Create Your Own Rain Barrels
If it rains quite a bit in your locality, your garden could benefit from collecting rainwater. Building a rain barrel to collect rainwater from the roof not only saves money but also reduces runoff from your property to the sewer system. This prevents harmful substances such as oil, and pesticides, and fertilizers from contaminating the local rivers and streams.
The easiest rain barrel DIY is to simply place a barrel or large tub under the downspout of your home. You need to ensure that it is properly covered to keep it from being a drowning risk for children and pets. Many people also creatively attach a hose to the barrel to fill watering cans easily.
Upcycle Unused Clutter into Planters
Gardening is all about sustainability, and creative gardening is about coming up with the most inventive ideas to make use of as many things as you can to grow beautiful plants. This spring, let your creativity flow –use unused clutter, such as old garden boots, glass jars, baskets, or even canned goods, to make some great planters. Look around in your garage and cabinets for items that can hold soil. After that, all you’ll have to do is drill some drain holes and then use them to plant early spring flower seeds such as violas.
Create a DIY Garden Trellis
Amp up your garden this spring with a garden trellis. You can construct this from materials that are simply lying around in your garden, such as long branches. Lash a few long branches together on one end to form a ladder or tepee form, and secure them with zip ties. You can train plenty of plants up the trellis, such as pole beans, morning glories, and cucumbers.
DIY a Potting Bench
Create your own potting bench this season! If you have an old table, dresser, and nightstand lying around, you can convert it into a potting bench. Drag the table outside to your yard, dress it up with some paint, or use it as it is. Arrange flowerpots on top of the bench – just the way you like it!
Spring Raised Beds Garden
Trying raised bed gardening this spring can lead to an abundant harvest. Raised garden beds have many benefits: you won’t have to worry about weeds or matching the soil to your plant’s needs, and most of all, you will be able to grow a lot more food in much less space. Another huge advantage of raised beds is that you can plan warm-season vegetables in early spring since the soil warms up much faster in comparison to in-ground beds.
These new ideas for spring gardening can help you create a space-maximizing and creative garden while allowing you to grow a few plants indoors as well!