DIY HERB GARDEN

This plastic bottle herb garden project was submitted by Sylvie Leost . Sylvie is a recycling guru who loves to upcycle discarded waste into useful and resourceful items. Make sure you pay her a visit on her Facebook page Not Just Trash ( and give her a like) to see more of her creative recycling ideas .
SIDE NOTE : IF YOU'RE A FAN OF PLANTS AND/OR GARDENING - YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE THIS POST ON CREATIVE PLANTER CONTAINER IDEAS


Materials used


2 Pint sized plastic milk bottles,


3cm wide wooden baton long enough to fit your window ( I used the slat of an old wooden blind)


scissors,


craft knife,


hole puncher,


metal ruler


permanent black marker pen.


How to:


wash bottle and remove labels


Using the scissors, remove the top and handle of the plastic bottle. You can either do this by following the marking on your bottle as I did or by drawing out where you will cut before hand with a marker.
Using the craft knife and ruler, cut slits to your bottle


Next use the black permanent marker pen to decorate and label each bottle. -


To finish, slide the bottles thorough the wooden baton and suspend it from the window sill with your choice fixing.
Place your various herbs inside and watch your bottle herb garden flourish!
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  • Wcmil Wcmil on Feb 12, 2017
    Do you potting soil? Do you use seeds or seedlings for the herbs? How do you affix the plastic bottles to the window?
  • Dolly Dolly on Mar 12, 2017
    Picture shows some sort of hooking over the rod, but the other picture shows cutting away the complete handle. I'm confused
  • Mary Ann Mary Ann on Feb 23, 2019

    Do you put small pots in the jugs with drainage?

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