Photo source: Birds and Blooms
"I’m a bargain hunter. A penny-pincher. A cheapskate. Nothing makes me happier than finding thrifty and resourceful ways to save money on the things I need or want. I’m also a gardener. And, as anyone who has ever tended a patch of tomatoes can attest, it’s alarmingly easy to spend a lot of money on a garden. So you can imagine my excitement when I discovered a super cheap, super simple way to have a better garden. Cardboard gardening!" Comment from Birds and Blooms
I've been collecting cardboard so I can place it in garden beds and along the fence to keep the weeds out. Actually, I am considering covering the whole yard and just have very large container gardens. As I grow older, it has become harder to maintain it all, too expensive to pay someone else and if you don't maintain it, city code enforcement will fine you. So I have seen cardboard and landscape fabric as my solution. We will see!
This article has some interesting ideas for saving money in the garden using cardboard. Always love learning new ways of saving money in the garden. It has gotten way too expensive no matter which way you go.
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