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A recent wardrobe declutter has left me with a surfeit of wire coat hangers. I’ m sure there must be some useful ways in which I can recycle them for garden use.
Any innovative suggestions please . Links to photos would be even better!
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Hoops for fleece cloches or something fine to keep carrot fly off.
Been gardening for over 65 years and still learning.
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shelf/tray hangars for your greenhouse
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Alas I might first have to try and use the coat hangers to build myself a greenhouse !
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You can cut them up and make hooks to push in the ground to anchor plastic cloches etc.
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Hooks to anchor strawberry runners.
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There's a few ideas here which might be useful in a gardening situation....https://youtu.be/NoeARy-5j5g
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Thank you for the link Diane. There are some pretty innovative and useful ideas on there, even if many of them relate to indoors rather than outdoors.
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Thanks for the link, Diane!
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Some interesting ideas there Diane. It looks like quite a pliable wire they are using. Some of ours are quite difficult to bend as I've found when making pegs to hold strawberry runners down.
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