Repurposing Household Items For Use in Your Garden

@celticeagle (188121)
Boise, Idaho
April 20, 2026 1:09pm CST
There are many household items that can be recycled and used in the garden. Here are a few: * Cut toilet roll tubes in half and use as seed starters. * Use yogurt cups for mini planters. * Wine corks can be put on popsicle sticks and used for plant markers. * Glass jars can be used for spice storage or to plant herbs in. * Egg containers can be used to start seedlings in.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93143)
• Bangalore, India
2h
I have used my old used coffee mugs as planters.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (188121)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
That sounds fun.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (133151)
• Marion, Ohio
Just now
The cardboard egg cartons are the best to use.
DianneN
@DianneN (253946)
• United States
1h
I have tried all those and more. I didn’t have much luck with the first.
Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (10096)
• United Kingdom
2h
Coffee grounds and crushed egg shells are good for the soil in the garden. The egg shells also keep away snails and slugs….
Rimps
@Rimps85 (3111)
• India
2h
I us old paint drums for planting big bushy plants