Gardening with Volunteer Plants
May 28, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Frugal Living, Gardening
Last weekend, we went back to our old house to pack up the rest of our things before it was sold. While I was walking around the yard, I was reminded of all the volunteer plants that could be put to good use. There were volunteer azalea bushes, ivy, trees, and many other kinds of plants and bushes.
Several years ago, my parents gave me some volunteer bushes they had growing in their yard. I planted the small bushes in my yard and within a year or so, the bushes were tall and well developed. The bushes didn’t cost me any money.
Volunteer plants are a great inexpensive way to help landscape your yard. You can check with friends, neighbors, and family to see if they have any volunteer plants in their yard that you might like. You can return the favor and by offering your extra plants to them. Also, to help save money you can save the plastic pots from store bought plants. Transplant the shrubs, bushes, and other plants into the pots to help save on your gardening supplies.
Have you ever used volunteer plants?
image (c) Karen Weideman
Great idea about the “volunteer plants” Never heard of that term, but it’s exactly what I need. I need to pull out some plants that aren’t working and trading them with someone else could be the answer. My sister is the one in our family with the green thumb… must ask her if she wants to do a few trades!
SP: Volunteer plants are plants that come up on their own without you planting them. I guess most of the time they come from the seeds being blown around the yard. I’ve had some plants come up in my yard and I’m sure they were caused from seed from my neighbor’s plants. Volunteer plants are a very inexpensive way to furnish your yard. Good luck!