In the meantime visit this page regularly as I have other tips to give to you. Eggshell fertiliser Half-fill jars with eggshells, fill up with water and leave for three or four weeks. Use the liquid then to feed houseplants. Home-made fertiliser Put fresh lawn cuttings into an old bucket or tank and fill up with water. When this ferments it will make manure a fine liquid.
Flower holders Tie plastic hair-rollers together in a bunch to support cut flowers.
Or Use a raw potato inside a vase, making holes in it first with a knitting needle. If the stems of cut flowers are very short and difficult to arrange stick them into wax drinking straws. Young plants Cut off the top and bottom of an empty plastic water bottle and place it in the ground around a tender young plant to protect it. To prevent milk boiling over, add a marble to the pan. This effectively stirs the contents.