I'm not sure if there is another thread on this but I have purchaced a paper potter!
It allows you to make seed pots out of newspaper!
IT IS BRILLIANT!
I usually save all toilet rolls and fruit tubs etc to plant in but this year I am hoping to sell more on the gate and it seems silly to pass the cost of flowerpots on.
All you do is wrap your newspaper strip around the 'pole thingy' then push it down on to the base and Voila - a little pot!
I am sure there are ways of acheiving this without the purchasce of mentioned item, which would be VERY frugal! But my slow brain isn't up to working it out!
Just thought i'd share that with you!!
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2 children, half a springer Spaniel, a Hamster, 2 Goldfish and an allotment. And a very excited, now mummy of some chickens again, Daisey, Dotty and Master Yoda!
I haven't tried this, but it sounds a good idea to make pots out of paper. What you could also do is, save your soya milk cartons, the square ones, cut the top off with a serated knife, carefull, make holes in the bottom, trim it to the height you want, a pot that you can give away at no cost to yourself.
I went a bit overboard, I've been saving them since last summer and have tried to give some away on Freecycle, but no luck yet ;)
Only got about 2 enormous carrier bags full ;0
I'm still saving up my loo roll tubes for my experimental recycled propagator. I have got a small wooden fruit box fromt he market, may transfer intot hat rather than the cardboard box I was going to use
Waiting to welcome Sunny Clucker to Northern Ireland!
I did mine in loo rolls last year and they were OK - maybe too moist? I know that parsnips germinate better after they have been subjected to cold weather - it breaks down the tough seed coating - so maybe by planting late and watering well, they just can't germinate before they rot??
Just a crazy idea I had!!!
2 children, half a springer Spaniel, a Hamster, 2 Goldfish and an allotment. And a very excited, now mummy of some chickens again, Daisey, Dotty and Master Yoda!
