What Is Gardening Trash Bia?

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No use crying over a broken pot! Here's how you can use items you'd normally toss in the garbage in your garden.

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Don't forget to save these helpful hacks for later!

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The Micro Gardener

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Terracotta Pot Markers

There's no use crying over a broken pot! Turn the pieces into garden markers

Get the tutorial at The Micro Gardner.

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Home Talk

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Wine Cork Markers

If you happen to have a collection of corks lying around, use them as labels!

Get the tutorial at Shine Your Light.

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Wine Bottle Planter

Separately, a wine bottle and jar might get tossed in the recycling bin. But together, they make a smart self-watering planter. The same can be done with a with a plastic soda bottle.

Get the tutorial at Little Projectiles.

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Toilet Paper Tubes for Seedlings

Save your toilet paper tubes for starting seedlings—an especially useful hack for plants with roots that don't like to be disturbed. The best part is, you can actually plant these in the ground, and the tubes will disintegrate.

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Egg Shell Seedling Starters

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Girl on Bike

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Broken Egg Shells

Broken egg shells scattered around plants will help deter snails and slugs, or when ground more finely, add calcium to your compost bin.

Get the tutorial at Girl on Bike.

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Fertilize With Coffee Grounds

Used coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer for acid-loving plants.

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Stone Family Farmstead

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Banana Peel Fertilizer

When soaked in water, banana peels create a potassium-rich fertilizer that's great for plants.

Get the tutorial at Stone Family Farmstead.

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Seeds and Scraps

OK, so this is an obvious one, but think before you throw away those fruit seeds or veggie scraps. Grow that garbage into a garden!

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Courtesy of Leaves n Bloom

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Tiered Milk Jug Planter

Build a tiered planter with milk jugs when you bypass the trash can.

Get the tutorial at Leaves n Bloom.

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A Journey to Dream

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Milk Jug Watering Can

Why shell out money for a watering can when you can DIY one using an old milk jug?

Get the tutorial at A Journey to Dream.

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Crafty Lane

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DIY Rain Barrel

Transform an old garbage can into a vessel for collecting rainwater.

Get the tutorial at Crafty Lane.

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Pantyhose Plant Hammock

Old pantyhose can be repurposed into a handy hammock to hold up heavy veggies like pumpkins.

Via Imgur.

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Courtesy of The Dirt

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Soda Bottle Vertical Garden

Arrange recycled soda bottles into an amazing vertical garden.

Get the tutorial at The Dirt.

rain gutter vertical garden

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Rain Gutter Vertical Garden

Old rain gutters can serve the same purpose. Just remember to drill holes in the bottoms of your scores, if necessary, for drainage.

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