Friday, June 12, 2015

Growing Plants In Shoes – How To Make A Shoe Garden Planter

By Mary H. Dyer, Master Naturalist and Master Gardener Popular websites are rife with clever ideas and colorful pictures that make gardeners green with envy. Some of the cutest ideas involve shoe garden planters made of old work boots or tennis shoes. If the ideas have piqued your creative side, repurposing old shoes as plant containers isn’t as tricky as you might think. Just unleash your imagination and have fun with shoe planters in the garden. Ideas for Shoe Garden Planters When it comes to shoes as plant containers, think fun and fanciful, quirky and cute! Pull those old purple crocs from the bottom of your closet and turn them into miniature hanging baskets for herbs or trailing lobelia. Has your six-year-old outgrown her neon yellow rain boots? Will you really wear those orange high heels again? If the footwear holds potting soil, it will work. How about old, worn out

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