Your Garden Will LOVE This
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2022
- Do you hate waste, but love online shopping? Of course, we recommend shopping locally whenever possible, but on the occasion when all that packaging that comes through our doors, what can we do with it all?! Bubble wrap, polystyrene and cardboard boxes can be a nuisance to recycle. Fear not! Ben has lots of clever suggestions for how to reuse your packaging in your garden so that none of it goes to waste.
Here at Grow Veg, we don't endorse Amazon, but love them or loathe them, packaging is everywhere. If you're not an online shopper yourself, why not ask your neighbours for their unwanted packaging- let's reuse this in the garden and give something back to the Earth, quite literally!
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Whether you love or loathe Amazon, there's a huge amount of packaging being delivered to homes these days. Even if you don't receive packages, other people near you probably do. Which of my tips for reusing packaging do you like the best? Are there any other ways you've used packaging in your own garden? Please share them below!
We need bubble glazing to be a thing. Not sure how they'd do it, but it would look cool. 😁
I like the tree ties tip, but I do worry about microplastics.
Yep I always annoy the missus when we get bubble wrap......😁😆
I use all of my cardboard down on the allotment both as a mulch and shredded in my compost bin.
Don’t forget! Use bubble wrap before your greenhouse gets cold as it keeps keeps out as well keeping it in. ?.
Worms love cardboard. I use cardboard egg cartons to start my seedlings. I can water from the bottom up by pouring water into the dish, in which the cartons sit, and the water wicks up. The seedling soil then stays fluffy instead of developing a hard top shell. I then plant the egg carton cells directly into the garden. Thus, I don't disturb the root system and the cardboard helps keep the seedlings damp. And here come the worms and their castings. Downside, mice love cardboard. I spray the area with a watered mixture of mint, garlic, and cayenne juice. Great ideas you present. I'm using more cardboard.
I love using egg cartons this way - a superb way to re-use them. :-)
I do this with empty toilet paper rolls! I arrange them in plastic and cardboard trays from the shops before planting the ready seedlings in the rolls directly into the soil.
Wet the cardboard first before tearing to make it easy to tear
That's a great tip.
Top tip, agreed!
A suggestion on raking up leaves. I always used an old bed sheet. Rake them on the sheet, bundle them up, and throw it over your shoulder like Santa Claus. It isn't heavy. Haul it over to your compost and dump it in. Much faster than gathering leaves with a rake, wheelbarrow and your hands. I need to do more with my cardboard boxes. I either throw them in the compost or burn them in a camp fire when I get too many piled up.
What a great way to gather leaves - brilliant!
I just bought a paper shredder that also shreds cardboard into compost-ready small pieces. My Daughter stole the entire bag of shreds right away as she keeps pet Rats, now she has to get a shredder too!
Very useful things those shredders!
Before I started gardening, I HATED my spouses Prime addiction...now I appreciate all the cardboard and paper :D
Everyone Please keep in mind that cardboard is candy to termites, they will come running for it! After all cardboard is ground up processed wood, basically 'pre-chewed' if you will, so they don't need to work so hard to eat it. The termites will love you for it and make a new home right near there. So if you are in an area prone to termites, don't use it, I learned that lesson the hard way.
Thanks for the words of caution - good point.
I have noticed termites in different areas of composted wood chips, cardboard and old tree limbs as garden borders over the past 20 years, they never invaded my home due to using Diatomaceous Earth around the outside. Without pests, the world would be piled high with dead plants and animals. Wasps for pollinator's and ants for soil aeration, we somehow must learn how to exist with these pests. God is our master Gardener, everything works to the good of planet! Happy gardening!
We’re from the UK mate so not sure have ever had to worry about Termites before !
So if you don't use cardboard or wood chip, what do you suggest to bulk up your compost in termite susceptible areas?
So far I am not seeing termites. Instead, I am seeing worms, which I thought is great!
I like to use plain cardboard boxes underneath mulch in areas where I'm replacing lawn with a new planter or garden. I've found the cardboard in combination with a couple inches of mulch to hold it in place works really well to smother the grass, and if you want to plant anything immediately is relatively easy to cut through. Much cheaper (and imo more effective) than landscape fabric!
Absolutely agree with you on this - a great free alternative to landscape fabric.
I already use cardboard for sheeting, but this video gave me more ideas! I love re-purposing and re-using everything!
Ur fabulous’ n practical .. a born recycler Love U.. a legacy permaculture guru told me what U mentioned .. to beware toxins in cardboards & packaging 🙏♥️🕊🍃☀️
Thanks Kawakeb, appreciate that. :-)
I am having a Blue Peter moment :) Hands up those who remember - empty washing up bottles to make a rocket, etc. Thank you. You are such a cheery fellow to listen to. Great advice as always.
Haha - very much remember that!
@@GrowVeg :)
Sunhalo, please explain how to make the rocket?
Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
I shred my cardboard and use as bedding for my Can-O-Worms and 5 other Worm bins. 🪱 And I make cold compost with Grass clippings and shredded cardboard. And I lay it on the ground, in-between plants with a few inches of grass clippings on top👍
I'm 72, gardening for over 50 years and raising worms since 2009. I started a UA-cam channel in September 2020.
I thoroughly enjoyed your channel and subscribed 👩🌾👍
Thanks so much for subscribing - wonderful to have you on board. Sounds like you're already doing great things with your cardboard. :-)
I’ve been known to ask for brown cardboard and newspapers on Facebook marketplace. I shred it up before using it as pet bedding and then it turns into a great addition to my compost
I bought a SunJoe cordless handheld vacuum to suck up the stink bugs, cucumber beetles and etc. Works like a charm! I had an almost bug free garden this past summer! All for under 20 US dollars! ❤
Are you able to dump the insect debris onto your bird table?
@@AtheistEve I have very few birds here and don't wish to invite more. When I dump the canister, the bugs are alive. So they get dumped in soapy water, so as not to re-infest my garden.
@@trulyblessed3732 I suppose, if someone had a large enough garden with enough distance from their veg patch and their bird table, they could use a vacuum to take the villainous insects far enough away. I’m just thinking of a way to justify a machine that removes all insects that at least restores the balance by leaving them available for birds.
Usually, when I have to remove insects like slugs and caterpillars, I try to put them somewhere they will be able to either continue to live (on companion plants like nasturtiums) or where they can feed other animals or work for me (bird table, compost heap).
@@AtheistEve Kudos to you for having the space to do that.
I don't. 🤷♀️
@@trulyblessed3732 My allotment isn’t all that big. But thanks for the congratulations on what I’m able to do with what I’ve got. I hope to do more next year. We can always do more for the environment.
Hello Ben! Shivering from a 6F degree evening, and 7 days of horrific cold, I am reveling in this video full of great ideas. You're a genius! Thank you so much from frozen Colorado USA
Keep warm over there! Glad you're enjoying the video. :)
Great ideas! Composting the cardboard back to the earth was a 💡 moment. Until now just thought of it as an ingredient to make compost so I don't have to buy it in bags. As a new gardener I feel I'm relating more to the earth with every growing season, which is quite short here in Canada. Mind blown!
I'll use cardboard under woodchips to help suppress weeds and get some rich earth.
It's great to hear you're getting more and more connected to the earth. Gardening is great for that. :-)
Don’t you love we’re all adapting to Bezos. I used to run over bubble wrap with a forklift. Sounded like a machine gun. Scared my goon coworkers. Loved it. I use it like you are now. I am post goon job . I get businesses to save me cardboard and shredded paper. Usually get a van load all at once. You can also raid the recycling bins and pick up bags of leaves thoughtfully collected for you. Lol
Great to have people saving it for you!
Soaking your cardboard in a bucket of water makes the ripping into pieces far easier.
I use card board on my windows to keep out sun and cold in my room where my birds are, the on nice days remove to allow them to see and get sun.
I leave it In rain
Well, there you are!
LOVE this.... a video to encourage helping bugs rather than the typical im a gardener so i must kill everything to protect my veg! Thank you !!!
You're very welcome. It's so much better if we can work with nature where we can. :-)
the paper is perfect for tearing up and adding to compost for more browns. I'm often a little short on browns so that works well!
Great suggestion. :-)
I’ve always used cardboard boxes when starting my raised planters. Don’t bother to clear the grass lawn, put the bottomless raised planter onto of it, cover the grass with the flatten box making sure you cover all the grass right into the corners. Then add your composted garden waste you been collecting over the last year if your good. Don’t forget those uncooked kitchen waste too ie egg shells, potato peelings etc. if you don’t have enough to fill the planter then add some soil or bought in compost try not to buy peat based compost and mixed them together. Water well if soil is dry. Have fun with your first crop.
All very wise advice, thank you! :-)
ooohhhh. I like the cabbage collars.
I have a 8 x 10 green house that I just bought and never thought about using all the bubble wrap to insulate the green house. Ben I just love watching you to start my day with your great ideas. I can’t imagine not starting my day without your great advise. Keep doing what you and I love. I’m 76 years old and I just love gardening and oh I start planting my garden tomorrow in Ohio
Thank you so much for you very kind words. I'm excited for you that you'll be planting (today!). Great to start the garden off for the year. :-)
I use ripped up corrugated cardboard as bedding in my worm bin. The worms love it and lay their cocoons in the little spaces in the corrugation
Slightly embarrassed to say... composting is my new favourite thing. Your channel is amazing and I'll be subbing to the site to use the planner. Thank you.
Wonderful! There's no need to feel shy about being a composting advocate - it's all good stuff!
It's been one of my favorite things for years. Lovely to see a kindred spirit! 💜And what's not to love about it?!
I shred my cardboard with a heavy duty cross cut paper shredder. It make excellent mulch. I have also used this as a rooting medium for cuttings. Michael
What a great idea. :-)
@@GrowVeg I only use the American made brown cardboard. The Chinese grey stuff is unattractive. Michael
Excellent tips, I have not thrown away a piece of cardboard for the last two years, it all went initially as ground cover beneath 5 8x4ft raised beds and now goes to the compost pile with my grass clippings,.I shred my cardboard first which is obviously a bit of a waste of power since it can be torn but my grip is not what it used to be and tearing it became a pain and the surface area is multiplied letting it break down faster and hotter.
Well done on making such good use of it all Stu.
I simply couldn't agree more. All those cardboard boxes that Amazon ships to our doorsteps are one of the greatest wastes of our precious sustainable resources and an incredible nuisance - along with all those plastic bags and empty water bottles blowing around in the streets - in addition to all those plastic bags. Therefore, it's always better to shop locally and bring your own containers.
Absolutely!
Thanks for so many great ideas! Greetings from north Wales, UK.
Cheers Peter, appreciate it. :-)
The Styrofoam boxes make good containers for growing microgreens. Just line it and plant away. If you keep bees, the brown paper can also be used to start your smoker. Worms love cardboard and other paper products...use it in your worm farms. Paper run thru the shredder can be used in both places too.
Great suggestions, thanks Roxanna. :-)
Hi. I'm soooo glad you said NOT to use styrofoam as a filler. Thank you.
Love the aphid idea. All of this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing
Glad you mentioned the lacewing homes
I used to get leaves from neighbors but with curbside recycling, they don’t want to be bothered, even if I offer to bring my bin so I can take it and use it in my yard. Their rationale is that it is being composted anyway. Sure, but you have city trucks having to pick up the bins, haul it to the center and then individuals will add more fossil fuel to go drive across town to get it. It’s as if people are afraid you will benefit from their refuse. I used to used newspaper for weed barrier as well along with mulch 30 years ago before cardboard boxes were common.
What a shame - makes no sense not to let you have their leaves.
If you have a worm bin you can use most of this material except plastic to use as a bedding for the worms, they will process that in no time if it is moist.
Great tip, thanks Bob.
Bubble wrap around plants - brilliant!!!
Great video i use all my Amazon paper and cardboard for my composter.
Once i get enough i cut them up into pieces and shred them through my paper shredder obviously after all the labels and tape is off, then they end up as my browns for the composter also shredding cardboard and paper is very therapeutic well i think it is when i do mine.
Stay Safe,
Barry (Wirral)
I know what you mean about it being rather therapeutic Barry!
I cut my cardboard up for mulch, gel packets in my seed box and paper to line pots with big holes. I'm going to save the bubble wrap now too.
You're doing so much already Rosalind - top job!
Love having boxes for the garden ❤
Hats off to you my good man. Your cardboard hack saved me a trip to the local recycling depot. I had resigned myself to a trip to rid us of a huge cardboard box we received with the purchase of our now 9 year olds trampoline. I now also score brownie points with our son for employing the, reduce, reuse and recycle method. Cheers!
It's a beautiful thing when that happens - delighted to hear it!
I'm embarrassed to say I chuckled far to long at bubble glazing... 😂😂😂😂😂
My boxes just go to the recycler, the packing paper though, my shredder and compost pile loves it.
Don't be embarrassed Eddie - embrace the poor humour!
I'm excited and inspired to use our packaging material. It's been sitting in piles waiting for this information! And just in time for the cold months.
Great tips. But I am wary of storing in cardboard, because mice just love it!
I am using an office paper shredder to shred my cardboard. I bought the Amazon basics:) working like a horse :)
Great idea!
Hi Ben, thanks for all these tips. I don’t have a lot of cardboard to hand but asked at our local, small convenience store (the Coop for me) and they’re more than pleased for me to take some cardboard off their hands. Now off to our local coffee shop for their used coffee grounds….great way to make new friends too, everyone’s happy to get rid of their rubbish.
You're doing them a grand service Christine - everyone's a winner!
Good ones, I use old paper towel and toilet paper tubes to blanch celery and leek stems....wait, I think I got that from you in an older video, see, you and your team are always full of the best ideas.
Thanks Jo! Yes indeed, paper tubes also have a universe of uses. I also like them as biodegradable pots for seedlings.
I always enjoy learning something new here. Thanks!
Fantastic suggestions all!
Those are great ideas ! I love the fact that you think garden even when you open your packages !
Another winner! Thanks Ben. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✅
Clever gardening!!!!
I've been wanting to make a bug hotel and this has really inspired me to just give it a go!
Fabulous - good luck!
I really like the bubble wrap insulation and the lace wing hotel!
Great ideas, excellent mentality - thanks!
I love these ideas, thank you for sharing!!
Another great video Ben, many thanks!
Great video! I hate throwing things away to!! Love the tips on cabbage collars, shaking bugs on cardboard , bug hotel etc.
Hello, some great tips on re-using packaging. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
Brilliant! Lots of inspiring ideas here! Thank you!
It is incredibly satisfying listening to you and watching you do these garden hacks!
Thanks Amy, appreciate you watching. :-)
Love this vlog, thank you for your excellent content!
Pure genius!
Fantastic recycling ideas here
I did cardboard and be woodchips 2yrs ago. I had 4 van loads of arborist's chippings for free....they give it away. This November I see Wavy Caps amongst other fungi happily growing in the woodchips. 😃
Sounds like it's doing some great things in the garden. :-)
Love the cabbage collar cardboard method. Ty so much for sharing.
Wow. Amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing 🤠
Love this video!
That's a fantastic video. I think the idea for cabbage collars is a great idea and one I will be using next year! 😊
Ben...you're the BEST!!! I love all your ideas!
Thank you! :-)
What great suggestions! Thanks.
Brilliant! Thank you.
Great ideas for up cycling or repurposing packaging material. Thank u for sharing these tips. ❤
I really enjoyed these tips!!
Some great ideas I didn't know about... Love repurposing
Thank you for your great advice 👍🏻💚🌱
I thought I knew what you had today, but I learned several ideas! Thx
Your absolutely right. How have you Ben
Thanks. I needed some inspiration and you gave it to me. Cheers!
Great video! Love all the helpful tips!
Wow thank you for these useful tips😃
Great production and ideas
Thanks so much, Ben! I've already sent this video along to the family. I've cut my plastic recycle in half by consciously choosing products in paper and cardboard such as detergent.
I like the “bubble glazing” 😂
You made my day! Not only did you share great information and tips, the aspect of reuse/recycle is always the way to go. Thank you so much for your channel.
You're very welcome - thank you for watching!
Nice ideas esp. the seed bags
Great video. I use cardboard to start a new bed. I never thought about using bubble wrap for insulation. Love it
These are great tips. 💚
Oh Ben, another great video buddy, thank you, I use practically all of these tips, I've even started making pressed paper bricks for the wood burner too
What a great idea to make pressed paper bricks!
Awesome video!!! This is so creative
What a clever and useful video - love this one Ben!
Thank you. :-)
What I love about your channel is that you pack so much useful information in consise video’s. They are really a joy to watch . Keep up the good work! Greetings from the Netherlands
Thanks so much, that's very kind of you to say. :-)
Your garden is beautiful and fresh. Thank you for sharing your tree planting experience 💚
Thanks so much for watching. :-)
I love this video! I always have cardboard boxes that I am looking for ways to use up. Thank you SO much for sharing such great ideas!
Thanks Ben, I love the idea of the lacewing hotel. I am also glad to have some use of all the bubble wrap. Keep it up and I'll keep watching.
Thanks Donna - I'll keep the videos coming, don't worry. Glad this video offered some handy ideas.
Absolutely brilliant ideas Ben. You’re a genius!
Cheers John!
Such a good video. Loved all the ideas. For the moment l am using the cartbord as a gras suppresser in the garden. Didn't thought about the bubble sheet, but now l know 😉
I use cardboard boxes labeled for recycling and the brown paper for bulb, tuber, rhizome, and root vegetable storage.
Brilliant Sherri. :-)
Excellent video, thank you!
Bubble-glazing?? Oh, Ben, you wag😂😂🤣🇦🇺🦘🐨
Cheer Scott. :-)
Awesome - they should teach this in schools!