Frugal Gardening Tips - Continued

To start in dividing a plant, work on plants that grow in clumps, that is mounded up. Taking pieces of a plant from the outside portions of the clump, and then leaving the majority of the plant in tact will allow the plant in the garden to continue growing, while you are move these plants to other parts of your gardens, expanding without much costs other that your time.

Yet another method of increasing the plants and flowers in your garden without too much cost is by sharing and trading bulbs with others that are also gardeners. Sharing and trading bulbs, you are going to increase those types of flowers that are growing in your garden, and you are going to give back some to others. You will increase the flowers that bloom during different times of the year, and you will not have to pay to much, as bulbs will increase in numbers without much effort in just a year or two. Digging up your bulbs and moving them to other areas of your landscape will increase your gardens without added cost, except for your time.

When you are out and about at your friends, families or out in your gardens in the fall months, start picking and saving those seed heads. In saving seed heads you can easily plant many more flowers for your gardens in the following year. Dry your seeds in an open container, letting them sit on a shelf somewhere in the house where it is not to cold or hot, just cool so they can sit and dry out for the winter. In the spring, you can plant them in the soil or in a container and watch your garden explode in the colors you love most.

If you are a frugal gardener you are always looking for ways to get free stuff. If you see someone ripping out a bush, grab it up and plant it in your landscape. When you see sod being cut up to make a walkway, ask if you can haul it away. Ask for manure free from your local farmer if you haul it. Wood chips and shavings from local sawmills are often a treasure gardeners will love as well.