Milking more life from your bottles in the garden

When your milk jugs or water bottles are empty, it's easy to casually toss them into the recycle bin. But you can actually extend the usefulness of the bottles by taking them outside.

How? Two ways:

• The GardenDesk shows how you can convert the bottles to slow drippers - great if you're like me and forget to water your plants some nights!
• Simple, Green, Frugal Co-Op explains how plastic bottles can be used to extend the life of your garden during the early season.

While I can't speak as to the long-term implications of leaving the plastic in your garden, it's a temporary solution to a problem.

Want to learn other ways you can repurpose items for your garden? Read Second life for stuff in the garden.