it will all come up.
Mellen- Posts : 128
Join date : 2016-03-20
Age : 75
Location : Visalia CA-Zone 9b
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
I put all of those seedlings that were going to be VERY slow, like rosemary and thyme in the Toilet rolls, They have been quite happy for this past month I DO have a greenhouse, but hate starting to heat it too early in the year. So keeping them in small pots has been a way to keep my plants from taking over all of my house
GWN- Posts : 2804
Join date : 2012-01-14
Age : 67
Location : british columbia zone 5a
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
In my efforts to be frugal I had a work bench in my storage shed for about 20 years. Added some hardware cloth around the outside and made a door in it. Moved it to the back covered patio and I have a brooder for baby chicks. When I'm not brooding I keep chicken and gardening supplies inside. Top serves as my work bench for my gardening. Eggs to eat, shells for compost or to keep slugs and snails a bay. It's amazing how much manure four chickens can produce for the compost pile too. I take the plants and soil out of my peat pots when transplanting and cut about an inch ring off the top of the used pots and place them around plants in my containers to keep the mulch pushed back away from the stems of the plants. Tear up the rest of the pot and throw it in my compost. My raised bed is made from two 2x10's that were a handicap ramp for my dog that tore her ACL 15 years ago. My trellis for my cucumbers is made from some left over concrete reinforcing wire from building my shed. Hey I'm cleaning out my shed too. I'm eyeing a kiddie swimming pool I bought for my dogs to cool off in during the hot part of summer. They never use it and I'm looking for a place to plant some strawberries. Now to find a place for it where the dogs won't get in it.
RC3291- Posts : 121
Join date : 2017-02-26
Location : DFW Texas
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Mellen wrote:Yep...& I always learn things the hard way, usually as a result of my enthusiasm.RC3291 wrote:This kind of goes with your number one. If it doesn't germinate plant some more. Then it will all come up.
I feel that learning things the hard way makes it stick and one seldom repeats any mistakes.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
RC3291
You seem to be a dog lover AND a frugal gardener.
Is that the dog in the picture?
You seem to be a dog lover AND a frugal gardener.
My raised bed is made from two 2x10's that were a handicap ramp for my dog that tore her ACL 15 years ago.
Is that the dog in the picture?
GWN- Posts : 2804
Join date : 2012-01-14
Age : 67
Location : british columbia zone 5a
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
No it was a different dog. She crossed the rainbow bridge about 11 years ago. She was a border collie mix. The one in the picture is the oldest of the two I have now. She's a four years old chow/golden retriever mix. The other is a lab mix, had her first birthday yesterday. I have a friend that calls me a pack rat yet every time he does a project he complains he threw something away a month ago.
RC3291- Posts : 121
Join date : 2017-02-26
Location : DFW Texas
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
every time he does a project he complains he threw something away a month ago.
So every pack rat has his limits......
The cool thing about making things out of stuff you have pack ratted, is that not only do you do something for free... but you also clean a small part of your house
GWN- Posts : 2804
Join date : 2012-01-14
Age : 67
Location : british columbia zone 5a
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Like families who adopt, then turn up pregnant. Who says Nature doesn't have a sense of humor.RC3291 wrote:This kind of goes with your number one. If it doesn't germinate plant some more. Then it will all come up.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
If there's a prize for the "Frugalist Gardener" I vote for you.RC3291 wrote:In my efforts to be frugal I had a work bench in my storage shed for about 20 years. Added some hardware cloth around the outside and made a door in it. Moved it to the back covered patio and I have a brooder for baby chicks. When I'm not brooding I keep chicken and gardening supplies inside. Top serves as my work bench for my gardening. Eggs to eat, shells for compost or to keep slugs and snails a bay. It's amazing how much manure four chickens can produce for the compost pile too. I take the plants and soil out of my peat pots when transplanting and cut about an inch ring off the top of the used pots and place them around plants in my containers to keep the mulch pushed back away from the stems of the plants. Tear up the rest of the pot and throw it in my compost. My raised bed is made from two 2x10's that were a handicap ramp for my dog that tore her ACL 15 years ago. My trellis for my cucumbers is made from some left over concrete reinforcing wire from building my shed. Hey I'm cleaning out my shed too. I'm eyeing a kiddie swimming pool I bought for my dogs to cool off in during the hot part of summer. They never use it and I'm looking for a place to plant some strawberries. Now to find a place for it where the dogs won't get in it.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
And keep it out of the land fill.GWN wrote:every time he does a project he complains he threw something away a month ago.
So every pack rat has his limits......
The cool thing about making things out of stuff you have pack ratted, is that not only do you do something for free... but you also clean a small part of your house
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
I have a perfect little strawberry that I want to leave on the plant until it's really ripe. Today I asked Katie if she has any little tulle drawstring bags. The answer was "no" but she brought me a Dollar Tree bath scrubber. I took it apart and got 3 yards of tubular nylon netting. I made a strawberry sock out of about 2" of it. Now we'll see if it works. (The plastic container underneath is from a steamer TV dinner.)
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Kelejan wrote:Mellen wrote:Yep...& I always learn things the hard way, usually as a result of my enthusiasm.RC3291 wrote:This kind of goes with your number one. If it doesn't germinate plant some more. Then it will all come up.
I feel that learning things the hard way makes it stick and one seldom repeats any mistakes.
Browsing through this thread I came across something I wrote, so in answer to myself, I must state that I made a good choice of a husband the second time around.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
So far, so good. to all birds and slugs trying to steal my strawberries!sanderson wrote:KJ,
CN, clever!
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
I love discovering these old threads when you guys revive them. I would have never thought to use hula hoops from the dollar store (way back in this thread) to make hoop houses - cool idea!
I love getting gardening stuff from the dollar store. Most of my pots, bamboo trellises, and bamboo stakes are from there.
The most frugal thing I did was make my SFG bed out of old bricks that had been sitting in my in-laws garage for over 20 years. They were happy to see them go, haha.
I love getting gardening stuff from the dollar store. Most of my pots, bamboo trellises, and bamboo stakes are from there.
The most frugal thing I did was make my SFG bed out of old bricks that had been sitting in my in-laws garage for over 20 years. They were happy to see them go, haha.
Fiz- Posts : 152
Join date : 2017-05-09
Age : 44
Location : Markham, ON
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Fiz, Dollar World, 99 Cent Store, are fun to browse for items that can be used in the garden or repurposed for the garden.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
One time I found real leather garden gloves at Dollar Tree. I can't believe I only bought one pair.sanderson wrote:Fiz, Dollar World, 99 Cent Store, are fun to browse for items that can be used in the garden or repurposed for the garden.
Grid Ideas
Just bought the ANSFG book, getting ready for my first MM bed. I had planned on doing all carrots and not messing with grids, but Mel talked me into making it a "patchwork quilt" with other root crops. The problem is, I've already blown the budget on MM (and full-spectrum LED grow lights for winter ) so I started scrounging around the property for grid materials. VOILA! Corn stalks! They're absolutely perfect! Next week, after my MM arrives and I get this bed finished, I'll post the "after" pics.
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Join date : 2015-06-12
Age : 62
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
I remember this post as the next day I went to the two stores in our town and neither one had any hoops.Fiz wrote:I love discovering these old threads when you guys revive them. I would have never thought to use hula hoops from the dollar store (way back in this thread) to make hoop houses - cool idea!
I love getting gardening stuff from the dollar store. Most of my pots, bamboo trellises, and bamboo stakes are from there.
The most frugal thing I did was make my SFG bed out of old bricks that had been sitting in my in-laws garage for over 20 years. They were happy to see them go, haha.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
My ANSFG bed will be made from 1 gal. nursery pots. I can't wait! Hopefully, tomorrow.Kelejan wrote:I remember this post as the next day I went to the two stores in our town and neither one had any hoops.Fiz wrote:I love discovering these old threads when you guys revive them. I would have never thought to use hula hoops from the dollar store (way back in this thread) to make hoop houses - cool idea!
I love getting gardening stuff from the dollar store. Most of my pots, bamboo trellises, and bamboo stakes are from there.
The most frugal thing I did was make my SFG bed out of old bricks that had been sitting in my in-laws garage for over 20 years. They were happy to see them go, haha.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
Hit Dollar World today for storage boxes for various garden supplies storage and anything else that I might need. $35 for lots of goodies! I won't tell you how much I spent next door at OSH (west coast store) for canning jars and supplies, large sweet potato tote and large storage boxes for shade cloth, etc.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
I love OSH, but frugal it ain't.sanderson wrote:Hit Dollar World today for storage boxes for various garden supplies storage and anything else that I might need. $35 for lots of goodies! I won't tell you how much I spent next door at OSH (west coast store) for canning jars and supplies, large sweet potato tote and large storage boxes for shade cloth, etc.
Re: A really, really Frugal Gardener
No, it is not the cheapest, but it has wonderful service, nice products and no fuss returns. It's like a neighborhood store.
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