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???