23 Insanely Clever Gardening Ideas on Low Budget


Gardening season is upon us. Gardening is relaxing, gets you in touch with nature and is a way to make your living space more beautiful. Don’t miss out this perfect time for planting vegetables, herbs, flowers and other more plants. Making a perfect garden is something that takes knowledge and a degree of experience to achieve, so how do you get it? Right now we have compiled tons of tips and ideas that will solve common issues faced by gardeners, whether you are brand new to gardening or you have a veteran green thumb.

#1. Use newspaper and water to stop weeds from growing in your garden bed:

Use newspaper and water to stop weeds from growing

Tutorial: stockpilingmoms.com    Source: lavozdelmuro.net

#2. Dig a hole and fill it with an empty plastic pot, so that you can easily replace your seasonal potted plants:

replace your seasonal potted plants

#3. Crushed eggshells can protect your plants from pests and be a good fertilizer as well:

Crushed eggshells can protect your plants from pests

Source: gardenseason.com

#4. Test old seeds on a wet paper to make sure they are still worth planting:

Test old seeds on a wet paper

#5. Get more succulents from leaves and cuttings:

Get more succulents from leaves and cuttings

Tutorial: succulentsandsunshine.com

#6. Before sowing, soaking your seeds in warm water for 24 hours is a free way to help get plants ready to take root:

soaking your seeds in warm water

Source: instagram.com

#7. Sweeten your tomato plants by adding baking soda to the soil:

Sweeten your tomato plants by adding baking soda to the soil

Tutorial: thegardeningcook.com

#8. How to Harvest Onions When your onions finish developing:

How to Harvest Onions

Source: bloglovin.com

#9. Use PVC pipes to build vertical planter:

Use PVC pipes to build vertical planter

#10. Grow 100 lbs. Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet:

Grow 100 lbs. Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet

Tutorial: tipnut.com

#11. Grow Mushrooms in a Laundry Basket:

Grow Mushrooms in a Laundry Basket

Tutorial: velacreations.com    Source: milkwood.net

#12. Repurpose a shoe organizer as a planter:

Repurpose a shoe organiser as a planter

Tutorial: instructables.com    Source: branchhabitat.blogspot.com

#13. #Nursery trays are a clever way to keep pets and animals from destroying your seedlings:

N to keep pets and animals from destroying your seedlings

#14. Grow tomatoes in a bag of soil and add a cage as trellis:

Grow tomatoes in a bag of soil

#15. Growing tomatoes upside down can greatly increase the amount of tomatoes in a limited space:

Growing tomatoes upside down

Tutorial: 1001gardens.org   &   gardeningknowhow.com

#16. Use an old photo album to create a clever seed packet organizer:

Use an old photo album as seed packet organizer

Source: onehundreddollarsamonth.com

#17. Use plastic water bottles and intravenous needles to give plants a slow recharge:

#18. Staple garden cloth on the backside of the pallet fill with dirt and start growing:

pallet garden bed

#19. Use cool vegetable cooking water to fertilize your garden or potted plants:

Use cool vegetable cooking water to fertilize your garden

#20. Easily build your garden table with wooden pallets:

build your garden table with wooden pallets

#21. Use Muffin Tin to Create Perfectly Spaced Holes for Seeds:

Use Muffin Tin to Create Spaced Holes for Seeds

Source: onehundreddollarsamonth.com

#22. A clever way to water your plants by setting up a PVC pipes drip irrigation system:

setting up a PVC pipes drip irrigation system

#23. Make plant markers out of broken pots:

Make plant markers out of broken pots

Source: titantinasideen.blogspot.com   &   hardlyhousewives.com

Most of gardening ideas that we just talked are about crops. So you may also be interested in how to create DIY trellis for veggies and fruits. But if you want to learn about how to plant, trim, or remove a tree, maybe you need more knowledge from The Local Tree Experts.