Howdy! I have a large wire basket in need of a liner. Being a thrifty person (basket was free at the town dump last fall), I am considering a cheap way to line it with something free. Would cardboard, worked with to fit the curve of the metal, be worth a try? Might be a bad idea or look too cheap. Could poke drainage holes in it.
I also have a few small burlap bags that amaryllis came in last year. Maybe a combo of the cardboard on the inside and burlap on the visible side?
Either that or spend a lot on a real liner, which I checked out at Menards when I was there for other stuff many weeks ago. The basket is huge and I would have needed two 18 inch liners and cut them to work in my larger basket together. Liners were about $6-$7 each.
All thrifty garden hack suggestions on this much appreciated.
Oh I just remembered I have mosses turning green on the edge of the woods...maybe that could be used as part of the El Cheapo project.
Maybe the burlap plus moss on the visible side would work. Might be pretty with the moss showing. The burlap is too thin by itself, to hold back erosion of the soil.
The metal is narrow metal strips, not really wire. About 20 inches across the top.
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Consider plastic window/door screen mesh....easy to work...use wire ties to attach to basket...easy to fold at corners...hot glue corners to hold shape...washable & drains well...won’t rot...cheap.
Use it to form screen in tomato cages 12-15” high.
I thought of moss even before you mentioned it in your post. A combo of burlap and moss would be nice looking and functional. You must post a pic when done!
Working with just what you have, I like the burlap liner on the outside where you can see it, and the cardboard liner on the inside where you can’t, with drainage holes, of course.
My favorite ‘finds’ are old metal kitchen items - flour sifters, colanders, etc. to line and fill with dirt and Pansies or herbs. I think it looks so cute!
Our local Volunteers of America has a one day a month where everything is half price.
dollar tree has the basket liners... for $1.25 of course, lol