Instead of buying one of them fancy upside hanging planters, I decided to reuse 2 liter soda bottles. Finding them was actually much easier and cleaner than expected.

After securing the land in Staten Island and sleeping on the past few days, I came up with a plan to make this more affordable and environmentally friendly.

I took my first crack at making the insert for the self watering container today. The hardest part was cutting a square into circles that would fit snuggly into the bucket. Yes, I just said snuggly.

So in a matter of two days I’ve greatly expanded this project from three buckets on my fire escape in Manhattan to two more boroughs and a lot of gardening.

Took the day off from work today to spend the day with my gram and to negotiate the land space with her. Before I headed out to her, I measured out the space of my fire escape.