As we've already established, growing your own garden can offer numerous benefits, both for your health and the environment. Even though gardening requires some time and effort, this tutorial that shows you how to construct your own self-watering plant pot for growing herbs and flowers and demonstrates just how easy (and inexpensive!) becoming a do-it-yourself gardener can be. The plant pots will also allow you to recycle some of the two-liter soda bottles you may have lying around.

Intro: Self watering recycled plant pot for growing herbs and flowers

The way that I am making these uses 2 or 3 liter soda bottles and it supplies the soil with just the right amount of moisture for the plants to grow. It's a little different than bbullet's way, but it's still made with recycled products and produces fantastic results all for the cost of a pinch of seeds!

Step 1: Materials

You will need to gather these materials:

One 2 or 3 liter soda bottle with the cap
A piece of newspaper, a piece of plastic from a bag or a piece of aluminum foil
Cotton string
scissors or knife to cut the bottle
a drill (or something similar) for making holes in the cap
tape (optional

Step 2: The cap
To begin, I made holes in the cap for drainage and to accept the cotton string that will act as a wick to draw the water up into the soil.

I drilled one large hole in the center of the cap and eight smaller holes around it. The large hole is what will hold the string and the smaller holes will allow water to drain out.

Click on the link below to continue the process of building your own plant pots!

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