When I go for walks and see the amount of garbage people put at the curb, stuff they could likely reuse or repurpose, it makes me so sad.
We have tried to keep what we can out of the landfill and put it to use right here at home, mostly for gardening purposes.
We have already been recycling and reusing the cardboard milk and juice containers we buy as they do a great job as seed starting boxes and I even use them for my indoor herb garden.
We bought some gladiolus bulbs a while back and I thought it would be smart to checkout a video or two about planting Gladiolus. The first video the gladiolus were being planted in big containers and I noticed she reused plastic bottles in the bottom rather than stones or broken pots.
She added that she even uses pine cones and we have plenty of them that come down in our driveway, some with the help of our buddy the red squirrel that lives up there.
We Like To Recycle And Reuse When We Can
I took some of the things we reuse, repurpose or recycle and put them all together in an image. Maybe it will trigger idea of your own.
- We have juice and milk cartons made of cardboard. I have been using them for my indoor herb garden as well as for starting seeds that will eventually be transplanted into our gardens.
- We don’t use many plastic pop bottles but we do like having a pop with our Friday night pizza. Now we will be using them to help drainage in the bottom of our larger containers.
- The cardboard pizza boxes add up to and I use them to lay on the grass when we start new garden beds. They help to keep the lawn from growing through the new beds.
- I drink coffee and keep the plastic bottles which I am planning to use to create a vertical garden strawberries patch or herb garden.
- We both have meds we need to take for health reason. I like to use the empty bottles to store the seeds I collect from our gardens.
- Even yogurt containers get reused as pots to start seeds in.
- The pine cones get used for crafts at Christmas but also work great in the bottom of pots to help keep the drainage holes clear of dirt.
- Our son has moved out on his own but left a bunch of his old shoes and boots. They will make great looking planters. Maybe Jenny can use a pair for her petunias.
I hope this little post helps get your creative juices flowing and you will start reusing or repurposing some of the trash that usual goes to the dump or landfill.
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