{"id":2719,"date":"2018-08-17T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2018-08-15T19:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T18:22:45","slug":"reduce-reuse-recycle-repurpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/reduce-reuse-recycle-repurpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/reduce-reuse-recycle-repurpose\/attachment\/reuse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3094\" title=\"reuse\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/reuse.jpg\" alt=\"reuse\" width=\"448\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/reuse.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/reuse-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now part of this garden is down to crazy paving the <strong>Qualcast<\/strong> grass box is needed less and can be put to a different use.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks like a &#8216;unibarrow&#8217;\u00c2\u00a0 has got in on the act to make a feature planter for these pansies.<\/p>\n<p>Being green is second nature to Gardeners because we are so near to nature so reuse, reduce and recycle is part of our DNA.<\/p>\n<h3>Tips to help you reuse old tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharpen blades, even on old spades, with a whet stone &#8211; angle the blade at 5-10\u00c2\u00b0 and push and pull across the stone &#8211; 5 times should be enough<\/li>\n<li>Bind the handles of old tools with bright insulating tape so you can find them easily.<\/li>\n<li>Look at car boots and secondhand sales for special tools that you will only use occasionally. I got an Onion hoe this way.<\/li>\n<li>Put on a new handle or <strong>repurpose<\/strong> a tool so it can do an easier task. An old hand fork can be given a long handle for light digging without bending.<\/li>\n<li>Go to a hire shop and reuse their tools<\/li>\n<li>Old tools are often very well made and it is worth the effort of having them repaired professionally. If they have lasted a long time it is a sign they are fit for purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Remember the 70 year old spade that had 10 new handles and 3 new blades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Re-Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I get most of my many gardening books from charity shops and I recycle them there too.<\/li>\n<li>I reuse garden center pots for seedlings and growing-on but would prefer more compostable materials to be used by suppliers.<\/li>\n<li>Good gardeners recycle old plants via cuttings, seed collecting and splitting of clumps.<\/li>\n<li>Buy locally grown plants as they will suit the local conditions and don&#8217;t come with exotic airmiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What to Reduce in the Garden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Make low maintenance areas and reduce the labour you need.<\/li>\n<li>With the right plant selection you will also reduce the amount of chemicals required.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/design\/soil-management-for-drought-conditions\/\">Reduce the need for water<\/a> by clever garden design<\/li>\n<li>Reduce your carbon footprint. Grow dense hedges and trees to capture carbon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Recycled greenhouse by scrappy annie, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/14903992@N08\/3743757325\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3423\/3743757325_11efd8c356.jpg\" alt=\"Recycled greenhouse\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Credit<\/strong><br \/>\nRecycled greenhouse by scrappy annie CC BY-NC 2.0 &#8216;A greenhouse spotted in Stropkov, Slovakia a few years ago.<br \/>\nIt was made from recycled plastic bottles, strung on to wires. A brilliant idea&#8230;.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/073821230X\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/073821230X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cooking Green: The Essential Guide to Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen by Kate Heyhoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being green is second nature to Gardeners because we are so near to nature so reuse, reduce and recycle is part of our DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19442,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/19442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}