How is your gardening going this year? I have been working a lot in my garden and as much as I love it, it does get expensive. That’s why I have worked hard over the last couple of years to figure out how to best save money on garden supplies.
Part of the reason I love gardening so much is because it is a great way to save money on groceries. Well that and I love to feed my family healthier, fresh produce.
4 Tips for Saving Money on Garden Supplies
Gardening for me helps me to lower my stress levels. When gardening becomes expensive though, my stress levels begin to rise again. These tips will help you to save money on garden supplies and help gardening stay a low stress activity in your life.
Reuse Soil
You can always use the soil from your yard to grow your garden. If your garden is a raised bed or container garden, you can easily use your soil from last year.
Order in Bulk
If you need more soil, you should check into ordering your soil in bulk. If you have a pickup or a trailer, you can save a significant amount of money by purchasing a load of soil as opposed to buying it in bags.
Shop Used
If you need new shovels or other gardening tools, you should shop used. Many people downsize into apartments, etc and they no longer need their garden tools. You might even find them on your local buy nothing group. I know I have bought most of my garden tools second hand, most of which I paid just a dollar or two for.
Here are some of the best places to look for deals:
- Offer Up
- Craigslist
- FB Marketplace
- FB Buy Nothing Groups
Use What You Have
Last year I did a greenhouse as opposed to a typical garden. It worked out great, but earlier this year I got chickens and decided that what used to be my greenhouse would be better utilized as space for a chicken coop. So this year I was going to build raised beds for my garden. Oh my gosh though, if you have never looked at large raised bed planters, you would be shocked to see how much they cost.
After looking through Pinterest for days, I decided that I was going to utilize some materials I already had on hand to create my raised bed planters. I happened to have a couple of sheets of galvanized metal and some leftover lumber from a project I did last year. I combined the two to create some awesome raised bed planters all for the low costs of $00!
