28 Interesting Ways To Recycle Old Items In The Garden
I, like a lot of us have quite a bit of recycling in my recycle pile. I have to admit I had not been saving any of these things for the most part. I seen this list of ideas and I thought it was fantastic. There is some really great creative things to do with recyclable items so I will be saving mine from now on. Have a look through as I am sure you will find something that you love.
There is quite a few of these projects that I absolutely love. Creative and really quite beautiful. I always seem to have so much in my recycle bins, I think it is time to make a few of these items. Have a look through this list as I am sure you will love it as well.
28 Ways To Recycle Items In The Garden
Make your own paper
- Tear up all your left over paper into fine pieces.
- Put all your pieces of paper in a container and soak it for 24 hours.. Or put the paper pieces in a pot of water and boil for 1 – 2 hours, stirring occasionally and adding more water when needed.
- When the paper is mushy drain it in a fine holed strainer
- In a new bowl mix together 2 cups cold water and ½ cup flour.
- In a pot bring 2 cups of water to a boil and then add the flour/cold water mixture. Bring this to a boil again.
- Remove this mixture from the stove and add 3 tbsp. of sugar
- Allow this paste to cool down and thicken
- From the paper remove as much water as possible and add enough paste to coat the paper nicely.
- Sandwich the paper pulp between 2 pieces of wax paper and using a rolling pin make it as thin as possible.
- Put this on a tray or counter and let dry completely
