Happy Wednesday! ok, Pinterest Addicts, should we start a Pin-aholics Anonymous club on here? haha. Well, I’m right there with ya. love it! {you can find me on Pinterest here}
I’ve been trying to do a couple of the recipes and cleaning tricks that I’ve seen on there, but here’s one I recently did that I really liked.
Flower Pots
I needed to plant my red gerber daisies into some cute new pots, but….
the eco-friendly pots I bought had HUGE holes in the bottom. I immediately thought of this pin from This Old House that used coffee filters in the bottom of their pots.
Coffee Filter Trick
So I put a coffee filter in the bottom of my new flower pots…
filled with dirt and planted my gerber daisies as normal.
And because any time dirt is involved, I had a very curious and captivated audience….
the boys just go nuts over dirt and bugs! And they were oh-so-helpful when it came to watering the flowers. 
I am happy to report that the coffee filter did a great job holding in all the dirt and none fell out the large holes, even after watering. {phew} So that Pinterest trick is tried and proven to work.
Do you put anything in the bottom of your flower pots? If so, what do you use?
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When I transplanted my herbs earlier this year I just stuck a few rocks in the bottom to keep the dirt away from the drainage hole. Works like a charm! And it gives the soil a bit of room to move around so it doesn’t get compacted. :-)
What an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing!
TIA
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What a great tip! I enjoyed my visit to your lovely blog and I subscribed. I look forward to many more visits. Hugs!
I put rocks in the bottom of mine.
One more tally for rocks here…
I usually put rocks or pieces from any broken terracotta pots to help with the drainage holes. I got that tip from a very old gardening show on HGTV.
Why oh why have I never thought of coffee filters????
I always put rocks, pebbles, or broken pieces of my terra cotta pots in the bottom.
For big heavy pots I have used burlap in the bottom.
I love the burlap idea! clever. Thanks for stopping by, Della!
happy crafting,
Linda
That IS a great trick Linda! I am re-potting some plants this week, so I am so glad that I saw this trick! Angie xo
Awesome! happy re-potting!
linda
I used that same trick thanks to Pinterest and I too found it worked like a charm.
Awesome! love Pinterest! Thanks for stopping by, Mik :)
happy crafting,
Linda
I love the color pots and the flowers are so bright and cheery. Great idea on the filter.
Vanessa
Thank you, Vanessa! I’m so glad you stopped by!
happy crafting,
Linda
Hi there!
Use to use little rocks and plastic bag with small holes
I have not tried this, but I will say this….Gerber daisies are MY favorite!!!! :) I have them in my garden and I am SO thankful they come back every year!!! :)
Hugs,
Michelle
PS LOVE the flower pot!!!! :)
I love gerber daisies too!! :D Such pretty, happy flowers, aren’t they? Thanks for stopping by!
happy crafting,
Linda
I keep left over screen in my shed so I can put circles of it in the bottoms of pots. The screen doesn’t disintegrate like paper. You might try it and like it…
Good idea, Sharon! I like it. Thanks for sharing!
I recently tried a layer of dryer lint, it worked great.
How clever!! love it! Thanks for stopping by, Debby!
happy crafting,
Linda
Put comment on FB. Good idea, I get diff sizes at a store called Dollar store. I make flowers etc. also. Gerbera Daisy’s are beautifut. Dont have this year. LOL
Oh, my! This sounds sooooo much better than rocks! I’ll have to try this next time. TFS