| I would like to compile a list of ideas or tips that gardeners (and others) can use to create more eco-friendly gardens and landscapes. As a gardening communicator, I have a real desire to get the message out everyone I can and I would apprecaite any ideas or tips you'd like to share. |
Here is a link that might be useful: joegardener.com
Using "waste materials" in place of purchased materials for seedling pots.
I use milk cartons with the top cut off and bottom corners cut out for drainage. I also use yogurt cups with holes poked in the bottoms. These are good for larger plants like pumpkins. I just plant the milk carton in the ground and the roots will grow right through the holes. At the end of the season there is a little bit left of the carton to pull up and throw away.
My favorites are the fiber egg cartons since they are already formed and can be cut apart and planted right in the ground like the peat pots.
You can also cut paper towel/toilet paper tubes to the right length, fill em with seed starting mix and plant in them. Just be careful when lifting them to plant so the dirt and seedling don't fall out the bottom.
I also use old phone book pages formed into cups (works with newspaper too) for plantable seed pots. You don't need any special tools to form them. Any cup, vitamin bottle, or whatever is the right shape you want can be used to wrap them around and fold up the bottom. On another topic, stop flushing. It's bad for our water supplies and robs our gardens of nutrients.
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Here is a link that might be useful: Read Humanure Handbook online
