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Organic Gardening: 7 Things You Can Repurpose to Use in Your Garden

It makes both good sense, and good cents, to grow your own vegetables at home in an organic garden. No matter how much or how little space and/or time you have, you can still plant a container garden and harvest some home grown tomatoes and peppers. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or trying out your green thumb for the first time in organic gardening, try these ideas for 7 things you can recycle to use in your garden.

Food Scraps

Any food items other than meat scraps or grease can be recycled into compost and used to enrich your soil, which in turn feeds plants and enables them to yield a bigger harvest. Used coffee grounds and crumbled egg shells are two of the best soil amendments and can be placed directly on top of the soil (in-ground or container gardens) to nourish plants. Create a small compost pile to toss other food scraps until they decompose into ‘black gold’ then work into garden soil for free and chemical-free compost.

Tin Cans

Large tin cans, like those that spaghetti sauce or juice come in, can be recycled and used as feeding and watering tubes for garden plants. Wash the tin cans and cut both ends. Dig a hole the size of the tin can in the garden soil and place the can in the soil, then plant a few vegetables around the can. Use the open-ended tin can to deliver water directly to plant roots throughout the growing season. Make compost tea to pour in the cans to provide organic food to plants.

Recycled Mulch

Grass clippings and tree leaves (raked during the fall) provide free, organic mulch for vegetable plants. Mulch helps keep the soil cool, retain moisture and discourage weed growth.

Plastic Milk Jugs

Get a head start on the growing season by using clean plastic milk jugs as mini greenhouses. Cut the bottom fourth off a gallon milk jug and place over tiny vegetable seedlings to provide them with protection from the elements and create a greenhouse environment. Remove lid on warm days and replace during cold nights.

Plastic Buckets

Food grade plastic buckets that are used in the deli and restaurant industry are perfect for recycling into harvesting buckets. The size, handles and lids make these buckets perfect for carrying to the garden to harvest fresh produce and for transporting vegetables.

Pantyhose

Many vegetable plants, like tomatoes and cucumbers, need to be staked and tied to keep them off the ground during the growing season. Nothing beats strips of used pantyhose for tying vegetable plants to their support system. Pantyhose stretch and will not cut into tender vines like rope or twine will and the nylon fabric is strong enough to last all summer.

Recycled Support

Tree limbs that have been pruned can be fashioned into a tee-pee for supporting climbing veggies, like cucumbers and sugar snap peas. Old iron headboards, fence posts or shovel handles or other tall, portable items can be given new life in an organic garden as vegetable stakes and trellises to keep produce off the ground.

Jeremy Aarons writes about home improvement, parenting and all things related to being a stay at home dad. Recently, he’s explored his journey earning a sociology degree online while spearheading a communal garden for his neighborhood.

 

Can The New Policy Of Zero Waste-Full Recycle Help Our Environment?

A new philosophy that could possibly produce results to completely change the world is zero waste. This school of thought is to continue reusing a product over and over again. Often, nature is hit the most by the inaction of men and women. That is the precise reason they need to be made aware of the full recycle policy, as well as zero waste. Once this policy is put into place, it is a must for each person to cooperate by recycling as much as is doable. Implementing this policy will require separating waste products into different bins based on category. Business enterprises trying to become green may also want to use this approach.

Always start at your home. Try to find some old batteries in the house. These batteries can easily be thrown away because it is disposable. But these batteries are harmful to our environment and also adds to our trash. An alternative to that would be using rechargeable batteries. There is a 12 volt solar charger that you can install to charge your phones or those rechargeable batteries that you have. There are also many 12 volt solar panels that you can easily install in your home. It can save you a lot from your electricity consumption.

Placing collection bins by the side of the road would be one more way to carry out this policy. Several collection bins would be designated for the different things to be recycled. Things that should be collected separately are plastic bottles, tins, cardboards, and other dry items. Paper is made from cut trees and so it has to be recycled frequently. It is not that difficult to recycle paper when it is kept separate from other items. Plastic should be collected in its own collection bin as it is hard to recycle.

Food scraps can be placed in biodegradable bags and then stored in pails. Glass, which is considered to be more valuable, should be put in a separate bin also. It could be placed in the dry waste material bins, but due to its non-contaminated material, it has to be separated. Perishable garden waste can be thrown in the same bin as food waste. Anything else, in addition to what has been mentioned, must be disposed of according to its nature. Materials should be thrown away based on their rate of decomposition. By observing these procedures, complete recycling and zero waste can be accomplished.

Disposing of waste can be easily accomplished by separating and collecting it at your home. With numerous folks following this policy, the world can be stopped from becoming more adulterated. Implementing this policy would be really beneficial in the long haul. Think about how things would change in our surroundings if nothing goes to waste. The superb idea of zero waste and full recycle has to be enforced to save our planet. It is time to save the planet from more suffering by carrying out the big picture in going environmentally friendly.

While the harm that our planet has already sustained is unlikely to be reversed, we can prevent future damage with the dedicated effort of a lot of people. If we all choose to follow a green lifestyle, this may be the best solution. It is no longer just a craze but is becoming a necessary policy. If more men and women are willing to do what it takes, we can look forward to a better world with less pollution.