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Herbs

How to Make a Hanging Herb Garden Using Recycled Soda Bottles

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After the upside down herb planters failed, I reused the soda bottles and planted herbs out of the top. It doesn’t get greener than that.

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Do Not Use Soda Bottles for Upside Down Herb Planters

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A little over a week since I started up my upside herb garden again, the results are the same…dead herbs.

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Making an Upside Down Herb Planter

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Since I am gardening in such a small space, recycling soda bottles and making upside down herb planters is the perfect solution for me.

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Starting an Upside Down Herb Garden…Again

A month after I killed my herbs on my fire escape, I got around to starting my upside down herb garden again. I planted some parsley and was much gentler this time.

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Start Growing an Herb Garden, Not Killing One

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After a few days of rain, rain and more rain. I check in on my fire escape garden. The self watering containers look great, but the herbs in the upside down planters – well, they look dead.

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My Fire Escape Vegetable Garden

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I set up my vegetable garden on my fire escape this afternoon with 3 buckets and 5 upside down herb planters.

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Video: Getting Soda Bottles from my Basement

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.

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Building My First Self Watering Container Insert

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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.

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