After getting the news yesterday that the vegetable gardening season already started and some plants should already be out, I need to get moving quicker.

I took a trip to the Farmers Market at Union Square today to find out when it’s ok to start putting the containers out and how many plants go in each bucket.

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.