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{DIY} seedling pots..

April 3, 2013

Hello all,

Day three of this weeks mini {DIY}s - I'm actually enjoying getting back into being more creative and sharing some little tutorials. I still have SO many to try - my

Pinterest

boards are brimming with projects I've yet to start!

Anyway - today, in celebration of Spring

finally

arriving, or at least I hope it is, I thought I'd share some more allotment based updates and a little {DIY}. By the way, thank you for all of your tweets and comments of allotment based encouragement - it means a lot to me that I've got people spurring me on, because when its -3 degrees out and my gardening gloves are full of icy water - I need a little encouragement or I feel like just getting back into the car and driving home! So thank you - please continue!

Now a few weeks ago I picked up some tiny tomato, chilli and courgette seedlings. I've been watering them diligently, but until now I'd been too lazy, and then too poorly to actually pot them up - and, it turns out I had nothing even to pot them in!

So here's where a little brainwave occurred...I'd previously done a little {semi successful} DIY which I never published on paint dipped cans as pretty planters. I planted this really pretty narcissus that Jack's lovely mum got me for Christmas in one and it looked beautiful, but then once it flowered it died. Having made a rather relish tomato soup, which involved a few tins of tomatoes last night I decided to use the tins as little planters.

All you need is:

 1//. a tin can or two

2//. a hammer

3//. a nail

4//. compost

5//. pebbles/gravel

6//. some seedlings!

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All you need to do is:

* Rinse out your tins, turn them upside down and use your hammer and nail to bash a few holes in the base of each can for drainage.

* Fill the bottom of each tin with a little layer of gravel.

* Fill with compost & pop in your seeds/seedlings.

voila!

It's super easy, and I think it looks quite cute, especially when popped inside my little mini greenhouse to keep them warm!

If you're feeling fancy - like I was, then you can dip your cans in some paint pre potting, or use washi tape to give them a bit of colour!

xo.

In "DIY", "allotment", "garden", "homegrown", "plants", "seedlings", "spring", "tins", "veggies", "{DIY}" Tags allotment, gardening, garden, summer, GYO
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