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How can I make fences using recycled stuff?
As I mentioned last week, we’ve finally, FINALLY, got the keys to our new house and are frantically doing some essential works before we can move in. One not quite essential but desirable thing is for...
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How can I make a washing line cover using recycled materials?
Because nothing particularly interesting has happened in my life over the last few weeks – I mean, aside from us moving house after nearly a decade in the old place and my best friend Katherine giving...
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How can I reuse or recycle old plastic patio furniture?
We’ve had an email from Charlotte: We’ve been tidying the garden for winter and want to get rid of the nasty white plastic garden furniture which has been in the garden for years. How can we recycle...
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How can I make a bird feeder reusing and recycling stuff?
It’s been snowy here for three weeks now and we’re making sure there is always a stock of seeds & nuts available for our local wildlife population. We know that it can be dangerous feeding wildlife...
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What can I reuse or recycle to make plant troughs/window boxes?
Compared to our old tiny yard, we’ve got a pretty big garden now but not that many flower beds – and the previous owners hinted that the beds we have got aren’t that deep (even though some of them are...
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How can I reuse or recycle wooden fencing?
We’ve had an email from Ste: What are the options for tanalised overlap fencing panels? Tanalised wood lasts longer outside without maintenance but it is a bit more problematic to dispose of as it’s...
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How can I reuse or recycle menstrual blood?
In honour of International Women’s Day on Monday, we’re having a week of women’s & sexual health themed posts (and giveaways!!). Check out our older related posts too – such as unused disposable...
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What can I reuse/recycle to make hanging baskets/wall planters?
We’ve got more patio than decent bed space in our garden at the moment so we’re going for lots of pots this year while we get the beds properly sorted out. I thought it might be nice to have some herbs...
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How can I reuse or recycle seed packets?
Cor, I worked hard in the garden yesterday – I was ill all last week so was a week behind on everything, and gardens don’t tolerate being a week behind at this time of year, especially since I’m...
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How can I reuse or recycle scraps of chicken wire?
We’ve had an email from Bruce: I’ve got a large amount of chicken wire leftover after conducting some work in my garden. The biggest 1ft by 2ft, the rest smaller. Can I recycle them in my can bin?...
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How can I reuse or recycle an old pond liner?
We’ve had an email from Martyn: Can solid pond liners be recycled? If so, where please? As far as I can see, rigid pond liners tend to be made from fibreglass and as we discovered last time we had a...
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What can I reuse or recycle to build a cold frame?
(I suspect they’ll be an overlap between this and our previous question about making greenhouses but I thought I’d ask again because they’re a bit different.) I’m having lots of fun growing stuff in...
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What can I reuse/recycle to make plant/vegetable fertilisers?
So how is your garden/allotment/window box doing this summer? Due to a combination of a underestimation of seed germination rates, disorganisation/ignoring plans and demon slugs, my growing hasn’t gone...
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What can I reuse or recycle to build a wormery/vermicomposter?
We’ve had an email from Kate/Glitter Pixie: Hi, I wonder if the Recycle This community can help. My husband and I have finally moved into a house with outdoor space and want to seize the opportunity to...
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How can I reuse or recycle conkers?
Well, this isn’t so much as “reuse or recycle” question as saying “instead from leaving them there to rot, can conkers be used for anything fun or practical?” It is kinda a “reduce this” question too –...
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Perk up your garden with ash from Bonfire Night fires
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK – also known as Bonfire Night. Up and down the country, people will be setting fire to stacks of wood and sending millions of £££s up in smoke in firework form,...
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How can I reuse or recycle acorns?
It’s possibly getting a bit late in the year for this one but I kept forgetting to post it earlier in the autumn ;) Our house backs onto woodland that includes a lot of oak trees. There are millions of...
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How can I reuse or recycle old brooms, brushes & rakes?
Following on from last week’s plastic dustbins and Monday’s broken ironing boards, Philip also suggested Brooms and rakes. I don’t know why, but people often throw out orphaned handles and heads of...
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What can I reuse or recycle to make garden cloches (row covers)?
I thought we’d already covered this but apparently not! At the weekend, I made some 4ft by 1ft garden planters from scrap wood – having a lot of fun and saving myself a heap of money in the process. I...
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How can I reuse or recycle an old wrought iron gate?
Sticking in the garden after yesterday’s “how to make cloches” question, I’m a member of UKVegGardeners and spotted this question on the forum yesterday: Anyone got any suggestions, please, on uses for...
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How can I reuse or recycle roofing felt?
We’ve had an email from Daniel: Can I recycle roofing felt? I have a lot of small pieces to get rid of. I’ve not heard of it being recyclable and looking into it, it seems unlikely because it’s several...
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How can I reuse or recycle old glazed doors?
We’ve had an email from Sandra: We’ve replaced some old fashioned doors with glass in them. What can we do with them now? I’ve got an eBay saved search which looks for cheap big used home/garden stuff...
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How can I reuse or recycle (or repair) broken terracotta plant pots?
We’ve had an email from Natasha: It seems a good number of my terracotta plant pots cracked in the cold over winter. What can I reuse them for? Holding your horses, you may be able to repair them if...
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How can I reuse or recycle Leylandii/conifer branches?
We’ve had an email from Jennifer (sorry it’s taken a few weeks to feature it, Jennifer!): We hacked down a couple of huge nasty Leylandii conifer trees from our garden this weekend and don’t know what...
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What can I reuse or recycle to make a bird bath?
Annetta has emailed with two great questions. Here’s the first: Any ideas on making a bird bath out of recycled [things from] around the house? I think it depends on whether you want something pretty,...
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What can I reuse or recycle to make attractive garden edging?
Carmen from South Africa has sent an email asking: What can I reuse/recycle to make attractive garden edging? I’ve always been quite taken with the idea of wine bottles for garden edging (and an item...
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How can I reuse or recycle sweetcorn plants?
Tina has asked a very timely question: what can I use sweetcorn plants for? I like to eat or use as much of my plants as possible, before composting the rest. There must be a million uses for corn...
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Karen has left us a message on the Suggest an Item page: Our plastic patio table just broke. The leg snapped straight off. The legs are rounded on the bottom, so it would be hard to replace. I saw the...
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How can I reuse or recycle an old kids slide?
Sherri emailed to ask: Any ideas on using an old kids slide in the veggie garden? I like that she added the “in the veggie garden” bit because that’s nearly always where my mind goes first and I worry...
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Book review: Garden Eco-Chic by Matthew Levesque
A few weeks ago, I was sent a couple of gardening books by Timber Press to review here and on The Really Good Life. This is the first one – Garden Eco-Chic by Matthew Levesque. The subtitle of this...
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