What do you do with your empty bottles?
You can put them in the recycle bin on the curb for pick-up — they'll put them to good use and it's better than contributing them to the local landfill.
But what will the neighbors think?
I read a story recently about concerned wine drinkers who would drive around the neighborhood and "share" their empties with their neighbors' recycle bins after dark to avoid potential suspicions about their imbibing patterns.
Don't waste your gas — there are many other, more practical ways to use those empties.
Bottle trees are on option.
I have some that have a variety of bottle types planted on them.
I've made some bottle bushes by jamming pieces of rebar in the ground and planting different bottles on each rebar stem.
Some bottle trees hang like a plant from a beam outside.
My favorite bottle tree is a metal arch.
I picked it up at a flea market and I've covered it with blue and green bottles.
Remember — your plants get thirsty, too.
Poke a hole in a cork, fill one of your empties with with water, then return the cork to the bottle and place the bottle cork first into one of your plants.
It's both decorative and useful. Thirsty plants will appreciate the time-release refreshment.
But at some point, you'll have to explain to your neighbors why your plants drink so much.
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