Can I use clear plastic bins?
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Comments (4)We used the light green netting on our privacy fence (around our pool deck) I think this was meant for green beans and such, but it's great and has been for the last couple of years! We have it looped over the top of the fence stretched across as far as we can. Worked great even when we needed to redo (clean and waterproof) the deck and privacy fencing this spring, just undid the loops and let it fall, covered it in plastic and watered. After we were finished, we pulled it up and reattached it! Very pleased! We have loniceria juponica honeysuckle....I think! It's the red and or pink and yellow one. We got lucky and had both of the pretty ones in one pot! I am going to try and find this again for my clematis that has to be trained and tied to my lattice board! Color doesn't matter, it gets covered fast enough! Good luck!...See Moreusing plastic to clear grass for new beds
Comments (16)I'm doing the lasagna thing for the first time this year. It'll be flowers, not veggies. I hope it works, because I'm trying to kill off a weedy mess. I called a locallly owned appliance store for the cardboard. They told me that a particular two days of the week are the best times to come by. I've gone by twice and filled my station wagon with washer & dryer boxes both times. I used the first batch to cover a large area that I wanted to mulch. It used to be an area with ugly grass/weeds between two of my flower beds that was hard to mow. It looks much better now, and my pumpkin & watermelon plants are enjoying crawling up into the area. No crabgrass has shown its nasty self so far. Early this spring, I did a similar thing with newspaper around my veggie beds, because I was tired of all the weeds growing into them. It's been fantastic all season - almost no weeding. The cardboard was a lot faster than the newspaper - it took practically no time to get it positioned. I'm lucky in that a local horse owner leaves bagged horse manure free for the taking. But I've heard most barns will let you help them clean up in exchange for manure. (Gee.) And at my local dump, I can get virtually unlimited grass clippings & leaves. I've heard calls to locally-owned landscapers will yield grass & leaves in the appropriate seasons. Sure, I'd love to know that they weren't treated with anything, but I figure in the end the benefit outweighs the risk. If you connect with landscapers, you have even more control. A locally-owned coffee shop (getting the theme yet?) will collect coffee grounds for me if I just leave them buckets. I bought a couple at Lowe's for a couple bucks since I felt bad leaving kitty litter buckets (the ones I had handy) at a food establishment. Starbucks has a program for this, too - you can go into any Starbucks and pick up used coffee grounds. You don't get a lot of volume that way, but if you're driving by - heck, it's free. Apply cardboard, then compostables. In my case, let it all overwinter and plant next spring. Sure sounds easier than the double-digging I did for my veggie beds! Especially when you consider all the granite rocks we had to haul out here in New Hampshire. When I lived in the SF Bay Area, they used to use goats to control weeds along some roadways. People had herds & portable fences they rented out. I thought that was pretty cool....See MoreCan I make a compost bin out of a large plastic barrel?
Comments (17)When I found that pic in google, I was also so impressed . Then I thought about all cutting, screwing, begging my husband to help ....:))) and finally I end up with just cutting square foot hole on the side of the barrel, but not in the middle part ; I cut that hole in the top side part, so I could use it not just rotating horizontally, but also keep it vertical for a while. When it is time to rotate, I lay the barrel on the ground and roll it several times and let it sit horizontally. Then several day later I roll it again, or put it vertically. Actually it is not difficult at all. Sorry, I don't have my own picture of the barrel....See MoreUsing clear plastic netting as trellis
Comments (5)I used plastic fencing with approx 1 inch squares (maybe a bit larger) up and over the roof of my shed. Attachement there was not a problem and I am unsure of how you would attach it to brick. My fencing has been up for 3 years and showing no need to take it down yet. I have planted morning glories, black eyed susan vine and now honeysuckle this year on it....See More- 17 years ago
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