Tackle it Tuesday - Water Bottles
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
This Tuesday, I've decided to tackle my growing stash of plastic water bottles. I've been recycling the caps into pincushions and it seemed wrong to not use the water bottle... so they've been building up around the house. I've decided it's time to start putting them to good use.
Last week I had posted about some onions that had sprouted in my neglected kitchen. Nora was so kind to respond and let me know how I could take advantage of these new sprouts. I didn't have any vases or jars the correct size. Just one plastic tea cup left over from my daughter's many tea parties and plastic bottles.
I did the plastic cup first and within a a few days, there were roots growing. Yay! So, I was motivated to find something to put my remaining two onions in. The plastic bottles were perfect.
I happened to have a lot of the Arrowhead ones which contour in slightly in the middle. I cut it off with a utility knife about 1/4 of inch below the label. I filled it with water so that the bottom of the onion would sit just slightly in the water... and voila! Okay, so these would probably look much nicer in a nice glass vase or something... and they would look nicer set in front of a clean window. But I haven't been feeling well lately and cleaning the window is just a bit beyond my current potential.
Being GREEN on St Patrick's Day!
2 comments:
I love the little pincushions.. had to go check them out.. what a great idea... and buttons look like so much fun... now I am off to find your post about onions and find out what you are up to there... thinking you are growing them like avacoda seads maybe... hmm they look super cool :) i reduse platic bottles a lot... to mix paints and stains and messy things in a lot.
i have onions like that too...*embarrassed shrug*...may have to set them up in some water bottles. at least that way it'll look like i did it on purpose! ;)
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