My FIL (rest his soul) grew up during the Depression and he was a SAVER. I think the funniest thing he ever did was what we called “the underwear tomato garden”. He had planted about fifteen tomato plants and needed something to support them to a post. He had tons of old underwear (he had saved, of course) and used the waist bands to secure the plants. Some of the underwear was so old that the brands were unknown. He found that the plant was able to stretch and the undie band didn’t cut the plant. It was a comical sight to say the least. He saved rubber bands, any sort of grocery tie/bag, old socks, flour and sugar bags... pretty much everything.
My mother saved aluminum foil, plastic bags, and ESPECIALLY wrapping paper. I can still see her painstakingly opening a gift so as to not tear the pretty paper.
Hey!! I resemble that remark, except I use strips of old tee shirts to tie the plants to the stakes.
Panty hose make great garden ties.