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user-inactivated · 3851 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What Was The Last Thing You Made? (Fresh Blood Edition!)
I took some used 2-3 liter soda bottles and turned them into self-watering planters. I did this by first cutting the bottles about in half horizontally then puncturing the lids to allow some string to pass trough. It will sit so that the top half is upside-down in the bottom half. I cut a few lengths of string long enough to fit from bottom to top of the apparatus. I filled the top half with dirt and a plant, making sure that the string went all the way through. Finally, I filled the bottom half with water just under the bottle cap. I'd post pictures, but the plants died, and the planters got thrown out. This is a stepping stone to my future endeavor of building a large aquaponics farm to grow all sorts of food plants and fish.