Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Trash Plantin'

Have you see those Topsy Turvy tomato planters? Sure you have. The commerical comes on all the time, and unless you tivo like we do and fast forward constantly through commericals, you are bound to have seen these. Or if the commercials are not intrusive enough, you then have those fabulous sections at Walmart, Walgreen's and even the grocery store that have all the "as seen on tv" items. You know you stand there checking it all out. We all do. We cant help it. The products are usually fabulous, over priced gimmicks, but nonetheless FABULOUS.

Well I really like the Topsy Turvy planter. I think it is really fun and a great way to grow some veggies. But being the frugal budget Pink Haired Momma I have become, I can not fathom shelling out $20 for it. Not a big fat chance, BUT, I did make my own. Cheap and possibly a little trashy, literally.

I took this Juice container aka the "trashy", washed cleaned, dried, and cut the bottom off.



Then I poked a couple of holes in the side and threaded some simple twine for my "hanging basket" effect.


I then placed a single tomato plant upside down through the neck of the bottle and begin to fill the bottle with some yummy miracle grow veggie soil. Once i reached near the top of the juice container aka my "trashy" planter, I then added two more tomato plants and finished filling with dirt.




At this point I yelped for H4L to come and hang it up on the hook for me, because he is taller and I was way to exhausted from this 5 minute project to find the stool.

So there you have it. For less than $5 and in less that 5 minutes, I made a fabulous "Trashy" Topsy Turvy tomato planter. Who says we cant have it ALL on a budget???

11 comments:

  1. you are my hero! that is awesome!

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  2. Such a great idea. And I love tomatoes so feel free to share :)

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  3. Wow, I was just thinking of going out and buying one or two of those..heck not anymore! Thank you for sharing a great method!

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  4. That's awesome girl! I definitely need to invest in this little project.

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  5. i am sooooo gonna try that- we eat a ton of tomaotes and supposedly this year the prices will be at a 6time high becuase of the weather in Florida ...and it's true, I have laughed, laughed and laughed at that infomercial!

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  6. what a great idea!! Keep us updated on the progress!

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  7. I am so with you! I have always wanted one but they are too expensive. You could pretty it up a bit and sell on etsy? or give as gifts ooooooh!

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  8. You go girl! I am so cheap I'd never buy a Topsy Turvy, but I absolutely love your idea!

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  9. I hope your's works better than my mom's Topsy Turvy. (She bought the real one.) She only got like one good tomato out of it! Although.... she didn't keep it watered the way she should have... Don't forget to water!!!

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  10. That's awesome! I think you can do the same type of thing with strawberries too. I don't know exactly how to do that, but maybe worth a try!

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