Garden Tools from the Kitchen Drawer

Why go and spend a fortune at the nursery on newrose.
tools, when there is probably a wealth of unusedBBQ or Carving Forks for digging out stubborn rooted
stuff tucked away unused in your own kitchen, orweeds and root vegies.
someone you knows kitchen that will more thanKitchen funnels for pouring various liquids into
adequately do the exact job you want, withoutcontainers 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 kitchenstorage packets or bottles.
really is not wanted there. As well as the fact thatChopsticks make great little pot stakes (metal and
such stuff is on a one way permanent trip out to thewooden skewers work too), or construction sets
garden shed.even for some jobs.
Here are just a few suggestions of stuff that areI'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 betweenalong with old aquarium ornaments.
concrete sections or pavers.Set of measuring cups and measuring spoons are
Old kitchen fork for light weeding in around tightgreat as scoops for fertilizers and potting mixes.
places or where you do not want to disturb rootIcecream 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 scissorsEgg rings and biscuit cutters for shaping growing fruit
are great fro dividing up clumps of plants, or forjust 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 cuttingsSo 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 organisedstored 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