Comments on: Carnival: Using Unusual Containers

By: Kathy Vilim

Kathy Vilim — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:21:55 +0000

Hi Fern,
What will the subject be for the May Carnival?
Hope you enjoyed the Full Moon..
~kathy

By: Brekke

Brekke — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:19:02 +0000

I really wanted to submit for this, but life got in the way. I do have some fun repurposed junk that I am going to be planting in as soon as I get some time though. I will let you know when I have a blog about it up

By: One More Entry to the March Blog Carnival

One More Entry to the March Blog Carnival — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:19:42 +0000

[...] though it was submitted on time. In fact, I think it was one of the first posts submitted to the March Carnival. Please help me right this wrong by visiting Anne’s post on reusing gardening clogs and tea [...]

By: Anne Schreck

Anne Schreck — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:52:45 +0000

You forgot mine Fern. I planted herbs in my clogs and cactus in my teacups remember.
http://blog.gardentoolcompany.com/2010/03/04/reuse-reduce-recycle-works-for-me/

By: Garden Junk « Far Out Flora's Blog

Garden Junk « Far Out Flora's Blog — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:25:46 +0000

[...] These days finding a spot for new plants is challenging. I’m now on the lookout for unusual objects I can put plants in. I recently posted about funky containers for Life on the Balcony’s Blog Carnival. [...]

By: Matti

Matti — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:11:07 +0000

Ahh, another great crew of containers. I am attached to (for some odd reason) those toilet bowl containers. Matti

By: Fern

Fern — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:37:47 +0000

Emily–My friend Adriana (www.anarchyinthegarden.com) sometimes starts seeds in toilet paper rolls. It looks like something similar to the link you provided. I bet it would work well. Just be sure to use paper that has biodegradable inks. You wouldn’t want your seedlings to be growing in anything toxic, especially if you’re growing edibles.

Prue–Heh! I have a whole bunch of ice cream containers that I washed out and stored for seed starting. Chunky Monkey and Mint Chocolate are my favs.

Dirty Girl–I believe it is!

By: Dirty Girl Gardening

Dirty Girl Gardening — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:46:19 +0000

Is that a zinna? Lovely color..

By: Prue

Prue — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:21:32 +0000

Great collection of posts Fern! So many strange and wonderful pots. When I first thought about posting (and before the thesis took over and quashed any plans I had) I didn’t think I had any pots other than the plastic numbers, but special housemate H pointed out that some were icecream containers, and you could tell my taste in icecream by them, and that phonebooks were the preferred method of pot base not anything normal. Also there was lego, lots of lego, and if it wasn’t so expensive then I’d probably plant in it. She knows me well!!! Not quite are quirky as a teacup or toilet but tasty trying to eat the icecream along the way! Looking forward to next month’s carnival (where I hopefully will have time to join in)

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:07:08 +0000

What great ideas! I forgot to blog about what I am using for containers, but:
I grew tomatoes in an old recycling bin last year (Portland switched from individual yellow bins that you had to separate recycling into paper, metal, and glass to a single large bin, so everyone had a lot of small yellow recycling bins left over!). This year I’ve started some lettuce in the same bin.
I’ve tried the eggshell idea last year and even hoped it would be easy to transplant (just crack the egg in your hand so the roots can get out), but the seedlings didn’t do that well (I started basil and they got very “leggy” – not enough sun perhaps?)
This year I am using 1-quart yogurt containers for various kitchen herbs & small heads of lettuce.
Lastly, I am really curious about using paper to make pots that decompose, but haven’t tried it yet:
http://www.pickles.no/paper-seed-pots/