We use any drink cans (alcofrolic or soft drinks) as cane toppers where ever we use a bamboo cane, not only does it stop you putting an eye out, but also they move in the wind and help scare the pidgeons away from any seedlings!
Loo roll tubes are kept and used for planting sweeticrn, broad beans and anything else we can into them.
The plastic trays that meat and mushrooms come in are washed and reused, the meat trays as a place to stand plants in for watering, and the mushroom trays for harvesting.
Egg shells are crushed and used as a slug barrier on beans.
Pop bottles are used to provide an easy way to water to the roots of many plants, they can also make a great compost scoop!
Cardboard Bike boxes from work are brought home, and used to put atop some of the beds to act as a cardboard mulch, the plants are planted thru the cardboard which helps retain moisture and prevent weeds from growing between the plants.
Freebie computer disks become bird scarers, as does old video tape (tie it onto the supports for peas / beans / rasps etc, it flutters in the wind and makes a gentle noise and reflects light to scare birds away from your fruit!)
Compost bags are split in half and used to line the bottom of our paths, which are then barked over.
Broken pallets from either of our works are brought to the plot and split to provide wood for edging the beds and paths.
Any disused display shelving units from work are recycled on the plots and in the greenhouse as staging.
Ice lolly sticks make great plant labels!
There's as many uses of anything as you can find for it, the more creative you are, the more you will find a use for it!
Personally, I think I watched too much Blue Peter as a child!
