You can complain about the rising costs of garden maintenance, but you can also take matters into your own hands and look for some rationalizing solutions that will make our plot look blooming.Literally and figuratively - and at a low cost.A lot can be saved thanks to the optimal use of what we already have in the garden.
For fertilizing crops, it is worth using self-produced compost, and for watering rainwater collected in barrels. After cutting, the branches can be shredded in a shredder and used for lining or seasonal path surface.
Let's create something out of nothing, give old objects a second, new life.Demolition bricks can be used to build simple elements of small architecture.Old barrels and cans as containers for seedlings and seedlings. Until recently, it was very fashionable and common to use old wooden railway sleepers for construction, especially paths.
Remember, however, that they are impregnated with toxic kerosote and, in the light of the applicable regulations, are subject to special storage procedures.Fences made of willow twigs are 100% safe and free.
Don't buy, make seedlings
Patience is certainly valued when acquiring new plants. Jasmine, privet, boxwood, but also ornamental currant can be easily propagated through shoot cuttings.When storing woody cuttings until spring, it is best to provide them with labels that will make it easier for us to identify the species later.
Neighbors with whom you can make an appointment to replace cuttings by rejuvenating dividing or pruning may be an invaluable source of good seedlings.
Pond from waste
All you need is some bricks from demolition and an old bathtub or tub, and we already have the most important elements of the construction of a miniature pond.To fill the tank, you can use, for example, a Brazilian spearman, a common pan or a rosette pistach. Of course, the eyelet can also be installed in its ready-made form (it has the advantage over the tub that it has shelves for plants).
Here's how to build a pond.First arrange the plants.When the foundation is ready, we start laying bricks; we arrange each subsequent layer with a shift so that an openwork ring is formed around the container. It is not required to use any binder.
