Die drei Dinge, die ich mir wünschte, bevor ich mit dem Garten anfing … denn wenn ich es getan hätte, hätte ich früher begonnen
Von: RedDevilPlay
Die drei Dinge, die ich mir wünschte, bevor ich mit dem Garten anfing … denn wenn ich es getan hätte, hätte ich früher begonnen
Von: RedDevilPlay
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Gardening is 10 times more expensive than I expected it to be….. I literally can’t think of anyone who would say “ooh gardening is such a cheap hobby”
>”You can make a lot without spending a lot of money”
Says the person growing one potato in a bag of compost. How about putting the potato directly in the ground rather than in a £5 bag of compost?
The same applies to raised beds. My wife bought an attractive three-tier raised bed. However, the compost required to fill it cost well over €100. That’s a huge initial outlay that’s difficult to offset with any amount of food you can grow in it.
It’s not that expensive (“expensive” being relative of course), but if you want cheaper seeds, then you pay with time. If you want mature plants that are more hardy, then you pay with money for someone else’s time.
I think the biggest cost is time with wrong soil types, having to buy plant food for lush blooms and watering regularly.
Yeah… but… those muddy recycled packaging bags in the garden though…
I agree. I started when sticks I got from my former wasteland and used to prop up indoor plants, began growing… they were hydrangea! I’ve adopted the approach of spending little to no cash. Freebie apps gave me most of my big tools like spade, rake, hoe etc and I’m growing tatties and onion in cardboard boxes. I trail strings of old beads along the fence (that was formerly old pallets) with trailing plants and lights to cheer it up. Neighbours round about have been extremely gracious at allowing me cuttings and I’ll return the favour. This is how it should be. Luckily I live near a beach so I’ve all the free fertiliser I’ll ever need but composting will eventually work too, eventually. Bins another freebie from an app. One woman’s trash is often my treasure!
I bought seeds this year hoping to save money and its been a disaster. Hardly any germinated. Learned some lessons.
If there were more plant swapping places it would be very cheap (asides as others point out compost costs)
If I had access to plant swaps gardening would cost almost nothing.
Patience is key, planning ahead and having a vision of what you want.
For me I’ve no issue waiting 3 years or so for cuttings to tune into plants, I get cuttings from all over the place, at work there was a huge Weigela Bristol ruby that I passed daily
Took cuttings – failed as it was too early in the growing year
Tried again later in summer mid July they all took, now where do I plant several Weigela 😆
Usually end up giving most away, if I could swap them happy days
One thing you’ve learned is “give it a go” – what an insight!
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