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Re-Cycling
May not have mentioned this before but I have a friend.
A very keen re-cycler, so much so that during the time I have known him he has had three different mother-in-laws
When he took on the lease of a flat above a hairdressing shop he was very pleased. Daily trips to the compost heap with sacks of hair.
All ended in tears when the whitefly on his broccoli turned out to be dandruff.
Do not let this absolutely true story put you off recycling. A trip round the "gadgets" area of a garden centre will reveal many items that can be made from household waste. Plastic margarine tubs cut into
strips make excellent plant/seed labels, or with a few holes in bottom make cheap seed trays. The circular type make good houseplant pot saucers, even better if you get the kids to paint them ( no claims for carpet cleaning please) The larger 1 litre or 2 litre tubs make really good storage containers in the shed, anything from string to fertilisers. A 1 litre tub will hold 5 lbs of Growmore.
Nearly all of us use plastic bottles to support netting on canes, also as a safety measure against eye damage, far better than the rubber buttons sold for this purpose. Some members cut the bottoms off, plant in ground then use them as funnels to get water down where it will do most good.
Still re-cycling
Used the other way up, larger bottles, make very good mini cloches, sometimes doing away with a hardening off stage.
Last year, a member wanting to mix 1 litre of water with a foliar feed went to all the trouble of buying a graduated jug when all they needed to do was use one of the many 1 litre bottles on their plot. Enough about bottles, must be the time of year.
If you have an idea for re-cycling you would like to share with us please let me know.
How about uses for metal coat hangers?
Membership
Only 2 members at the moment are known to have given up completely. 2 others have given up part of their holdings. The waiting list is still high, 14, excluding existing members wanting to increase their holdings. No plots are vacant. Some of the other sites in the town still have vacant plots.
Wonder why we are so popular ? Must be our heavy clay soil !.
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