| Kitchen Scraps |
| Recycle your kitchen scraps right in the garden. Dig a trench in the paths or vacant section of your garden. Deposit plant scraps (broccoli stems, lettuce leaves, onion tops…) in the trench and cover with soil. The plant debris will break down adding nutrients and organic matter to the soil. No meat, eggs, dairy or fat please as these attract rodents. |
Improve your indoor air quality by adding a few houseplants to your interior decor.
Keep deer at bay with discarded CDs. Use fishing line to hang advertising and discarded CDs from trees, shrubs and fences in the landscape.
Recycle your cut Christmas tree, greens, and wreaths in the landscape.
Make your own liquid fertilizer from compost. Use one part compost to five parts water.
And the dish ran away with the spoon. Create a nursery rhyme garden for the kids and recycle old dishes in your landscape.
Recycle and fashion a couple of common kitchen items into an eco-friendly earwig trap.
Give your fresh-from-the-garden or florist cut flowers a pretty eco-friendly home.
Don't throw your dehumidifier water down the drain. Use it to water houseplants or outdoor containers.
Recycle cut flowers, forced flowering plants and other short lived plants into the garden.
Recycle cut flowers, forced flowering plants, and other short lived plants into the garden.
Get fresh from the garden flavor without planting a seed. Purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at your local farmer's market.
Start a garden journal. It can be as simple notes on a calendar, plant tags and entries in a three ring binder or photos and a spread sheet on your computer.
Save yourself some time and energy and be good to your grass by leaving grass clippings on the lawn.
Save yourself some time and energy and be good to your grass by leaving grass clippings on the lawn.
A hot cup of coffee in front of a warm fire can have some very green implications.
Replacing your gutters and downspouts? Don't throw them away, recycle them into the garden.
Harvesting rainwater is good for your budget, your landscape and the environment.
Grow your own windowsill garden. Fill a clean container with well-drained potting mix.
Put fall leaves to work in your garden. I attach the bagger to my electric mower to collect and shred leaves.
Convert that old mailbox into a planter. Cut a hole in the top. Fill with a well-drained potting mix.
Keep your tools and gloves handy whenever gardening. Convert old newspaper or mail boxes into garden and glove storage.
Give a second life to milk jugs. Use them as harvest baskets for raspberries and strawberries.
Use old gates and railings as trellises in the garden. Train sweet peas, peas and beans, ivy or other vines over the railings to soften the structure.
Put old garden catalogues and magazines to work in this year's garden plan.
Not excited about the look of plastic rain barrels? Consider using recycled oak whiskey or wine barrels to capture rain water.
Use shredded leaves, evergreen needles and herbicide-free grass clippings as a mulch in your garden.
Put chipped china and discarded silver serving dishes to work in the garden.
Replace your downspouts with rain chains. Simple or fancy, homemade or purchased your imagination and budget are your only limit.
Recycle your newspaper and cardboard right in your garden.
Reduce corn maggot damage to beans and corn without the use of pesticides.
Don't throw away that leaky garden hose. Leaks or cracks can be fixed by wrapping vinyl tape around the clean dry outside surface.
Put discarded pallets to work in your landscape. Use them to create functional and attractive compost bins.
Reduce disease problems in the vegetable garden without the aid of chemicals.
Save money and the environment by using recycled items for starting seeds indoors.
Save money and the environment by using recycled items for starting seeds indoors.
Consider replacing thin sparse grass that's struggling in the shade with a more suitable groundcover.
Revive tired houseplants and grow a gift to share from your indoor garden.
Put away the rake and break out the electric mower to manage your fall leaves.
Don't pack away the sled at winter's end. Put plastic sleds and saucers to work in the garden.
Put fallen leaves to work. Shred and leave on the lawn, mulch the soil around your plants, dig into your annual flower and vegetable gardens or compost.
Make your own compost tea by placing compost in a permeable bag and soaking in water until the water turns brown.
Get a jump on the growing season by using a cold frame. Construct your cold frame using reclaimed wood and old window sashes or storm doors.
Turn off the garbage disposal and put red worms to work recycling kitchen scraps.
Give the whole family a breath of fresh air with a visit to a nearby public garden or nature center.
Each year we add new plants to the landscape and that means the plastic pots are piling up.
Each year we add new plants to the landscape and that means the plastic pots are piling up.
While "milk does a body good", its' recycled cartons can also do some good in the garden.
Own a business with lots of lawn space? Consider allowing your employees to turn some of this space into garden areas.
