- Do not throw away your banana peels. Cut them into little pieces and mix them with soil: you have a potassium-rich fertiliser.
- Chose an allocated spot and sow peas in the Winter and potatoes in early Summer. Peas have a unique ability: they fertilise the soil and prepare it for a generous crop of potatoes - most importantly, parasites free.
- Chose flowers that (with the right care) bloom 9 months a year: pansies are the perfect candidates. They are great for hanging baskets too!
- If you need pots ask your fellow freecyclers for some. You will notice that they are very generous.
- Kill the weeds with home-made weed-killer: mix a bottle of water with a cup of cheap vinegar and 3/4 a cup of salt. Attention: not appropriate for grass! After you pour the mix to the spot you want to de-weed, NOTHING will grow there for at least a year (including flowers).
- For a bird-free allotment, hang some old CDs here and there.
- Why buy roses when you can propagate cuttings that your neighbour has kindly provided to you? (make sure that the roses you wish to propagate are not 'copyrighted' though).
- Choose perennials over annual plants for your garden: they will work out cheaper for you in the long term, as they keep coming back every spring.
- Make your own water feature: here and here are a few ideas. It is much cheaper than buying a water feature from the stores.
- Grow onions and garlic. Spring onions and cooking onions are excellent and in the UK, they grow perfectly fine all year round. They hardy require any care.
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