Recycle in your garden

Canny gardeners have always been into recycling, decades before it became fashionable.

 But what can you recycle? If you have an old hob kettle or a teapot that no longer holds water, or which leaks tea, you can, perhaps after drilling some holes in the base, use it as an interesting garden planter. If you don't want to drill it, just stand a plant pot in it, but be careful not to let it get waterlogged.

Anyone can make seedling pots from newspapers if you buy one of the easy use kits. There's no glue or chemicals required so it's a safe, fun project for the next generation of young gardeners.