Post by dlangland on Jan 19, 2006 16:38:19 GMT -5
Since moving back to the country after 3 years in town, I am now back to burning trash, and work very hard to recycle and/or reuse anything possible. Give me your best tips, please, for I always fear I am overlooking something. Some of the things I have done over the years...
1). Metal coffee cans work real well for tomato protection or even around baby tree/bush seedlings. Yet, now most everything is plastic, but a person can still cut out the bottoms.
2). Canned store vegetables with the bottoms cut out work well for things like peppers and eggplant, yet more and more I find most manufacturers now make the rounded bottom cans. A male friend offered to cut them out for me, but I said not at the risk of wounding yourself.
3). I save saltine cracker boxes and yrs. past, cut them into 3rds to use as rabbit/cutworm protectors around my broccoli and cauliflower transplants, but have taken to wanting them a bit taller, so now only cut them in half to save and store.
4.) Back when I had teen living at home we drank more pop. A person can save the plastic tear-off things from 6-pks. of pop, and tie them together to make a trellis. It worked nice for peas on electric fence posts. Nice thought, but now, when I do buy pop, I only buy the 12 pk. boxes or 2-lt. jugs.
5.) Newpapers for lining the bottom of my raised wood gardening boxes.
What else am I forgetting/neglecting to save or scavenge before the next season? Thank you. Deb
1). Metal coffee cans work real well for tomato protection or even around baby tree/bush seedlings. Yet, now most everything is plastic, but a person can still cut out the bottoms.
2). Canned store vegetables with the bottoms cut out work well for things like peppers and eggplant, yet more and more I find most manufacturers now make the rounded bottom cans. A male friend offered to cut them out for me, but I said not at the risk of wounding yourself.
3). I save saltine cracker boxes and yrs. past, cut them into 3rds to use as rabbit/cutworm protectors around my broccoli and cauliflower transplants, but have taken to wanting them a bit taller, so now only cut them in half to save and store.
4.) Back when I had teen living at home we drank more pop. A person can save the plastic tear-off things from 6-pks. of pop, and tie them together to make a trellis. It worked nice for peas on electric fence posts. Nice thought, but now, when I do buy pop, I only buy the 12 pk. boxes or 2-lt. jugs.
5.) Newpapers for lining the bottom of my raised wood gardening boxes.
What else am I forgetting/neglecting to save or scavenge before the next season? Thank you. Deb