Frugal Gardening

Pomegranate seedlings
Fruit seedlings, grown from pips

The lovely folks over at Peazyshop (a website and forum dedicated to saving money) asked me to write an article about frugal gardening.

With the rise of green consumerism, it sometimes seems as though the only thing we can do to save the planet is to spend money – on the latest eco-gadget, organic products or stylish recycling bins.

But the truth is that being eco-friendly and saving money often go hand in hand. Although there is a very strong link between poverty and environmental degradation, that isn’t an issue that most people in the Western world have to battle with.

If you would like more information about any of the subjects mentioned in the frugal gardening article, then have a look around the website, because they keep coming up. Here’s a selection of related pages to get you started:

Compost
Compost on the Alternative Kitchen Garden show
CAT ‘High Fibre’ Composting
Worm composting on the Alternative Kitchen Garden show
Harvesting worm compost

Water
Water-wise gardening on the Alternative Kitchen Garden Show
Make your own recycled weather station

Garden recycling
20 garden uses for a plastic bottle on the AKG
Using paper in the garden

Seeds
Seeds, an extra harvest from your garden
Seed saving on the AKG
Planting pips on the AKG
Seed swaps on the AKG

© Copyright Emma Cooper, 2008. All rights reserved.

Posted 12 March 2008, 14:04.
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