YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND TRUCK LOADS ON GARDENING FOR IT TO BE PRODUCTIVE!!!!

If you’ve been following me for long enough, you know that my style of gardening is ALL about improvising and using my imagination to keep my gardening costs to a minimum! 

That doesn’t mean I don’t spend on the important stuff; it just means that if I can find a cheaper option out there, I’ll usually go for it! I mean that’s one of the reasons for growing your own right?!   Keeping costs down!!

So, here’s my tips for saving money in the garden!

Here in Australia, we have Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree which are 2 online platforms to buy and sell stuff.  Do check these out! Not only can you find cheap stuff there’s a whole category of GIVEAWAY items.

Do slow down when it’s hard rubbish in certain suburbs. I’ve picked up some amazing stuff off the side of the road. Remember one man’s trash is another man’s treasure!

Bulk buy where possible. Need some soil? Why not go halves with a friend.  Bulk buying is always cheaper BUT REMEMBER it’s only cheap if you need it! Don’t go out and buy bulk if you’re never going to use it all!! Eg buying 100 seedling pots just because they work out at a better price. Buy only what you need or can use for later. 

Use your IMAGINATION! Garden beds and trellising is my favourite way to utilise this skill. You can literally use a tonne of different things! The only question you need to ask is “will it do the job?”. Furthermore, this style of gardening is useful until you CAN afford something better.

Only grow what you eat!! I know this sounds obvious, but I have literally fallen into this trap and ended up with a whole crop of broad beans taking up space in my garden, when no one in the family really loved them… except my mother in law.

Consider irrigation. Yes, it can be an outlay in the beginning, but it WILL save you money on your water bill and save you SOOOO much time!! Plus, you can always add to irrigation so even if you start small you can overtime implement more into the garden.

Ps I once found a whole stack of dripper irrigation on the side of the road!!

Mulching with pea straw will save on your water bill while adding to soil microbiology. Consider bulk buying with friends. TIP go direct to a farmer.  It might be a longer drive but I’ve found the price of pea straw to be so much cheaper this way!  If you get a whole group of people buying bulk the farmer may even deliver to you?!

Do plant your own seeds.  I know that seed sowing can be a little bit of trial and error when starting out, but it will get easier through experience.  Or why not buy seedlings of harder to sow vegetables and sow the easy ones.

Start a compost pile or source out your local horse stable for manure.

These are just a few ways….what are tips for saving money in the garden?

Big love from the garden

Sasha x

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