CHEAP, Genius Gardening hacks

By: Jacoba Hopkins

Gardening can be super fun! But it can also be pretty expensive. If you're like me then you're always looking for an inexpensive way to bring your garden to life. I'll let you in on a few gardening hacks that may help you out. These hacks are great because they include many things that you probably already have around your home. They're cost effective and will definitely be a conversation starter!

1. Use Eggshells as Seedling Pots
via squakfox

What gardener doesn't want cute healthy seedling plants in their home.  Well, here is a simple and easy gardening hack that can be found in your fridge. Eggshells! Who would've thought? The eggshells are rich in calcium which helps promote plant growth. Here is all you need to do. Start by making a pinhole in the top of the egg. Use a knife to cut off the top 1/3 of the eggshell and drain the yoke.  (You can also use cracked egg shells but make sure there is enough shell to create a container you can fill with some of our intelli-soil.) Throw in a little soil, plant the seeds, give them a little love and water, and walla! There you have a cute little seedling! 
(Here's helpful tip: Don't through away the carton just yet, use it as a base to store and transport the plants without dropping them! )

2. Use a Citrus Peel 
via My Roman Apartment

 You may think I'm crazy now, but just bare with me. Spring is a great time because everything is coming back into bloom. This next hack uses a citrus peel as a pot. Citrus peels are full of nutrients and can be used as an easy and inexpensive decorative pot item. Just simply take half of your citrus peel and fill it with Intelli-soil!

3. Foam Peanuts to fill heavy pots
via The Family Handy Man

We all love big, heavy planting pots, but moving them is a whole different story. Usually I want to move them when my husband is at work and he can't help me. Here's a helpful hack just for that. Grab your pot and fill the bottom third of it with foam peanuts. The foam peanuts remove a lot of the weight and also increase drainage! Cover the foam peanuts with landscape fabric and fill the remaining space in the pot with intelligent-soil. This next step is super easy. Just grab your seeds and start planting away! 
Remember to check out these cute planter pots that Wild Valley Farms has to offer!

4. Coffee filters
via popsugar

If you're like me and you're tired of the mess that your decorative planting pots leave behind, this hack is for you.  Simply place a coffee filter in the bottom of your tiny planting pot before adding Intelli-soil. Your little coffee filter will help to prevent soil from seeping out the bottom of your pot while watering. Fill your pot with Intelli-soli and as your little plant grows, it will be thankful for that coffee filter. 

Intelli-Soil potting mix

$29.99

Intelli-soil is a premium potting mix that is made from Coir, Terra Zest, and Wool Pellets. Intelli-soil is light and fluffy and will hold 40% more moisture while maintaining good drainage for strong root development. The perfect potting mix for both your indoor and outdoor pots. Plants in Intelli-soil have gone up to 7 days before signs of wilt.
​Intelli-soil comes in 1CF bags.

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Nutriwool Pot

$11.99

Nutriwool Pots are a 2.5 Quart fabric pot that are made in the USA. Nutriwool pots will help air prune roots, and will hold water better than any other fabric pot. Are 100% bio-degradable and will help feed plants when pots are placed in the soil. 

You can transplant without taking your plant out of the Nutriwool Pot as the pot will breakdown when placed in the soil. 

Nutriwool Pots will not Bio-degrade unless you place soil on the inside AND outside of the wool felt. 

(Hint: If you do not want them to bio-degrade keep them on a non-soil surface)

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