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.
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!
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)!
@@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....
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!
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 :)
@@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.
yes ....living in Europe here...I do the same..with the toilet paper rolls and also the longer ones from kitchenpapertowels (you get three out of one long paper roll..) and our Eggs also come in paper-mache-carbord-moulds..that are brilliant for seedlings in their early stages........another plus is that those paper rolls do not have paint or colour on it like the bought paper-cups... PIease,, could you tell me what BATHROOM-Cups are ?...We do not have those in Europe...when brushing our teeth we simply use an earthen or glas cup/mug for our mouth-hygiene .. everyone in the family has their own (it houses the toothbrush (non-electrical ;) ) The cups get put in the dishwasher from time to time.. no need to buy paper-cups for ONE USE ONLY and then chuck them away for Mother Earth to digest it... :) anyway...I was just wandering what they are used for...Also, I often wonder how mankind came to be manipulated like that...to forget that everything you need is provided for by your surroundings..if you care to look.....and you do not have to BUY things anew all the time.....I am glad people wake up..and remember how ancient civilizations..already had knowledge needed for a harmonious co-existence of man with Nature and the Planet..(like the terracotta pots and the watering system...which Commercepeople now try to sell us ...like it was GOLD....hahahah.. ;) ...I am all for : Upcycling, for creative solutions to build things out of the stuff you already have and for sharing your ideas freely...like here on this channel...all the best to us..everywhere..and lots of fun to be creative and find solutions that do not always involve buying new stuff and throwing old stuff away... :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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❤.
We harvest directly into one of those wire wastebaskets so it is easy to just hose the produce off before putting it in the car (we garden at a community garden, not our house). It's particularly great for root crops like radishes or beets.
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.
Card board boxes is a much better option, and cheaper, to suppress weeds. Toss some kitchen scraps down and place cardboard on top and the beneficial worms will form rich compost right there beside your plants. The plants will grow and bloom like they are on steroids.
I've heard that you can bury those waste baskets in the ground and plant your tulips in them, and then the gophers can't get at the bulbs. Haven't tried it myself yet, though.
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. 🇨🇦🥰👍🏻
While the strawberry plants are growing, put the cheap small red Christmas ornaments around the plant, birds peck it, realize it's not food, and leave the actual berries alone later. Painted stones work, too
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.
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.
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 🥰
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)
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!
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
Dollar Tree has them with a variable vent in plastic. I am jealous of your gardening zone. Here I am in Texas and my last average frost date is April 21…. Everything indoors!
Paper cups are often lined with a non recyclable coating. It might not be the best idea to use those unless it clearly states that it's biodegradable/recyclable.
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.
My dollar store had bamboo marshmallow roasting sticks! They were on sale, .50 per bag. I bought three bags and it gave me about 50 of these long sticks. I use them for my green beans and peas to grow up on, and because we get a lot of wind, I use them for all my plants to protect stems from breaking. The danger of wire cages is the metal get hot in the sun and plants don’t like that.
I also use kabob sticks, which are shorter, and saved used chop sticks. I weave them into the bottom of my chicken wire fencing to prevent rabbits from digging under, and the advantage of using them instead of metal garden stakes is they are biodegradable. I also use them in potted plants as mini-spears to keep animals out, we have cats, skunk, and raccoons. It makes my container garden look weird, but it protects my plants!
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.
11:26 I am so excited about this idea because last year I tried to plant catnip and it lasted exactly 2 days. One of our community cats came in ate a bunch of it fell asleep in my box and then came back the next day ate the rest of it fell asleep in the garden box and that was it. It was eaten down to the roots in two days! Was trying to think of a way to protect a pot of catnip and this is the perfect solution so I can keep the cats out of it long enough for it to grow hopefully, and then have it so that I can dry catnip for my own cats! And of course at the end of the season I'll make sure the community cats get some too!
@@Escapetothe8thConcession OMG STUPID BABY BUNNIES ATE ALL MY BUTTERNUT SQUASH BABIES! (Last year.) I'm still so angry. 😤 😂😂😂😂 Little jerks. Now I have to find a solution for this season!
I saw someone say to use terra cotta wine cooler things. You can cover the opening with a plastic lid or a terra cotta saucer. I’ve found a few for $7 or so bucks.
@@Moon..Shadow Like a large cooler? Like a Yeti let's say for simplicity? I'm assuming not since I don't see how that would work for an Olla lol. I feel absolutely unintelligent right now 😂
@@twitchy_birdIt's a terracotta tube a little larger than a wine bottle. You normally stick your wine bottles in em to keep the wine chilled. But you can stick them in your garden as an olla, and use a terracotta saucer to cover the top to keep bugs & debris out. They were super popular in the 70s & 80s, but I haven't seen them anywhere recently except maybe thrift stores.
I bought what I thought were full paper cups last year for exactly this, then this year realized that they had the slightest plastic coating on them 😩 but I will be getting the right ones this time around because it worked out so nicely!
Love those baskets! I bought 15 at my Dollar tree last week. No staples there so had to go to hardware store and Amazon. Still a great savings and worth it to save my plants. They also do not look tacky. Didn’t get them early enough as bunnies got to some of my tulips😩.
Those darn rabbits! They got some of my tulips as the first came up, but I think the baskets saved them. In fact, my pink tulips are flowering now. I'll grab some video tomorrow (if the rain lets up!)
I use the wire baskets as plant protectors, too, as well as pop bottles. I put a clear plastic bag over the wire basket and turned it into a cloche. My Dollar Tree plastic ones end up all over the neighborhood even when I stake them down. Lol The wire baskets needed to be secured as well. They will also blow away
Yes, I tried the plastic cloches a while ago, but found they were too thin to keep the heat in well. I use garden staples to secure the wire cloches and the glass ones are heavy enough that they never move!
I've done that for years and didn't tell nobody because I thought people would think I was silly. I also buy those wooden skewers for barbecuing, at Walmart, they come in all sizes some of them are almost 3 ft long.
New to your channel and I so appreciate all your wonderful tips, not only on saving lots, but such great ideas for our gardens!! Thank you so much for this video and I am so happy to have found you and will continue to follow!!
Another gardening channel had a great tip for labeling. Just cut (no corners) an aluminum can & etch the plant names on it then rub on cardboard. Or, copper flashing that’s very thin. For the holder unwind a metal clothes hanger & straighten then do an extra little curve on round hook end & poke hole in plaque label & hang.
Dollar Tree in the US has plastic cloches with a vent for 1.25/each. They can be ordered online via DT also. We have also used DT clothes baskets to discourage critters. Love the wire tomato cages, will double them up for new tree protection.
Hi love your video! I have 2 things to offer...1) I use the tomato cages in my front yard during Christmas. Turned upside down and covered with whatever christmasy materials you like. I use tinsel lights on mine with a Dollar Tree star at the top to cinch the wire legs together. 2) I saw the wire cloches online like you and thought "those look like the trash can I have at my desk. That's when the light bulb came on. I went to Dollar Tree and purchased 10! Also Dollar tree has plastic plant domes/cloches. I had purchase 3 for $1.25 but then when I went back for more the next year they were 1 for $1.25.
I wish I watched this ONE day earlier. No sooner than I planted 1of my pots, it was completely dug up and made a big mess! I covered the soil with large rocks, but the coco mat would have been perfect!I'll try it next year!😊
I cut the bottom off larger 3-5 gallon black plastic nursery pots, and use them to mulch around saplings. Then I use the upper part to continue growing potatoes above ground.
❤You are so cute and your ideas are AWESOME!! I thought this was gonna be a clik bait vid. 🙃 Glad I clicked anyway. Tfs these great useful ideas to really save money so now I can buy more dirt!! 😁😁 Subscribed and ready for more.😂❤👍👍
I made some of the cloches too! I could not believe how much they were online. I cut out the bottoms of mine so they were open and plants could grow up through them.
Those are great ideas! Thank you for sharing. Ive been using upside down tomato cages for peas for awhile now. But never thought about making the appealing to the eye before. Im gonna give that little hack a try. I have bought some oblisks in the paat to grow cucumbers vertically, and like you mentioned they are at least $30 each depending on size.
In America, disposable cups typically have a plastic resin, or polyethylene, lining. Polyethylene is a petroleum-based plastic, requiring thousands of barrels of oil to line our paper cups every single year. Do they not line cups in Canada?
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 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 😅
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This is a great idea I will use this to sift my cheaper potting soil with what looks like small trees throughout!
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. :)
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!
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 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!
Great way to keep birds away from strawberry plants
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.
yes ....living in Europe here...I do the same..with the toilet paper rolls and also the longer ones from kitchenpapertowels (you get three out of one long paper roll..) and our Eggs also come in paper-mache-carbord-moulds..that are brilliant for seedlings in their early stages........another plus is that those paper rolls do not have paint or colour on it like the bought paper-cups...
PIease,, could you tell me what BATHROOM-Cups are ?...We do not have those in Europe...when brushing our teeth we simply use an earthen or glas cup/mug for our mouth-hygiene .. everyone in the family has their own (it houses the toothbrush (non-electrical ;) ) The cups get put in the dishwasher from time to time.. no need to buy paper-cups for ONE USE ONLY and then chuck them away for Mother Earth to digest it... :) anyway...I was just wandering what they are used for...Also, I often wonder how mankind came to be manipulated like that...to forget that everything you need is provided for by your surroundings..if you care to look.....and you do not have to BUY things anew all the time.....I am glad people wake up..and remember how ancient civilizations..already had knowledge needed for a harmonious co-existence of man with Nature and the Planet..(like the terracotta pots and the watering system...which Commercepeople now try to sell us ...like it was GOLD....hahahah.. ;) ...I am all for : Upcycling, for creative solutions to build things out of the stuff you already have and for sharing your ideas freely...like here on this channel...all the best to us..everywhere..and lots of fun to be creative and find solutions that do not always involve buying new stuff and throwing old stuff away... :)
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.
Don’t you get animals, pests trying to eat the food scraps?
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!
Great idea. Thank you for sharing.😃👍🏽
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.
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. 😁
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.
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.
@@Winnie-r-p We use them for that all the time!
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.
I love those flat cocoa mats. I've never seen them here in my stores.
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❤.
Very creative
Toilet paper center supports work well for starter plants.
They rot and mold, so transplant quick
I agree. They mold and rot too fast. Almost didn't have time to plant the broccoli and cabbage seedlings.
We harvest directly into one of those wire wastebaskets so it is easy to just hose the produce off before putting it in the car (we garden at a community garden, not our house). It's particularly great for root crops like radishes or beets.
I have a hod for the same purpose, but these are super cost effective. I might use my spare ones when I have a big harvest. Thanks for the great tip!
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!
Too small though
Aren't you attracting skunks raccoons rats? And so on
Card board boxes is a much better option, and cheaper, to suppress weeds. Toss some kitchen scraps down and place cardboard on top and the beneficial worms will form rich compost right there beside your plants. The plants will grow and bloom like they are on steroids.
Cardboard is great at weed suppression. What I like about the coconut coir is the way it still allows good air flow to prevent fungal problems. :)
I've heard that you can bury those waste baskets in the ground and plant your tulips in them, and then the gophers can't get at the bulbs. Haven't tried it myself yet, though.
I want to do that with any new bulbs, too. Great idea.
I like the upside down potato frames. A solar light on the top would be pretty too.
That would be very pretty at night!
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. 🇨🇦🥰👍🏻
While the strawberry plants are growing, put the cheap small red Christmas ornaments around the plant, birds peck it, realize it's not food, and leave the actual berries alone later. Painted stones work, too
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!
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
Or you could compost them.
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
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!
My cat is a butthead who likes to use my plant pots as a toilet. The coco liners fit right on top and keep him out of them.
I love cats, but they do have peculiar ways!!
One of my cats likes to rip and eat my plants. I am growing outside Catnip and Cat Grass. My cats are completely inside cats. 🐈⬛ ❤
Try unscented cat liter… he may dislike liter smell
One of the best shows I have seen lately!
Thank you so much!
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. :)
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!!!
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!
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!
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.
That's a great idea!!!
I love knobs.
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
I like your version of the Oya better. It's nicer looking too even though it's not going to be seen
I thought so too.
I thought it looked a lot better than the expensive one, more rustic and wonderful.
A small fish bowl would work too! I loved all your info. Thank you ❤❤❤
Great idea!!
I love how she speaks❤
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.
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.
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.
That's exactly what I was thinking
Great video!
I love the frogs too!
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.
Dollar Tree has them with a variable vent in plastic. I am jealous of your gardening zone. Here I am in Texas and my last average frost date is April 21…. Everything indoors!
Paper cups are often lined with a non recyclable coating. It might not be the best idea to use those unless it clearly states that it's biodegradable/recyclable.
Yes. I'll have to use more soil blocks and newspaper pots. :)
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!
My dollar store had bamboo marshmallow roasting sticks! They were on sale, .50 per bag. I bought three bags and it gave me about 50 of these long sticks. I use them for my green beans and peas to grow up on, and because we get a lot of wind, I use them for all my plants to protect stems from breaking. The danger of wire cages is the metal get hot in the sun and plants don’t like that.
I'll have to keep an eye out for bamboo sticks at my store!
I also use kabob sticks, which are shorter, and saved used chop sticks. I weave them into the bottom of my chicken wire fencing to prevent rabbits from digging under, and the advantage of using them instead of metal garden stakes is they are biodegradable. I also use them in potted plants as mini-spears to keep animals out, we have cats, skunk, and raccoons. It makes my container garden look weird, but it protects my plants!
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.
Great job never thought of the liners for around the plants. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Zone 3.
You are so welcome! Zone 3--quite a challenge to garden in. :)
So would the liners be good around the base of tomato plants too?
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!
I’m so glad I clicked on your video! Each of these ideas are great, thank you 😊
Thanks so much. :)
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.
I really like that teepee idea. Will copy and use in my garden this season🙏
I use those wire waste baskets too. But I use tin-snips to cut the base off and let the plant keep growing through.
I like that idea, although our rabbits would then just eat from the top down. But it would work well with smaller pests. :)
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.
11:26 I am so excited about this idea because last year I tried to plant catnip and it lasted exactly 2 days. One of our community cats came in ate a bunch of it fell asleep in my box and then came back the next day ate the rest of it fell asleep in the garden box and that was it. It was eaten down to the roots in two days! Was trying to think of a way to protect a pot of catnip and this is the perfect solution so I can keep the cats out of it long enough for it to grow hopefully, and then have it so that I can dry catnip for my own cats!
And of course at the end of the season I'll make sure the community cats get some too!
I had the same problem with my dill and the rabbits!
@@Escapetothe8thConcession OMG STUPID BABY BUNNIES ATE ALL MY BUTTERNUT SQUASH BABIES! (Last year.)
I'm still so angry. 😤 😂😂😂😂
Little jerks.
Now I have to find a solution for this season!
That olla is genuis!!!!!!! I've been contemplating getting some terracotta to throw my own, but this is perfect.
I saw someone say to use terra cotta wine cooler things. You can cover the opening with a plastic lid or a terra cotta saucer. I’ve found a few for $7 or so bucks.
@@Dagnymarie1 I'm not sure what you mean, wine cooler things? I feel like I ought to know, but I'm drawing a blank lol
@twitchy_bird. I think it's a wine cooler that you fill with ice and put your wine bottle in.
@@Moon..Shadow Like a large cooler? Like a Yeti let's say for simplicity?
I'm assuming not since I don't see how that would work for an Olla lol.
I feel absolutely unintelligent right now 😂
@@twitchy_birdIt's a terracotta tube a little larger than a wine bottle. You normally stick your wine bottles in em to keep the wine chilled. But you can stick them in your garden as an olla, and use a terracotta saucer to cover the top to keep bugs & debris out.
They were super popular in the 70s & 80s, but I haven't seen them anywhere recently except maybe thrift stores.
I bought what I thought were full paper cups last year for exactly this, then this year realized that they had the slightest plastic coating on them 😩 but I will be getting the right ones this time around because it worked out so nicely!
I will also be looking for "non plastic lined" paper cups.
The waste basket is genius❤ thank you
Love those baskets! I bought 15 at my Dollar tree last week. No staples there so had to go to hardware store and Amazon. Still a great savings and worth it to save my plants. They also do not look tacky. Didn’t get them early enough as bunnies got to some of my tulips😩.
Those darn rabbits! They got some of my tulips as the first came up, but I think the baskets saved them. In fact, my pink tulips are flowering now. I'll grab some video tomorrow (if the rain lets up!)
I would love for you to revisit how some of these are doing throughout the growing season - I am sure they will look really great!
Will do!
I use the wire baskets as plant protectors, too, as well as pop bottles. I put a clear plastic bag over the wire basket and turned it into a cloche. My Dollar Tree plastic ones end up all over the neighborhood even when I stake them down. Lol The wire baskets needed to be secured as well. They will also blow away
Yes, I tried the plastic cloches a while ago, but found they were too thin to keep the heat in well. I use garden staples to secure the wire cloches and the glass ones are heavy enough that they never move!
@@Escapetothe8thConcession If I don't have garden staples, I would put a rock on top of the wire basket
Great advice! I use leftover chopsticks for plant staples. Works like a charm!
Great tip!
I've done that for years and didn't tell nobody because I thought people would think I was silly.
I also buy those wooden skewers for barbecuing, at Walmart, they come in all sizes some of them are almost 3 ft long.
Great hacks! It’s crazy how much they charge for those “critter cages” although they look exactly like wire waste baskets lol
I know! Especially as it seems someone is selling wastepaper baskets as wire cloches!
New to your channel and I so appreciate all your wonderful tips, not only on saving lots, but such great ideas for our gardens!! Thank you so much for this video and I am so happy to have found you and will continue to follow!!
You are so welcome!
Tomato cages are great to make grapevine covered xmas trees to stick in a pot for the porch. Just add lights!
Great idea!
Another gardening channel had a great tip for labeling. Just cut (no corners) an aluminum can & etch the plant names on it then rub on cardboard. Or, copper flashing that’s very thin. For the holder unwind a metal clothes hanger & straighten then do an extra little curve on round hook end & poke hole in plaque label & hang.
Oh, I like the label idea. I've been thinking of making some king of metal label but didn't know how to begin. Thanks!!
I hate plastic (always have) but it is so hard to avoid. But, keep in mind that paper cups are lined in some sort of plastic material.
Same here. But yes, it is pretty much impossible to avoid completely. So frustrating.
You are so cute! I love your energy and ideas! Please share your process throughout the year please 😏
Thank you! Will do!
Dollar Tree in the US has plastic cloches with a vent for 1.25/each. They can be ordered online via DT also. We have also used DT clothes baskets to discourage critters. Love the wire tomato cages, will double them up for new tree protection.
I love the idea of new tree protection with the wire cages. We have a lot of deer pressure on our plants here and this could help! Thanks!
Wow what a fantastic video!!!! Thank you!!!
This is the first video I’ve watched of yours but now I’m interested in your other videos! ☺️
Awesome! Thank you!
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.
I just got the 40 cardboard cups for £2.99 at Aldi UK. I can't believe they cost so much in the US!
Hi love your video! I have 2 things to offer...1) I use the tomato cages in my front yard during Christmas. Turned upside down and covered with whatever christmasy materials you like. I use tinsel lights on mine with a Dollar Tree star at the top to cinch the wire legs together. 2) I saw the wire cloches online like you and thought "those look like the trash can I have at my desk. That's when the light bulb came on. I went to Dollar Tree and purchased 10! Also Dollar tree has plastic plant domes/cloches. I had purchase 3 for $1.25 but then when I went back for more the next year they were 1 for $1.25.
What a great idea for a Christmas tree shape! And yes, the prices for us even at dollar stores is climbing all the time. Gah.
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!
Here in hamburg Pennsylvania. I have never seen your videos before today thank you great ideas ❤❤
Glad you like them!
I wish I watched this ONE day earlier. No sooner than I planted 1of my pots, it was completely dug up and made a big mess! I covered the soil with large rocks, but the coco mat would have been perfect!I'll try it next year!😊
Chipmunks are the usual culprit around here in pots.
I cut the bottom off larger 3-5 gallon black plastic nursery pots, and use them to mulch around saplings. Then I use the upper part to continue growing potatoes above ground.
I love finding uses for things that just get thrown away. Around here, we can't even recycle black plastic, so this is great!
The coco liner mulch is a great idea! We have squirrels and they dig in my flower pots. I will definitely be trying those.
I feel your pain: we have squirrels and chipmunks diving into our planters.
I've never seen the coco coir tree mats. Great idea!
5:48 yes 🙌🏼 wonderful thumbs up 👍 that you try to avoid plastic! And know it’s important.
It certainly is a battle.
❤You are so cute and your ideas are AWESOME!! I thought this was gonna be a clik bait vid. 🙃 Glad I clicked anyway. Tfs these great useful ideas to really save money so now I can buy more dirt!! 😁😁 Subscribed and ready for more.😂❤👍👍
Thank you so much!!
Really like the tomato cage idea! Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing this important information. 🙏
My pleasure
I made some of the cloches too! I could not believe how much they were online. I cut out the bottoms of mine so they were open and plants could grow up through them.
Great idea!
👍Such clever ideas! 🍀Thank you for sharing.😊
Liked your diy gardening. The dot tomatoe cages with solar lights on top would look nice at night. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great idea!!
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!
Those are great ideas! Thank you for sharing. Ive been using upside down tomato cages for peas for awhile now. But never thought about making the appealing to the eye before. Im gonna give that little hack a try. I have bought some oblisks in the paat to grow cucumbers vertically, and like you mentioned they are at least $30 each depending on size.
Glad you like them!
Thank you. Great ideas. I could never grow tulips.
I struggled with squirrels eating the bulbs and rabbits eating the leaves!
I love the mulch "collar" idea! I can see using a couple of lawn staples to keep them in place.
That's a good idea, especially in windy locations.
In America, disposable cups typically have a plastic resin, or polyethylene, lining. Polyethylene is a petroleum-based plastic, requiring thousands of barrels of oil to line our paper cups every single year. Do they not line cups in Canada?
They used to line them with wax, but yes, it seems a lot of them have a plastic liner, too. :(
They did have plastic cloches (pronounced clow ches)at DT. I love the tomato cage idea. You could wrap it with string to make it look better.
You are awesome!! So glad I just found you ❤
Welcome!!
I've used the wire baskets the past two years and they work great. Glad other people have suggested other uses for them also.
Good to know!
Such good advice 👌 👏 👍 ❤❤❤
New suggestions I havent seen anywhere else. New subscriber.
Awesome! Thank you!
I start my plants in paper cups as well.
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.