Make an old kettle herb garden in seconds!
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21 Comments
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Be careful with watering if those pots do not have drainage holes. Herbs generally like it on the lean side, and make sure they are getting plenty of light. -
Donna, you always come up with the bestest ideas! -
Since you use your herbs in the kitchen, a tea pot seems all too appropriate as a "pot" for your herbs. Cute idea!! -
agree about the drainage - but these would look great lined up on the kitchen window sill. -
Good point Douglas! I chose a peat moss based soil so the plants would stay light and fluffy rather than saturate down due to no drainage holes. They've been doing really well with gentle yet frequent watering. And right now they reside on my covered porch outdoors. It's a happy little mobile group! :) -
you can also put rocks in the bottom of the teapot and then put your plant in a pot and set down inside the teapot for better drainage too! Cute idea! -
When using these for plants always keep drainage in mind..you can drill a tiny hole in the bottom and put small rocks in...they are a beauty! -
I've used chipped, cracked pottery pieces for this, too. -
Funky Junk, I would think you could put a few pebbles in the bottom of an undrained pot w/maybe a little charcoal, and that would keep the plants moist but not wet, and the soil from souring.
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Now we need a good creative way to use lids. -
Haha Alice, agreed! Thanks for the drainage tips, everyone! I'll do that next year. :)
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Cute idea. I've used some oddball containers for various plants also and love looking at others creative ideas. I think my most unusual one was a bedpan on my bathroom wall. -
Cool idea. I have done this with old fashion milk can covers on my front steps -
Really eye catching way to display your herbs. I love my herbs. I have collected some inexpensive silver plate pieces (nobody wants silver plate anymore). I don't worry about polishing because I like the patina as is. I put large pebbles in the bottom and place a pot inside so I can drain them if it gets too wet. Great idea, Funky Junk! -
Funky J., do the lids have knobs? If so, why not mount those on a plaque and use it to hang things from?
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Love that Idea Becky!
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Alice..maybe we could convert the lids into a wind chime... -
how cute are these??? Love this idea! -
Too cute!! Excellence as always, Funky Junk <3 -
very cool! -
Maybe lids could be used as saucers for them in some fashion. Very good idea for containers. Think I'll go check out the basement.
