The Fiji Times

Make your own herb garden

- By ELENA VUCUKULA

WITH many Fijians now living in urban areas, you'd be considered lucky if you have ample yard space. With many opting to rent in urban centres and with areas quickly becoming concrete jungles - finding a space to grow a thing or two is definitely out of the question.

Even though you're renting or have little backyard or front yard space, you can still

BOOM'S new red packaging is now being introduced to all outlets. Boom Superior quality effective cleaning power for laundry detergent is among the popular brand detergents in the country.

The yellow packets are being replaced with distinctiv­e red packaging.

Boom fresh and bright laundry detergent has great cleaning power and efficientl­y removes stubborn stains. It also contains a fresh fragrance that keeps your clothes smelling nice all day long.

It is also gentle to the skin and it adds softness to your laundry.

Boom fresh and bright laundry detergent comes in two fragrances; Original and Lemon.

Original has a long lasting fresh smell and for those lemon lovers a little extra fresh fragrant scent for your clothes to keep them smelling fresh all day long.

Boom fresh and bright laundry detergent is designed for all water temperatur­es. It can be used in hot, warm and cold temperatur­es as per your need.

Only one cup is required for a normal load and a cup and half for those larger loads. plant a herb garden or re-create a small

garden with some simple bottle recycling hacks. Here www.recyclops.com gives some steps on how to make two litre plastic bottle herb gardens right at home.

You can follow these steps to create your own herb garden with six empty bottles.

1. Remove the label from the bottle and clean the inside.

2. Take a sharp object and poke drainage holes in the top third of the bottle.

No need to add more than required as it will give you the same effective fresh and bright result.

In this age and era it is very important to be environmen­tally friendly.

Boom fresh and bright laundry detergent has designed to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering our waterways.

It has only 7.8g per wash which makes the powder strong and effective and at the same time safer for our environmen­t.

The surfactant­s in Boom are biodegrada­ble, which helps eliminate suds and foaming problems in our waterways and streams as well.

The box packaging is also made with recycled paperboard­s.

Boom fresh and bright laundry detergent comes in various different convenient sizes per your need.

From 130g all the way to 3kg pack. Boom fresh and bright is used and loved by many households in Fiji and it's freshness has spread throughout the country.

Available in all leading supermarke­ts near you.

3. Poke a hole in the side of the bottle about halfway down.

4. Wrap a piece of paper around the bottle.

5. Take a marker and trace a cutting line around the bottle.

6. Cut along the bottle on the line.

7. Flip over the bottle top and insert a strip of fabric.

8. Make sure the fabric is in contact with the soil.

You can also reuse plastic bottles by creating a vertical garden.

For those wanting to double down and create their own private vertical garden, this is perfect for you. Plastic bottles are perfect for those needing storage for a variety of plants both decorative and functional.

This kind of vertical garden can be placed almost anywhere if you have some blank wall space that has access to sunlight and can be easily watered.

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 ?? Picture: SUPPLIED ?? A customer holds a Boom fresh and
bright all temperatur­e laundry detergent product at a supermarke­t.
Picture: SUPPLIED A customer holds a Boom fresh and bright all temperatur­e laundry detergent product at a supermarke­t.
 ?? Picture: BALCONYGAR­DENWEB.COM ?? Growing herbs in plastic bottles.
Picture: BALCONYGAR­DENWEB.COM Growing herbs in plastic bottles.

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