For some reason we have tons of broken pots in our garden, I'm guessing plants burst them before dying.. I used the big bits to make little tunnels for the slow worms to hide in on their 'beach', and chuck the rest in corners for the insects. The slow worm house I made from an old pallet, lined with the liner we took up from under the gravel, and clad in old bits of bark. I get free offcuts from our local wood yard, which is perfect for patch ups and making screens & bird feeders. Compost bags are now planter liners - I think everyone does that one. Small tree stumps get left long and drilled for insects to nest in - and to put a scrap wood bird feeder on, lol! Old recycling boxes are plant pots.
For some reason we have tons of broken pots in our garden, I'm guessing plants burst them before dying.. I used the big bits to make little tunnels for the slow worms to hide in on their 'beach', and chuck the rest in corners for the insects. The slow worm house I made from an old pallet, lined with the liner we took up from under the gravel, and clad in old bits of bark. I get free offcuts from our local wood yard, which is perfect for patch ups and making screens & bird feeders. Compost bags are now planter liners - I think everyone does that one. Small tree stumps get left long and drilled for insects to nest in - and to put a scrap wood bird feeder on, lol! Old recycling boxes are plant pots.
I'm the Queen of Cheap though. 😄
I never thought of using compost bags as planter liners. Thank you for the idea. So often I use them to store garden compost, ready for use, but not yet required.
B3,that's funny,my hubby used the wall paper stripper to weed in
the shingle path round the veg plot today. I said I wished I had thought
of that. Doesn't go through the weed proof (huh) membrane He has got a fancy Waitrose weeder with a wooden handle
When I first read that @Nanny Beach I thought you meant a steam stripper! Why not I thought, it might work as well as a weed burner.
In a similar vein, I have an old one of these that I sometimes use for weeding in tight spaces.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
B3,and JennyJ you are getting naughty....must be all this talk about strippers! I have always used old compost bags as liners. I'm not the queen of cheap...I'm the queen of mean!! What is that Jenny?
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The slow worm house I made from an old pallet, lined with the liner we took up from under the gravel, and clad in old bits of bark.
I get free offcuts from our local wood yard, which is perfect for patch ups and making screens & bird feeders.
Compost bags are now planter liners - I think everyone does that one.
Small tree stumps get left long and drilled for insects to nest in - and to put a scrap wood bird feeder on, lol!
Old recycling boxes are plant pots.
I'm the Queen of Cheap though. 😄