I'm too cheap to use paper towels either @Kitty 2 Old pieces of re used landscape fabric for me
Actually - what I have found is, if you use those wipes [I usually have a pack in the car for wiping myself down after walks] they make a good covering for pot holes, after a wash and rinse out.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy 😂😂😂 Didn't think there was anyone cheaper than me!
Confession time. I tried putting used teabags over the drainage holes in a large trough one year but they plugged up the holes and a lot of the plants drowned.😳 It was one of those very 'wet' summers you and I know so well. 😉
Wet summer @Kitty 2? I have no idea what you mean..... I sometimes use little offcuts of wood as well - I usually have various bits kicking around, and if you angle them carefully, they work. Bits of cardboard can work - but you have to be careful to put a wee stone or similar under them too, just to get the angle, and avoid a similar problem to your tea bag disaster
Another one I've done, is to use small plastic pots that have broken down, or those plastic trays you get meat in. Make some holes in the solid trays first. It allows water through, but keeps soil/compost from disappearing. That's especially good if it's something that would need lots of watering, or a temporary potting up of a plant.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Old bits of wood Fairy, now you're talking, 😁 very useful stuff. It's like Steptoe's yard down the back of my shed. Coffee filters sound promising George.
I think I get more satisfaction from recycling 'rubbish' than I do from buying shiny new stuff. What a wierdo! 😆
You're so upmarket @amancalledgeorge My parents were arch up cyclers before the daft term was even invented. My mum washed out poly bags and pieces of foil. Guess what I do too! My Dad kept the original kitchen in their house. We found it in the loft when we had to clear the house. Made me smile. War time generation.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Goodness me...they meant it didn't they? @Fairygirl funny how we've come full circle and that level of thriftiness is encouraged again by the state of play.
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Old pieces of re used landscape fabric for me
Actually - what I have found is, if you use those wipes [I usually have a pack in the car for wiping myself down after walks] they make a good covering for pot holes, after a wash and rinse out.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Didn't think there was anyone cheaper than me!
Confession time. I tried putting used teabags over the drainage holes in a large trough one year but they plugged up the holes and a lot of the plants drowned.😳
It was one of those very 'wet' summers you and I know so well. 😉
I sometimes use little offcuts of wood as well - I usually have various bits kicking around, and if you angle them carefully, they work.
Bits of cardboard can work - but you have to be careful to put a wee stone or similar under them too, just to get the angle, and avoid a similar problem to your tea bag disaster
Another one I've done, is to use small plastic pots that have broken down, or those plastic trays you get meat in. Make some holes in the solid trays first. It allows water through, but keeps soil/compost from disappearing. That's especially good if it's something that would need lots of watering, or a temporary potting up of a plant.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Coffee filters sound promising George.
I think I get more satisfaction from recycling 'rubbish' than I do from buying shiny new stuff.
What a wierdo! 😆
My parents were arch up cyclers before the daft term was even invented. My mum washed out poly bags and pieces of foil. Guess what I do too!
My Dad kept the original kitchen in their house. We found it in the loft when we had to clear the house. Made me smile.
War time generation.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...