What to Do With Water Bottles If You Have Too Many By Spring

Fearing to drink from the tap, we are increasingly buying artesian water in 5-liter bottles. Over time, a logical question arises: what can be done from such a bottle not to clutter the balcony and garage?





Throw away is not good, because in a good household, as they say, everything will come in handy. "Site" will share great ideas on how to make useful things for home, garden or cottage from old 5-liter bottles.

Plastic rings will keep dishes fresh Imagine: after a home feast there are many dishes in the plates. To save snacks, you need to put them in the refrigerator, but there is no room for so many plates. What do we do?





The problem will solve a single 5-liter bottle. You will only need to cut it into even rings 5 cm high. The easiest way to do this is with a stationery knife.





Then you put a plastic ring on the dish and cover it with the next dish. The top plate can be covered with the bottom of the bottle.

When drip irrigation water comes directly to the roots, does not stagnate on the surface of the soil and does not form a solid crust on it. Organizing drip watering with your own hands is not at all difficult. You will need only empty plastic cans and a nail or a stiletto.





Make several holes in the walls of the jars (the denser the soil, the more) at a height of 3-4 cm from the bottom. Then dig cans filled with water between beds to a depth of 10-12 cm.





The neck of the can should be above the ground. It also needs a small hole to access air. The described method is perfect for those who can not visit the garden every day. Root watering like tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and other plants.

Holder for paper towels You will need the upper part of a plastic can with a handle and a thin rod a little longer than the diameter of the can.





Make a soldering iron two neat holes in opposite walls of the bank.





Put the rod in a roll of towels and insert its ends into the holes.

Spinach and other leafy vegetables can be grown on the veranda or balcony. And containers for this can be made from unnecessary cans from under the water.





To do this, you need to cut one sidewall from each can, and make several holes in the other.

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It remains to fill the containers with a soil mixture, sow seeds and do not forget to water.

Lovers of rest in nature and summer residents know that a plastic can with a lid turns out to be a good washbasin.





You just need to make a small hole just above the bottom. As long as the lid is twisted, the water will not flow out. And you can smoothly adjust the water pressure by turning the cover.

Mini-greenhouse Plastic container saves heat well and does not allow moisture to evaporate. Therefore, a plastic bottle of 5 liters will make a beautiful mini greenhouse.





All you have to do is cut off the bottom of the can and put your seedlings under a plastic cap.

In such a pot you can plant flowers and hang in spring on a tree branch or hedge in the garden. And to make it, you'll need the top of a plastic can, some acrylic paint, a couple of decoupage wipes and a cord roll.





You can get acquainted with the process of making useful homemade products in our article.

“Multi-storey” container for growing green onions on the windowsill Place on the windowsill, as a rule, is not enough. You want to grow more onions. Overcome this contradiction will help the design of a five-liter plastic bottle.





To do this, the upper part of the bottle is cut off, and round holes are made in its body, in which bulbs are placed. After filling the container with soil, we get a pot with onions. It remains in time to water the plants and harvest.

Now you know what you can make out of a 5 litre plastic bottle. But ideas "Site" It doesn't end there. You will find even more useful life hacks with plastic containers in our articles.

And for those who like to tinker, we propose to make a bottle cutter, the idea of which we saw from the lawyer Egorov. This device allows you to cut the tape from 1 millimeter to one centimeter and thus dispose of any plastic container.