| Why go and spend a fortune at the nursery on new | | | | rose. |
| tools, when there is probably a wealth of unused | | | | BBQ or Carving Forks for digging out stubborn rooted |
| stuff tucked away unused in your own kitchen, or | | | | weeds and root vegies. |
| someone you knows kitchen that will more than | | | | Kitchen funnels for pouring various liquids into |
| adequately do the exact job you want, without | | | | containers or for accurate pouring around plants. or |
| having to spend a cent. | | | | to get seed or even small screws & nails into |
| Just make sure that anything taken from the kitchen | | | | storage packets or bottles. |
| really is not wanted there. As well as the fact that | | | | Chopsticks make great little pot stakes (metal and |
| such stuff is on a one way permanent trip out to the | | | | wooden skewers work too), or construction sets |
| garden shed. | | | | even for some jobs. |
| Here are just a few suggestions of stuff that are | | | | I've seen bamboo placemats and chopsticks cut |
| useful kitchen refugees, | | | | down to make scenery pieces for bonsai planters, |
| Old dinner knife for digging weeds out from between | | | | along with old aquarium ornaments. |
| concrete sections or pavers. | | | | Set of measuring cups and measuring spoons are |
| Old kitchen fork for light weeding in around tight | | | | great as scoops for fertilizers and potting mixes. |
| places or where you do not want to disturb root | | | | Icecream or soup scoops for measuring and scooping |
| systems that are close to the surface. | | | | potting mix in around new potplants. |
| Good sharp kitchen knife or a pair of kitchen scissors | | | | Egg rings and biscuit cutters for shaping growing fruit |
| are great fro dividing up clumps of plants, or for | | | | just for fun, or as a simple handheld hoe for light |
| taking cuttings off of a branch. | | | | weeding in around plants. |
| Kitchen tongs can be used to pick up thorny cuttings | | | | So theres a few things which can obtain a second life |
| or to help you repotting thorny plants like cacti. | | | | out in the gardenshed and garden, nstead of being |
| Serving tray or placemats to keep things organised | | | | stored for years in a drawer, or being thrown out or |
| or for carrying produce, cuttings or even weeds. | | | | passed on to a charity store. |
| Potato Masher for pushing past a thorny plant or | | | | |