Gardening can be an expensive business. Having grown up on a farm where there were always lots of random containers, bits of wood or off-cast utensils lurking in dark corners, its hard to go to corporate garden-land and pay £15 for a piece of plastic to put your spuds in. I have tried to use some initiative this year when it comes to the practicalities, both from an ethical and a principle standpoint. I haven’t quite made it to the lofty heights of seed-saving, or careful vegetable preservation, or rotation of crops to ensure no loss of produce (just about able to describe my efforts as ‘produce’), but i have enjoyed trying to think creatively whilst also considering the aesthetics. Here are a few ideas….
1. 3-tier shelving for window box salads; old floor-boards from a skip.
2. Apple boxes for more salad!
3. Raised bed; plywood from skip
4. Old basket from lane sale as floral container
5. Coal bag as potato planter
6. Apple box converted into shelving and storage
7. Bread bin for Nasturtiums
8. Pretty bistro chair, Drum Farm Antiques, £5
9. And finally, our completed decking, made by Colin and Malkie from 100% salvaged wood.