Gardening - Saving Money Tips

[Scamper]

Re: Gardening - Saving Money Tips

Frost Is In The forecast

Not to worry. Take and drive a stake into the ground at each end of your garden. Now stretch a rope or wire between them. If frost is in the forecast just place an old sheet,over the wire like a tent. This will protect your plants.

Small plants around your house, you can just cover with a newspaper.

[The Budget Man]

Use a Mulcher

We bought a Mulcher a couple of years ago and it has changed the way we garden.

We now recycle all the trimmings from the bushes and 70% plus of the branches of trees. The mulch it makes keeps the moisture in the ground and the amount of rubbish we have to remove is limited to only the thick branches we can't mulch.

[jonespett]

New Potatoes

I bury veggie peelings in my garden all year long. Each Spring I dig up at least a couple of buckets of new potatoes.

[getforfree]

I heard, some people use the used tea and coffe for the plant food. Does it help the plants. Does anyone have experience with it?

[ScrimpAndSave]

Great tips...thanks!

[WiseOwl]

I'm not much of a gardener. In fact, I used to tease my daughter and tell her I have a purple thumb, NOT a green one. "Daddy"is the gardener. However...when my beloved mimosa tree was ailing, I decided to experiment and lo and behold, cured it of a terrible fungus problem, merely by using food grade hydrogen peroxide (You can use store bought; I just didn't want to put any chemicals in the earth and the over the counter stuff has some chemicals in it). I watered it using the peroxide (I purchased 35%and diluted it in half to 17%; then started with about 20 drop of it in an empty gallon water bottle). I also sprayed the trunk and branches. If you use the store bought it is 3%. Try a 1:4 solution.

Not only did it cure the mold and fungus problem, it flourished more than ever. The first year, it just stabilized, but by the second there were many more flowers than ever before. Last year was the third year since the problem, and the flowers bloomed throughout the entire summer! The tree is 15 years old and has never looked better.

I know use it on all our plants and have earned the title of Green Thumb in the house!