Spice Up Your Garden with Creative Ideas!

7. Tubes of Cardboard Seed

Soil, seeds, and toilet paper or paper towel tubes are required materials. * Cost of Making: $5–$10* You can use your paper towel and toilet paper tubes as an easy, environmentally responsible way to start seedlings instead of putting them in the trash. After cutting each tube into a two-inch length, arrange the tubes into a tray made of waterproof material. After adding soil to the tubes, sow the seeds.

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Pinterest, @luvfurbbs2, and Cardboard Seed Tubes It's not necessary to remove the seedlings from the cardboard tube when it's time to transplant them to the garden. Simply put the tube in the ground; it will eventually break down. But be sure to maintain the cardboard tube below the soil's surface. If not, the moisture from the seedling's roots will be wicked away.

8. Use a straw bale to fertilise.

Required Materials: grass bale The cost to make an 80-square-foot bale (Lowe's) is $8.48. Straw bales are an easy and affordable substitute for fertiliser. For as little as $8, a straw bale can supply plants with the nutrients they need to break down. Even though straw bale is a rich source of nutrients, plants still require fertilisation with a garden fertiliser that contains nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and micronutrients.

Utilise Straw Bale Fertiliser @bobvilahome/PPinterest Straw bales are not only inexpensive but also simple to maintain. It is virtually weed-proof, so you won't spend hours removing weeds. In addition, the bale requires less watering than soil, which will save you time and effort as you grow all of your favourite summer produce, such as tomatoes and strawberries.