5 Dollar Store Garden Hacks That Will Save you Hundreds! 🌺 🍃🌼 (Plus one bonus hack!)
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- With prices going up on everything, it's harder and harder to garden without breaking the bank. Here are 5 great hacks using items in the dollar store to imitate much more expensive items. I saved $517 with these hacks!
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I have another use for the wire basket. I put it inside a 5 gallon bucket, then shovel some compost into it, then shake it up and down inside the bucket to sift the compost. All the bigger pieces and sticks stay in the basket and the fine soil goes into the bucket.
Super idea!
Genius
Thanks 😅
iT ALL SEEMS TO BE OKAY.
This is a great idea I will use this to sift my cheaper potting soil with what looks like small trees throughout!
That coco liner mulch is such a great idea! And the leftover circles you cut out are perfect for covering the drain holes on my bigger pots so the soil doesn't fall out. Double win!!
Oh, what a great idea! I usually put a rock to cover most of the hole so it will drain water and not soil...but this is even better. Thanks!!
I sterilized old thin used kitchen scrubbers that have the same consistency similar coconut coir to cover the holes in the bottom of my planting pots. I like to recycle things whenever possible.
I use a few layers of newspaper, or sale flyers, cut to size at the bottom of the pots.
Great ideas! I already use acouple of them
I use coffee filters, but if you are buying these basket liners for mulch the part you cut off would work well.
even cheaper than the cups are toilet paper rolls after you use the toilet paper. Start saving them now till the next growing season. You already paid for them :)
I just started doing this about two weeks ago!
Do you them upright in a box? How do you keep the dirt from coming out the bottom?
@@Sarahnotsayruh I just put mine in a paper box and the roots will fill them and stablize the dirt enough to plant it- I cut them in half and I also use Paper towel rolls.
@@Sarahnotsayruh I saw a different video that suggests small cuts in the roll so you can then fold in to create a “bottom” to contain the soil. I’ve saved a bunch of rolls to give this a try.
To reduce/avoid soil loss from the holes at the bottom of flowerpots, I cut old clothes into small pieces, lay them inside the pot, and then add soil. This way, I reuse old fabric and keep the bottom of the pot clean. It works for pots with holes of any size.
Coffee afters, the brown ones, are great in pot bottoms. Keeps ants out, soil doesn't run out when I water
That's a great idea!
I cut up shade cloth and use that.
What a great idea. I've been saving old t-shirts that have holes in, so are no good to donate. Most of the fabric is hole free, so I didn't want to throw them away. I didn't know what I wanted to use them for, but this might be a good use.
@EtherealSunset if beyond use as work shirts for messy projects, they make good rags, to mop up spills that could stain like wine, for dusting, my mom used to wrap them around old mopheads for catching dustbunnies under furniture on hardwood floors, cutting into strips and making rag rugs, pet beds, or other crafts.
Dollar store hack videos don't have anything for me so I kept ignoring this one when it kept popping up in my feed. I finally decided to click it and it actually has some that I can use. It was worth the watch.
Glad it was helpful!
True! I was thinking the same.
I love how gracefully you explain things and how beautiful your way of expression is. It was a pleasure to watch.
Oh my goodness...thank you. :)
The mesh garbage can is genius. I'm going shopping tomorrow for sure
I saw one of our wild rabbits eyeing it tonight--no tulips for you! LOL
@@Escapetothe8thConcession I still cant believe you can find multiple listings for what is essentially a upside down mesh waste paper bucket on Etsy for $75....
Too funny. Gotta get creative keeping wild life out. 😂😂@Escapetothe8thConcession
thats what caught my eye and made me cluck!! [edit: click! lol but sounded so funny leaving it in 😂] i was like 😮 why didn't i think of that! wonder what else shes got ideas on!
If you put a ping pong ball on the end of a bamboo stick( thin), push stick into ball and seal it on with silicone. Put it in your dry ohya(?) before you put it together and make sure it sticks out of your fill tube to act as a float to let you know when you are running low on water! Make a line on the stick when it is empty and another line on the stick when you fill it with water! The ball will allow it to float up and down depending on the amount of water in your jug! Just a thought! Dollar stores have the bamboo plant sticks( won't rot in water like wood)and the ping pong balls( or you could use a small, red and white fishing bobber instead)!
That's ingenious!
What an idea ! Thanks!
That’s spelled olla
@@pamelaspooner7183 Thank you!
A cork would probably work as well (no ping pong balls were hurt in this hack suggestion).🤕
The wire baskets are also good to bury about 90% in the ground, put shredded cardboard in bottom, worms on top of that, than cover with food scraps. The worms wil give you free castings. When the food scraps get low, just add more. Constant fertilizer.
Great idea!
Great idea
Perfect.
Toilet paper center supports work well for starter plants.
You could also use wire metal coat hangers (cut them with wire cutters) bend them and use them as garden staples to hold your wire trash baskets in place❤.
I use egg cartons to start my plants. Holds the water and it’s free and when done we burn the cartons in the woodstove 💜
This is brilliant too!
I use eggshells
Have lots of eggs daily
Biodegradable & could be planted as well
The baskets would be a good idea for strawberry plants to prevent the birds from eating them 🤔🤔
Absolutely! I think the birds are already eyeing mine!
Gosh yes! Or those mesh laundry bags, which is what I'll be trying this year, as mine are in those nifty stackable planters.
Yes, and the little squirrel 🐿️ thieves too. My squirrels ate holes right through the plant netting last year leaving red fruit stains. They are determined. Can’t wait to try these wire baskets. I hope I can get some before the rabbits eat my tulips. Thank you for the idea.
Just found you channel and so glad that I did. So many great ideas for so much cheaper. Definitely off to Dollarama for some of those coconut mats. Brilliant idea. I use them for my baskets but your idea is perfect for my roses. Also those wire baskets and tomato cages….love it!! As a fellow Canadian I am so happy to now follow your videos. I live in the Vancouver area….zone 8b. Thank you for a very informative video. 🇨🇦🥰👍🏻
these are really smart hacks! I wanted to share that I save the green plastic strawberry baskets to protect my sunflower seeds when I direct sow them, so the birds don't dig them up and eat them.
That's great way to reuse them. I have some hanging around somewhere and also have trouble protecting my sunflower seeds until they can sprout. Thanks!
I use the baskets as a compost bin in each bed. I have 5 4X12 beds and so I put 2 baskets per bed. The worms love it so much! As I fill my kitchen bin, I dump it in 1 basket then the next bin would go into the next basket and so on. I don't have room for compost bins.
That's a great idea! I like how the worms and beneficial bugs can get in, but those other pests wouldn't have easy access!
I have also used the garbage cans for the same thing as you. They also work nicely for drying out potatoes and onions in the fall. I save used coffee/soda cups to plant my tomatoes /peppers in. I like the idea of the those coco liners to use around plants and I may try a few of those. I save the larger water bottles/soda bottles, with the bottoms cut off for cloches and then when not needed for a cloch I turn them upside down and partically bury bury them to add water to. There is so many things that are recyclable that can be repurposed for garden use. I wish I could avoid the plastics but, it's almost impossible these days.
I love how much you recycle!! And yes, it is virtually impossible to completely be plastic free.
I was just thinking that those wire baskets would also work well for hosing some dirt off of the veggies before bringing them into the Kitchen too.
Those wire trash cans are something I use but epic gardening sells them for so much money. Another thing I like to use from Dollar Tree is there mesh laundry bags… I put them over my tomato cages and pepper cages.
They work great to keep cabbage butterflies off broccoli plants, too
Me too
Great idea!
You save even more money buy using your older clothes hangers and wire 2 together covered with sheer curtains and use hula hoop covered with sheer curtains it saves your strawberries for sure. I buy the sheer curtains at yard sales less then $3.00 each and curtains when its frost season. Or table cloths.
Great ideas!
They might work good as tressises too! I like this video. Thank you so muck for these dollar hacks and to the idea of wire hangers
Thrift store bed sheets or mattress pads
Me too
Love to see a picture of this hack.
If you have gopher problems, you can bury the mesh basket mostly in the ground to protect the roots.
Ingenious!!
@@dino0228 I stole the idea from yootooberz. 😁
I have been using the trash cans for the last several years too. To keep bunnies from munching my hostas and to save my plants from my dogs that love to run through my beds. I love them.
Those darn bunnies have never gone after my hostas, thank goodness. They're probably too full of tulip leaves! LOL
I just got a mesh basket to use as a soil strainer to get grass roots out. I have to go get more now that I know how versatile they are!
On the tomato cage’s, never lay them down on their sides. I had an elderly cat walk into one and poked his eye 😢. What I do is keep them in the ground and put an empty plastic planter in it and place my gardening tools inside when I’m working in the garden. It keeps my tools up off the ground and nearby. I’m always looking for good ideas and I love what you’ve done with yours.
Good reminder! Safety first. :)
GENIUS THANK YOU! (says while grabbing purse to run to the Dollar store)😅
Wonderful tips, tysm! I try not to use plastic, but I have reused and still continue to use every plastic pot or cell I've ever received with any transplants since 2010. The black plastic pots and number 5 plastics last nearly forever in the sun, so I try not to throw away what I can.
Good on you! It's really all we can do--reusing the plastic we can't avoid. I also have several of the square pots from buying plants at the garden centre. Some places take them back and replant in them, so I do that where I can.
@@Escapetothe8thConcession I have tried to do this, but have since opted to doing it myself since, shockingly, some said they'd just throw them away because the nurseries near me DONT GROW any of their own starts anymore! (they did a very long time ago, but as years go by they became more orange-box-store adjacent)
I love your ideas. Not tacky!
There is one nursery near us that is committed to native plants and sustainable growing practices, so they take some. But you're right, commercial nurseries or big box stores aren't interested. And worse than that, although we have a really great recycling program in our area, for some reason they can't take black plastic. So frustrating.
@@Escapetothe8thConcession Apparently the recycling centers use a kind of sensor in the sorting of materials, and it simply can't "read" black plastic: for the sensor, black plastic simply doesn't exist!
Thanks so much for this video! I'd never have thought of using drawer pulls or door knobs to top off tomato cages used upside down, not on my own. But what a fabulous idea! I have to give that one a try.
Like you, we try to avoid plastic when we can, or re-use a plastic item to the greatest extent possible, but there is certainly a lot of plastic to be avoided or re-used.
Thanks again for a motivating and encouraging video!
I’ve used tomato cages as trellises for many years but I could never figure out how to finish off the top, aside from wiring all three wires together. Thank you for showing your “2 bends-1 straight” trick and topping them with a drawer pull! Bravo, and thanks 🥰
Glad to help!
I love those flat cocoa mats. I've never seen them here in my stores.
So happy to find another Ontario gardening channel! 😊
Thanks for all the ideas!!! Great stuff!
So nice of you
@@Escapetothe8thConcession Waves to you neighbor from here in Motown Detroit, Enjoy this beautiful weather! Love your channel
I am so loving the Nature background noise!! It must be so relaxing to sit and listen to such beauty! Thank you for the Hacks and nature sounds!
It really is! I fall asleep to the sound of the spring peepers calling. :)
These are all such great ideas! I’m definitely going to go grab some of those wastebaskets. I’ll see if I can find cheap drawer knobs with screws; you can add them to the top centre of those wastebaskets to have a button handle.
That's a great idea to make handling them easier.
I love how she speaks❤
Went too the $1.00 area at my Dollar General store and got plastic bowls large and medium for $1.00 each plus you can melt holes for drainage too
Coco liner from the dollar store as mulch? Girlfriend you are an unstoppable good idea machine!!! Thank you!
I just joined because every idea is soooo good and inexpensive...lol...tomato cages upside down! I love this!!!
Very helpful hints to save money. Thanks! 👍
Over here in the United States, our Dollar Trees do sell plastic cloches that have an adjustable opening on top to control how much rain gets in.
I've tried them, but I didn't find they held the heat in as much.
I’m using the exact wire baskets for cloches, they work great.
True! It's such a nice feeling to know my plants are safe from nibblers.
I use these baskets for underground use to keep moles out.Works great for blueberries,tulips,or any plant moles might damage.Have had these in the ground for 3 years now,plants get a chance to get well established.Instead of buying paper cups I use toilet paper rolls,4 one inch cuts makes a planting tube so cut worms dont even know there is a plant there,just fill up rest of tube will soil mix and plant in the ground leaving 2 inches above ground.Works great for green beans or peas.Please pass this info to Natalie...THANKYOU,and have a great growing season.
@davidnation8897 Putting the wire baskets underground is a great idea! Especially for my tulip bulbs which tend to be a treat for the voles and moles over the winter! Thanks for the tip!
@@Escapetothe8thConcession We have a terrible problem with voles eating our potatoes and sweet potatoes late in the season. I have spend a lot of repellants, but it did nothing. We've also put out mouse traps. I wish there was a way to win. This year I just plan to dig earlier in hopes of getting more undamaged tubers.
@@loves2spin2 I had the same problem with my potatoes in the ground. Almost every one was bitten. Now I use those felt planters (also from the dollar store) for my potatoes and they are great! No free lunch for anyone and the potatoes are easily harvested.
Save your TP rolls for starting seeds and save some money that way.
A number of years ago I bought several waste baskets (similar to the dollar store ones, but far more $) one day I went into the dollar store and saw a new item, the baskets. I want to buy all they had on the shelf but I didnt. Every year now I buy one of two. They work great for the garden.
Thank you for sharing the idea of glass bowls from thrift stores. I never thought of that. I of course donated several ago when we no longer had all the company we use to have. lol
The glass cloches are one of my favourite garden tools. I can extend my lettuce by about a month on either end of the gardening season!
I've found several large glass domes (some even have glass knobs!) at thrift stores lately. People are apparently cycling out of 'faux-farmhouse' decor and getting rid of cheese trays. 🤣... I snap up every one I find!
Colored/printed paper cups have ink that leaches into soil and most have some sort of wax mixed in with the paper otherwise the paper cup would leak easily and collapse. Just a caution to make sure they are made of paper that isn't going to leach chemicals into the soil that your plant roots will be soaking up, mainly for veggies your going to eat.
Yeah and they're covered in wax.
That's exactly what I was thinking
Funny you ended with the garden cloches; I buy those same wire baskets for pests but also make mini greenhouses out of them by slipping a plastic bag (recycled) over them to protect from cold snaps. They're also great for storing potatoes and onions in the house. And I made an egg collecting basket out of one for a friend of mine, with a pocketed cloth liner and a handle.
-As far as using cups for planters, a no cost method, use cups first then rinse and recycle into planters.
Great idea to get a second use out of them!
I also LOVE the waste paper basket cloches!! Definitely need to try that.
It's so good! I just uncovered my tulips today and they are blooming. I'll take some footage tomorrow.
Thank you. So happy to see that someone else loves a great deal.
I like your version of the Oya better. It's nicer looking too even though it's not going to be seen
Thank you for all the good advice , I use 5 gallon water bottles which I get at recycling that have a crack or defect. I cut the whole bottom outa they make great cloches . Recycling has many good things for gardeners . I do really love or mesh waste baskets and will be looking for some of them . I have a deer problem with them eating my crocuses and tulips every spring . Now I have plastic mesh fencing over them held up like a long tent with 18 inches wood stakes every 4 feet .
The deer around here seem to like my Rose of Sharon bushes. I have to cover them with chicken wire over the winter.
@@Escapetothe8thConcession I have put out chunks of "Irish Spring" soap and it seems to keep the deer away.
You are just brilliant!!❤
Great ideas! Especially the coir liners. Opened up a world of ideas for me!
Thank God for putting your channel in my feed. I LOVE your channel and will have lots of fun spending my evenings watching all your postings. Thank you and God Bless you for sharing your creativity and frugality.
Wow, thank you!
I really like that teepee idea. Will copy and use in my garden this season🙏
🤩Those easy peasy Walmart raised beds!!
Great video!
I love the frogs too!
So awesome! 😊I found the coconut coir baskets at Dollar Tree! I’m going to get more for my strawberries 🍓 and herbs 🌿
Wonderful tips! Thank you, I’m going to the dollar store tomorrow!
I loved this video. Thanks for sharing the great information.
I have a gardener’s journal and your tips are going in it . Thanks so much .🥰🥰🥰
Wonderful!
Awesome ideas. I love, love the trellis made from the tomato cages!!!
Thanks so much! 😊
Loved the pot liner tip!!!
So glad!
Great ideas !!!!! I will stock up on those mats that you put around the plants. I can't do much weed pulling anymore so whatever I can do to stop weeds, I will do.
Thank you! Great ideas!
Thank you for your wonderful ideas🎉 I will do the cocoa liner!❤
You are so welcome!
I just found your channel! I love finding cheaper ways to get things done!❤ Thank you! Love your style too!❤
Yay! Thank you!
👍Such clever ideas! 🍀Thank you for sharing.😊
So glad I found you. Truly appreciate your help and sharing your wonderful ideas and hacks. 🎉❤
You are so welcome!
Thanks for sharing your video!
So many great ideas, thank you, ❤
Thank you so much! I've never heard of underground watering system you presented. Definitely doing that one and the garbage cans.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for the great tip you talked about in the video. I’m thinking I will maybe use some of them in my own garden.
Go for it!
Thank you so much for the awesome fines at the dollar store. God bless you and you have an amazing day.
Thanks so much
You have wonderful ideas! I'm going to try several of the things that you mentioned. I found another hack last year for cloches and it worked very well. Dollar General sells large plastic party bowls (clear) that work great in this way. You can drill small holes in the top as well to let the hot air escape.
I love these! The coconut coir, the baskets, and the obelisks are awesome. Guess I’m going shopping, lol. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
I can't thank you enough for all of your tips that are so useful. I will definitely use them all. God bless you❤
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. Great tips, I really like the trelis idea.
It's my favourite. I'm going to plant my peas around two of them shortly. :I)
Great ideas! Love your garden. Wood frogs are singing away.🐸
Yes they are! And now the spring peepers have joined in and I fall asleep to their peeping. :)
I've never seen the coco coir tree mats. Great idea!
Thank you for the valuable tips. You are so sweet.
You are so welcome!
Love listening to you. Thanks for all the great ideas
You are so welcome!
Well Done. Great Ideas. Ty.
I love theses dollar store finds and hacks! I especially liked the one with the tomato cages as trellis structures, I might try it for trellising my cucumbers this year! tfs 😊
You are so welcome!
Hello from Texas! These are great ideas!!!!! I am going to the dollar store today to see what I can find. Have a blessed day and thanks for sharing your ideas!!!
Thank you! You too!
I’m so glad I clicked on your video! Each of these ideas are great, thank you 😊
Thanks so much. :)
Thank you so much for the excellent ideas. I see 3 I will be trying this week.
Wonderful!
My Family Dollar Store doesn't stock all of these, so I will have to explore the other dollar stores, but what great ideas!
Thanks! I had to hunt at a couple of different ones, too.
You can order online.
5:48 yes 🙌🏼 wonderful thumbs up 👍 that you try to avoid plastic! And know it’s important.
It certainly is a battle.
Made my own oyas last year. They work great!!! I also bought some; both work just as well.
Very cool!
How cool! How did you make them?
@@sheenaolson9764 Here's the video where I make one: ua-cam.com/video/-kbT6DSNIDg/v-deo.html :)
@@Escapetothe8thConcession thanks for sharing the link! 💖
FYI, it’s spelled ollas. Double L is pronounced Y in Spanish so great job on pronunciation!
i used those baskets last year to keep the squirrels from digging and ruining my bulbs. i just used sticks to keep them in the ground.
We have both grey and red squirrels here. I think the red ones are even peskier!
Great tips! Love the tomato cage obelisk. Definitely going to make some.
I hope to be planting around mine as soon as this heavy rain ends!
Coco liner mulch is such a great idea..i am also using that wire clothes.got them at dollar tree in waterdown.love that one.
Those coco liners worked so well for me last year. I will probably get more for my Rose of Sharon bushes, too.
Thanks for the great idea about the pots. I live in Southern California and we may not get any rain for four or five months in the summer so this would probably be something I could use so thanks for the great information.
Ollas are an ingenious idea and they should work well in your area!
Hi from south Texas, enjoyed your video, learned a lot. Keep gardening ❤
So nice of you
Thank you for all the great tips.
You are so welcome!
A small fish bowl would work too! I loved all your info. Thank you ❤❤❤
Great idea!!
Wonderful ideas thank you so much 😉💞🌹
Loved all the tips! Ty to all her followers who also gave wonderful feedback with all the great tips!!!
Agreed! Lot's of great comments!
That was great! And I’m just gardening on my patio!!!!
Thank you!
I love these tips! So creative and cost efficient. Thank you for an awesome video 💗💗💗
You are so welcome!
Awesome information! Thanks for sharing. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great ideas. Thank you.
Thanks so much for another great video and some great creative ideas on that you found and put together today in this video
You are so welcome!
What a nice video! Love your practical ideas! Thank you for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
love those ideas
Very cleaver use of common items GREAT JOB
Thank you!
Great ideas, thank you for sharing!
Glad you like them!
I've been thinking of making an oya like this and was debating on how to put them together, food safe silicone is perfect! thank you!
Glad it was helpful!