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You gotta' excuse me, but I just can't help getting on my soapbox every once in a while.
About 'frugal gardening' . . . I wouldn't dream of doing it any other way.
I very rarely spend a whole lot of money gardening. I've always been that way.
Unless it's a big landscaping job where a contractor has to come in, I don't see the point.
The Earth Goddess, Krsna, God - whoever's in charge up there, provided us with all the material we need to look after our gardening beds.
There's so many things you can use and re-use and re-use . . .
Lemon peels and lemon juice to keep the bugs out of jugs of rainwater you're saving - it's a heck of a lot better than spraying some high priced killer around.
Pots - expensive planters? Get outta' here . . . they're thrown out by other people left and right.
The other day I was ambling up Roncie with my old friend Ken - somebody had left a broken planter on one of the cement blocks that hold the trees.
It went into my bike basket immediately. It might not hold a lot of soil without breaking but it's a soft material that can be sliced (carved) to make a smaller pot - the remaining pieces can be used to border one of my wee circles.
Plants? Hoo hoo . . . like I say, plants are everywhere - they grow wild.
If they don't grow wild in your area, get yourself out to the country where they do - you don't have to dig 'em up - you don't even have to take clippings - grab the seeds.
Of course, I can't take credit for all these brainstorms - I learned a lot of this from you.
Keep your money in your pocket and the soil under your fingernails.
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