Instructables.com would have to be one of my favorite websites, as it encourages people to get out and create things from stuff that is laying around. I would love to be a teenager again having plenty of spare time and all of my fathers tools to get stuck into a couple of projects each week.
A simple search for Gardening revealed hundreds of different projects for you to build. Here are three that jumped out at me today:
Scrooge Bottle – A great water saving device built to plant beside water loving plants. It is simple to make and cheap to construct, and is a great way to recycle old socks and soft drink bottles.
Pipe tools – creating a great planting trowel / shovel out of some steel water pipe is the best and cheapest way I’ve seen to create gardening tools.
Easy Garden labels – a thrifty student has used plastic spoons to make sturdy and long lasting plant labels.
So how about we all get out there and start creating things from old materials to make our lives in the garden easier.
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i’m a fan of the instructables site as well, and i did come across that scrooge bottle.
it’s a great idea for times like these when we’re beginning to feel the need to make the most out of available water. and as you said, it’s a great way to recycle stuff that might just get thrown out otherwise.
I’m glad to see I’m not the only recycling and DIY appliance lover on the web! I think it’s great to be able to use old junk for a useful purpose around the house and garden. Thanks for sharing this site link with us!
Great tips Ben! Instructables is a really amazing resource, especially for DIY and gardening stuff that needs that break down (maybe it’s just me being dim!). What plants do you use that scrooge bottle for?