Although I love flowers and plants, I'm actually a known plant killer. Every plant I've ever tried to keep at home dies.....it's really pretty sad. We've spent loads of money in the past on different plants/bushes/flowers.....all of which died shortly thereafter. Sigh. Needless to say, since we moved into our new house, we haven't even attempted to do any kind of landscaping. Maybe one day, but as of right now, we don't trust ourselves.
Because we are so terrible at keeping plants, but I still love them so much, I wanted to do something really cheap this year...you know, in case I screwed it up. You can really end up spending so much money just getting pots and flowers and all that to put on your porch....and I just really didn't want to do that this year....when it is very likely I'll kill them. Instead, I tried to come up with an inexpensive "greener" approach.
I collected various sized aluminum cans, peeled the labels off and cleaned them up really good. Then, I just picked out some springy spray paint colors and painted the cans. We poked a few holes in the bottom of the cans for drainage and BAM---I had my very own cheap, repurposed planters. I thought it would be fun for Bryson to plant some seeds in them so he could watch his flowers grow (you know....before we kill them).
I don't know about you, but something about turning trash into treasure really excites me!
even though they arent glamorous i think theyre cute!
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