| The Frugal Garden | | | | will be a bonus to you and your garden. |
| Having a lovely garden full of flowering plants and | | | | Recycling |
| shrubs can come at a cost. Visiting the garden | | | | An excellent way of being frugal in the garden is |
| centre and purchasing the things you need to | | | | to recycle. Do you have to recycle where you |
| keep your garden in pristine condition will take a | | | | live? Most people nowadays do recycle whether |
| large chunk of money in your wallet. But there | | | | its law from the local government or because |
| are other ways to have a garden to be proud of, | | | | they want to do it, so it's only right to look at |
| and one way is to be a frugal gardener. | | | | what you are recycling. Recycling can be a |
| Where to Look | | | | rewarding way of finding things to use in the |
| Well for a start there are many places in which | | | | garden and you'll be surprised at what you will |
| one can find things for the garden, and if one has | | | | have. From empty jars, spray bottles, even |
| an imagination then these ways can be fruitful to | | | | coffee to go plastic cups can be used in the |
| the frugal gardener. | | | | garden so go and checkout what you are going |
| Friends and Family | | | | to recycle. |
| What better than to ask family members or | | | | Keeping Plants Healthy and Pest Free |
| friends if they have unwanted items for the | | | | Once the garden has started taking shape with |
| garden. Even if the items are not meant for the | | | | the plants, trees and shrubs you have planted you |
| garden like baskets or baby baths they can be | | | | will want to make sure they stay healthy and |
| utilised and made to hold plants like pansies and | | | | free from pests. Making your own fertiliser or |
| French marigold's plus vegetables like tomatoes, | | | | pesticides is a great way of being frugal in the |
| radish and lettuce. Even an old bucket can be | | | | garden and also help keep the environment free |
| utilised in the garden and hold potatoes and | | | | from the harmful chemicals used in shop brought |
| carrots on the patio. | | | | fertilisers and pesticides. Having a compost heap |
| Asking friends, family and even neighbours for | | | | will make a huge difference to anything you plant |
| any leftover seeds can be a rewarding and frugal | | | | in the garden, and using organic pesticides that |
| way to get free plants or vegetables. Maybe they | | | | include tobacco will go a long way in keeping pests |
| can let you have cuttings from their already | | | | like green-fly and sawfly larvae away from your |
| established garden? Whatever they have don't be | | | | plants. |
| afraid of taking from them even if it's only advice. | | | | Summary |
| Advertise | | | | The next time you want plants, trees or shrubs |
| Another great way of frugal gardening is to | | | | for the garden why not look at the frugal way |
| advertise either in the local newspaper, magazine | | | | instead of going to the garden centre and |
| or local store. Sure it might cost you a small | | | | spending a fortune? You will be amazed at how |
| amount to post the ad but the rewards could be | | | | many different ways there are to get anything |
| huge. Ask for things gardeners no longer want in | | | | from pots and containers to seeds and cuttings, |
| the garden and are giving them away. Ask if they | | | | all it needs is a little imagination and the confidence |
| have seeds they won't use, even spare compost | | | | to be a frugal gardener. |