Revolutionize Your Garden: Easy Hacks for Time & Money Saving!

13. Create Adorable Garden Tags With Wine Corks

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Wine corks, wooden dowels, markers, and clear polyurethane paint are required materials. * Cost of Making: $10–$20 This hack is perfect for you if you enjoy gardening and wine (who doesn't?). It combines two of your favorite pastimes. The purpose of garden markers is to identify which plants belong to whom. With a few simple items, you can upcycle used wine corks into plant markers. Make Adorable Garden Tags Out of Wine Corks @homebncdecorideas/PPinterest Wine corks, wooden dowels, a poker, markers, and clear polyurethane paint are required. Make a hole in the wine corks' base and slide the dowels inside. After that, label your plants with their names on the corks and coat the entire marker in polyurethane to keep the weather out. Plant the cork markers you made for your garden and enjoy your creation.

14. Peony stems can be refrigerated for several months prior to blossoming.

Ziploc bags and peony stalks are required materials. Making Cost: $15* Many people's favorite flowers are peonies. Because they are lovely and have a long shelf life, these vibrant blossoms are constantly in demand, especially around Mother's Day. There are thirty-three identified species of these perennials. Peony stems can be stored for months in the refrigerator until blossoming. ©Shutterstock / Serhii Brovko You can prolong their shelf life for several weeks or even months, depending on the type you have. After cutting peony stems, keep them chilled until they are completely dry. Peonies should be cut when they are budding but not yet blooming, which indicates that the buds are starting to loosen but not too much. Put them in a big Ziploc bag for storage. The secret is to keep them cool and dry; otherwise, they could mold.

15. Fill a Water Dish with Rocks to Keep Butterflies From Drowning

Supplies Required: Pebbles or rocks Cost of Production: $4–$6 per bag* It's wonderful if you want to create a waterer for butterflies and bees! To make sure your waterer is safe, there are a few things you must do. You want to make sure butterflies have a place to land since, despite their ability to fly, they are unable to swim. To prevent butterflies from drowning, add rocks to a water dish (@rachel3vino / Pinterest). Fill the bag with colored pebbles or rocks (the kind you get at the craft shop) and transfer it to a wide, shallow container. A few ounces of water should be added to the container, but not so much that the butterflies and bees could drown. The bugs will have a place to land thanks to the pebbles.