Built a wall two-block high, and leveled out a new 6×15-ft bed in my yard. Paul, MN, and the large supermarket grocery stores there also give away throw-away vegetables to pet owners. They had a cart with some flowers that weren’t watered, and looked about dead, I asked if I could just have it, so she asked and no but I could buy it for 50 cents. I bought a few, took them home water them wirh love and they started living up, just hat how people are so in a hurry to throw stuff out. They aren’t giving them away now. They might even help you load it up. I don’t. Yup, we’ve used those cat litter buckets for a couple of years. Free 2-day shipping on qualified orders over $35. They were about a half inch too long to fit in my car. The vast majority of our assortment includes self-watering pots and planters that help keep plants healthy in even the hottest summer weather -- and cut down on watering chores as well. Of course this is all news to me, but apparently if you purchase a tree, plant, flower, yada yada, at Home Depot, you can bring the growing container back for recycling. The big ring of cinnamon rolls is awesome for the “larger” pots, plus you get cinnamon rolls. Score. Free is my favorite price also! Then ask them. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=421028274654330&set=a.401721439918347.94479.386514208105737&type=1&theater. I thought I’d try the Lowes here in Bloomington (as their website says 1700 stores participate in the recyling gardening container program). yes the San Juan Island are awesome. Free 2-day shipping. 😀 She dumped her coffee grounds into her flower beds everyday, and she had beautiful flowers. I usually get my plastic pots on the side of the road and some had the wire hanger too! With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way. What is the best rated plant pots product? other things are plastic bags with snaps like sheets I just bought, ribbons, foam from packages, etc. It doesn’t burn the plants like other fresh manure does. I stopped dead in my tracks. Ceramic Plant Pots, 4.75 inch Flower Pots with Drainage Holes and Saucers, Raised Polka Dot Design Planters for Indoor Plants, Aloe, Snake Plants, Succulents, Set of 2, White (Plants Not Included) 5.0 … He probably has a very strong work ethic and is ambitious, he is probably very busy spending much of his time at working very hard to support his family, from your description it sounds like he is doing very well at his job. Any solutions? Thank you for supporting One Hundred Dollars a Month. My only question now is, how do I know what to put in the soil so that it is effective but inexpensive? Don’t forget that ranchers also have large plastic buckets “molasses tubs” that the cattle lick the molasses out of the tubs. LOL, I call but the home depot store on the OR state border with Wa state which said they had no program like that then called the Wa state store which told me they did but the pot go back to the vender because there plants flowers and tree are vender item and not there’s so to speak. That was an awesome find. I just did the same thing here at my college, I noticed the gardener had place a bunch of the black plastics around as place holders but he also had many more standing by. Panera bread pickle buckets with coffee grounds in them. I scored many buckets at the large office complex I work in. Our county extension office even has a water saving workshop you can take as a homeowner and they give away a free rain barrel (with spigot), water drip systems, compost set ups and compost thermometers. I just read your posts about boxes & yes I to refuse to pay for them. May leave them in the container as there’s too much rock in the yard to plant them where I need to plant them. 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