Dream Garden 101 Gardening tipsDid you ever thought about what you can do with an milk jug? Well, did you ever realised that things don’t necessary have just one single use? Well, if you haven’t believed that, here are some tips regarding to how a simple milk jug can have many uses which will help you with your gardening, thanks to its usefulness that can even save you from spending some extra money. Here is how.
1. Milk Jug Birdfeeder
Clean the milk jug. Cut holes in the two sides opposite the handle (see the big circles on the photo) for the birds to stick there little heads in. Then poke two holes to push a stick or dowel rod through for the birdies to sit on while they’re eating(see the two black dots). Poke a few holes in the bottom for drainage, but don’t make them too big or the birdseed will fall through. Leave the lid on and poke two holes at the top and string wire or rope through them to hang your feeder.
Good idea, but your instructions are wrong. If you're going by the pic you posted, you would just poke a hole in the bottom of the container to push the plant in and push a dowel through the handle and upper part of the container to hang string from. The spout would be left intact to use for the watering bottle.
If you look closely at the bottom of the jug, it looks like they did cut the bottom and then duct taped it after they put the plant in. Then they painted it all to match.
wish you guys would have a print all added to your pages so that we can put it into our Evernote with all these ideas
I added the print button, thank your for advice.
You could also use that scoop to put fertilizer in that handle part and water there for easy feeding to the plant.
I’m going to try this with my Cub Scout den.
Great project Joy…
I appreciate all of your cleaver ideas for container gardening. Many save me money and make it easier for me. I am unable to get around well due to a spine injury and your site has helped me. Seems as though some people just look for any little thing to criticize. Pay no mind…your site is informative, has great pictures and I appreciate it. I have pinned several of your ideas on Pinterest myself so others can benefit. Any ideas on which plant food works best for my containers with “auto water” buried jugs or soda bottles? Advise would be appreciated. Keep up the great advise!
It’s good for veggies that need constant watering. Thank’s for your appreciation !