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Vegetable gardeners have been going green long before it was mainstream to do, and no, I'm on the production of plants greener in color, or talk your neighbors green with envy. I can remember way back in the 70s, when I would help my father with his land, he would like our food scraps buried in his garden. When I asked him why, he told me that worms eat the scraps and turn it into nutrients that vegetable plants love. No one in the neighborhood with him, as many of the neighbors arguetruest sense of the word for a steak or two tomatoes fed. You are truly were the best. Today, these "leftovers turned into nutrients" is what we vermicompost or worm castings if it is broken down call of worms.
Today our company is very confident about us all, reuse and recycling. If it saves us money in the long run it is let's face it, you get more people on board. Here are four things that you can implement today that will help you repeated use of various products with a willlittle help from a gardener.
TIP 1
I have already the first and the food is your compost. I was actually my father that we will, however, he did not write this book for so now I'll take the credit, but thanks to Papa! Your coffee grounds left over lasagna are all open to play for this little technique. The only thing you should avoid are buried bone steak, ham, etc. You will not break at all. However, they could grind up and turnthem in bone meal, but that's a lot of work and it might expensive that is what we really try to avoid. Just dig a hole, eighteen or more inches deep, the remains put in and cover the hole and finished.
TIP 2
You can easily triple the use of plastic, that one gallon milk container. Obviously, the first use, keeps the milk. Once the milk is gone, rinse the container with milk remaining residue with water and fill in your freezer. It makes a good blockIce, especially in summer when these Grilling outdoors and need to make those drinks cold in the cooler. The application is number two. You can just keep it for ice, if you so choose, but you can also bottom of the container from, and use them as cover for your warmer plants such as tomatoes or peppers. Place the milk container over them at night to protect them from the cold.
TIP 3
If you have children like me, and theyto do food like yogurt, like mine, then save the yogurt cups, because they make great starter pots for. I have accumulated a few dozen yogurt cups over the years, and they make for the beginning of my plants indoors, much easier. I fill with garden soil, taken directly from my garden, have in the seeds, they shall, under an inverted glass aquarium (that I saved from the garbage) and create an indoor greenhouse for my plants. Works like a charm! Oh yes, do not forget, drilling holes in the groundfor drainage.
TIP 4
Finally, and this makes for a great project for children, is to use the empty egg cartons. Not those made of Styrofoam, cardboard, but the diversity. Initial drilling in the bottom of each egg cup to ensure that the water drains properly. Fill each cup with soil. Next, type your choice of seeds in each cup, covered it with large amounts of soil. Add a little water, either, as before, with something inside a greenhouse, or createsYour window sill, that Sun is the first in the morning. Once the plants have germinated and are large enough (outdoor weather naturally move), take a scissors and cut each egg carton cup into his own cup and plant the whole thing, cup and all!
Sure, none of these ideas will save the world in one days, but they will help you save a little time, some money, add nutrients to your soil and help you enjoy a project with thekids. Have fun!
