When it's time to start seeds for your garden, you want to use the safest option, which may not be plastic pots. Here's an ...

While recycling all kinds of containers as planters for veggie or herb seedlings seems like a good idea, you need to check if the ones you're using are safe.

If part of your goal in cultivating a garden is to reduce your environmental footprint, you may be horrified by the large amounts of plastic used in plant production. Stop by your local nursery and ...

After a certain point, plastic nursery pots aren't really worth using anymore. But you can still make something out of them ...

A person recycles plastic flower trays at a Meijer garden center. Photo courtesy of Meijer. (Meijer) If this year’s gardening has resulted in a collection of plastic flower pots and trays sitting in ...

Summer means getting gardens in shape and buying plants to add color or greenery to the yard. But it also means being left with all those plastic containers that the plants come in, which typically ...

I plan on trying to add some containers to my garden this year and would like some advice on how to be successful. — Anita Singh, Park Ridge Containers planted with annuals can add a lot of interest ...

If you're lucky enough to find one of these old food containers while thrifting, snap it up. It's surprisingly easy to turn ...

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