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My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:09 pm
by homegrown
I'm getting to be quite proud of my recycled garden, all the beds and planters are recycled from other items abd so are the greenhouses, of which I am building another one, here are some pics

- My Garden.JPG (41.94 KiB) Viewed 5040 times

- A recycled garden.JPG (46.59 KiB) Viewed 5040 times

- Tire Beds.JPG (44.29 KiB) Viewed 5040 times
and just as an extra this is the view from our our back garden

- View from our backyard.JPG (56.44 KiB) Viewed 5040 times
Cheers Richard
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:39 pm
by Green Aura
Lovely view Richard - not as good as mine but hey, we can't all live here
Your garden looks fabulous too

Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:21 pm
by Sinmara
wow, well done!
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:03 pm
by Arwel
Yeah! Great stuff!I've adopted a similar philosophy of recycling but i've been far less ambitious..got a cold frame made out of old panes of glass but it aint up to your standard. Inspiring stuff

Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:20 am
by Millymollymandy
Well done Richard, it's looking good and I love your view!

Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:29 am
by 123sologne
Very impressive indeed. I have a few tires I use mostly to grow potatoes, but you certainly have a very nice collection and many other recycled goodies. Well done indeed

Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:48 am
by veggieman
A good allotmenteer throws very little away.
Well done !
Down south, I used to make free cold frames. I used to drive around the neighbourhood to see if anyone was having double glazing fitted and the house-owner and the contractor were usually happy for me to take the old window frames, often double-glazed themselves, away for nothing. When put in the garden, they could be either hinged together or, even simpler, they could just be stood on their sides, "earthed up" and then have a frame over the top of them. They worked for me.
Up here, there are loads of free pallets available so I have been using them to make windbreak fencing and using 2 slightly substandard fenceposts for each.
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:44 pm
by Mrs H
That's fantastic and gives me an idea!!! I would never have thought about using tyres like that and one of r friends works for a tyre fitting company so old tyres won't be hard to come by!! Thanks for that. Welldone, u r doing a great job. Xxx
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:26 pm
by Jessiebean
Great work. I like to recycle where i can but you are taking it one step further. Your view looks just like the Tamar valley up the river from us- I had to look twice because it is so similar. Lucky you!
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:50 am
by oldjerry
And I've just noticed what looks like a Mk 1 Landy hiding in the corner(I think),if you cant get bits over there give us a shout. OJ
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:49 pm
by homegrown
it belongs to my landlord I think he's planning to sell it but I think it would be beyond my financial abilities to get it over to you, sorry
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:43 pm
by Thomzo
Great, very creative. Lovely view.
Zoe
Re: My Recycled Garden
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:47 am
by fran
I like the idea of your small raised beds, this is something I have been thinking about for my allotment.
