You don't have to spend a fortune on gardening containers to green your backyard. Just about anything you can find in your attic or in the trash that you can poke a few holes in the bottom will do--even throwaways: a mini trash can, plastic soda bottles, tin coffee cans, an old boot, a wooden trunk, you name it. You can even spray paint the ones you don't like the look of and make a color coordinated collection of your motley crew of planters. A couple tips to keep in mind will help make your garden grow beautifully:

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Great reuse project. Its funny how our consumer culture has strayed from the idea of using what's at hand and defaults to purchasing new. I wish this type of approach to meeting the needs in the home becomes more pervasive.