Jute twine in the garden, a change for the better 🌻
As i'm on a quest to make everything i do more environmentally friendly, sustainable i keep finding new ways to reduce this impact, on the list this time was jute twine.
One thing that i realised i did that wasn't great was in the garden. Funny that something like growing my own fruit and vegetables could have a negative impact.
This turned out to be the twine i was using.
I foolishly didn't pay attention on what i bought previously and turns out it was plastic... I assume some form of polypropylene plastic.
It soon adds up
having a lot of plants in the greenhouse that required tieing up leads to a lot of it being used and it inevitable ends up in the soil, in the compost bins and just hanging around for years to come. if it does break up I'm lead with little flecks of plastic which isn't great either so I've decided to bite the bullet and stick the whole thing in the bin.
Jute Twine.
So i'm going plastic free on the twine front. when i was at the shops i managed to wade past all the plastic rubbish and pick up a massive roll of natural jute twine! whoop...
I love the way it looks.
For a start it just looks so much more pretty, natural and in keeping with the surroundings compared to the bright green plastic rubbish i used previously.
Also now i can tie things up until me heart is content without feeling the guilt of what happens later as over time it will biodegrade and wont cause issues if i add it to the compost.
Fist up is the grape vine in the greenhouse to get the jute twine treatment.
Well that's enough jute twine for now until the chillies and tomatoes start growing bigger.
What are you lot using to tie up plants in the garden? Any top tips
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Here on the farm I use a lot of natural baling twine. Sometimes some of the plastic kind comes in, and that has it's uses also, but not usually in the garden. I kept feed bags full of it from when we were doing hay, and it's been nearly 10 years since we have, and I've not run out yet...
I'd happily keep it and reuse got no issues with that but this stuff just disintegrates so it can be recycled or reused so frustrating.
Glad i'm not the only one with bags of things to reuse, wife thinks im insane 😂
My natural fiber twine does rot away, and has to be replaced each year. The plastic, not so much. but I don't use that in the gardens.
I am a 4th generation packrat from both sides. I save everything, and over the decades it's saved our bacon numerous times, as long as I can remember where I put it.... :))
I use jute too xx
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