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6 Ways to Save Money in the Garden

June 25, 2019 By Dharminder Dhaliwal

Here are six quick and easy to tips to help you save money in the garden.

Tip ① Avoid speeding !

Avoid costly damage to your mower….. by not speeding !

Tip ② Use cooking water to fertilise plants

When you boil or steam vegetables, allow the water to cool down and use it to fertilise your plants instead of pouring it down the drain.

Tip ③ Make your own compost

Check out these 10 tips on how to make your own compost – the easy way!

Tip ④ Use grass clippings…

Using grass clippings in the garden after mowing will save up to 25% consumption of lawn fertilisers !

Tip ⑤ Make your own starter trays

Save money as well as plastic by making your own pots out of newspaper to grow on seeds instead of buying seed starting trays. They’re biodegradable too!

Tip ⑥ Avoid impulse buying plants

Ask yourself if you have the space for them… and they often don’t last anyway.


I hope you found these tips to save money in the garden useful. Some of them will also help save the planet too!

Enjoy your garden this summer and if there are any projects that we could help you to complete, simply check out our affordable loans.

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