In this video, I share 6 things you should NEVER trash but save to grow more food in your vegetable garden! These common, worn out household items actually help your garden grow faster and better. Instead of sending these things to a landfill, recycle them to your benefit. Don’t trash! Save cash!
Little life hacks like these can make a big difference in the amount of food you can grow and in the amount of trash that winds up in landfills. You can help your garden, your wallet and the planet at the same time: win, win, win!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Reusing Household Items Intro
0:54 Tip #1: Reusing Containers
2:58 Tip #2: Reusing Milk Jugs
4:12 Tip #3: Reusing Cardboard
6:42 Tip #4: Reusing Egg Cartons
7:59 Tip #5: Reusing Sheets
9:15 Tip #6: Reusing Fabrics
11:01 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Reusing Household Items Intro
0:54 Tip #1: Reusing Containers
2:58 Tip #2: Reusing Milk Jugs
4:12 Tip #3: Reusing Cardboard
6:42 Tip #4: Reusing Egg Cartons
7:59 Tip #5: Reusing Sheets
9:15 Tip #6: Reusing Fabrics
11:01 Adventures With Dale
Don't know if it still exists, but we used to buy apple cider in 1/2 and 1 gallon glass bottles. I bought a glass cutting kit. I cut the bottom off the bottles and sanded with wet sanding paper. Great greenhouses! Kept the lids on overnight and removed the lids in the morning. Wish I still had some of these as glass bottles are hard to find nowadays.
Dude carbon dioxide and monoxide are fertilizer for plants. They are heavier than the air so they will not leave the jug, and more but not too much is getting in through the top. Plus water vapor is locked in the jug as well. Indeed heat helps a very little to circulate the air in the jug as you do not want it too much, but is not the reason for the better for your plants.
I do a lot of salvage and i have actually used old plastic dishwasher bodies as grow containers. I actually have three of them right now with garlic and assorted onions growing in them.
Great
COVID era addition: The ear loops of face masks make perfect flexible plant ties. Easy to pull off a surgical face mask that's been worn too many times. Stretchy, great length for tomatoes, soft. I know many people use cloth masks but for those in the health care industry where at least a surgical mask is required, you can reuse that part and it works amazingly well.
I love your videos. Great insights on gardening. I grew up on the southwestern coast of North Carolina where the growing conditions were different. Now I live in the midwest and am really getting into gardening.
Thanks!
When you said gunshots you DOG shuttered and looked at you LIKE Gunshots what dude??
Ha ha. My country doesnt have that many varieties. Illegal to import seeds, yes keep those things!!
Great information
How do I keep my retriever from stealing the jugs??? 😄😄
Wow zone 8a amazing.
I am in zone 1
Got to try out this warm climate stuff:)
Bras are great for squash, melons, etc! And when you’re hiving a tour to your buddies, it’s a good conversation starter!
The moss pellets are horrible for the environment fyi
Oh wow thank you for this video, I'm wanting to start growing food. I'm a happy bunny now 😁
I need raised beds
I've been saving all 6 items for years. And I also use round tomato cages make from concrete fencing wire then wrap the tomato cages with plastic wrap but leave a split in the tops for rain too drip too water the plates. It give them a jump start and I do sow the seeds under the milk and juice and pop bottle jugs first then add the plastic wrapped cages.
THANK you from Germany, great ideas! Please Tell me what the bricks in the Garden Gate are 4?
I'm using approx 4×4 raised beds with a removable fencing (cats, fresh dirt…yeah) and I have found on really hot days, a bed sheet makes for a cheap good shade cloth for the lettuce / radishes other things that are quick to bolt… typically get two or three weeks over the unshaded stuff – depending on just how hot it is… over 80 for several day, it's done for anyway…
Grrrreat tips!!! I’m subbed!
Panty hose from a dollar store are very inexpensive ties.
It’s true, it is addicting. I’m zone 7b and growing a moringa tree, which just sprouted and is grown in hot areas. I’ll be keeping the tree indoors in the winter. Obsessed with its medicinal uses and it’s beauty ❤
Long,fresh pine needles make great plant ties ,strong enough to last a growing season and gusty winds. Also,plastic liners in store banana boxes make great veggie grow bags and handy lightweight frost covers( keep the plastic off of plant leaves when applying). Both the needles and the banana bags are free!
Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive, just using resourcefulness and sharing ideas can save a lot of money !!!
So many people throw stuff away then go buy something to use that the trash could have been used for 😏
Ok im a little confuce about the winter time so it is posible to grow a lemon plant or a mango in The winter time if we coverup with plastic ?
Thrift stores has stockongs real cheap.
Overkill chatter, take a breath.
Slow down
I reuse all my pot and seed trays. Why spend money on my trays and pots. I use them til they fall apart. I use milk and water jugs for winter sowing. I even use the cardboard boxes in my garden. They really do help keep weeds away. I also use newspaper. Great video! Thanks for sharing
Your content is A+. Very clear, very thorough and no nonsense. Excellent stuff!
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Pantyhose can also be used to store onions in the pantry, and to cradle melons and squash on the vines.
Love this one. I have some old bricks that I’ll put to good use! Hey ‘runs’ in panty hose 😂
Dude. These ideas are genius. Bec. if people can grow food in cold
climates, Canada, Sweden, Montana, obviously, they can be done.
Bravo, TMG.
You should also mention, “just be careful to only save enough and not start hoarding containers.”
I use old nursery pots for certain weeds I’m taking to the dump, and sorting rocks and stones I uncover while weeding. They both can sit in the rain, the weeds will dry/desiccate and the rocks get washed. 🙂
Keep ALL veggie scraps, Coffee grounds, Egg shells to compost early spring.
If you have tomatoe Blossom end rott…. it's from not enough Calcium. Egg shells are all Calcium. Cush them after they dry by squishing them once or twice with your hands. Mix shells in the dirt when putting your tomatoes in. Never throw egg shells away either
Use the rolls on paper towels and bath tissue… (Browns) Stuff green stuff into the rolls
Compost in place