WFMW: Yogurt Cups
Posted on 10 March 2010
WFMW = Works For Me Wednesday
I’ve never done one of these before, but I thought now was as good a time as any to share with you my latest frugal endeavor.
It’s pretty simple and I’m certain I’m not the only one out there doing it. You know I’m a gardener, right? Oh yeah. This time of year my house is pretty crazy. Starting seeds, repotting, transplanting, searching for any wandering ray of sunlight for my plants to drink in. (Promise my gardening post is coming soon!)
The thing is, I run out of containers to hold these things! And I’ve grown tired of buying more biodegradable Jiffy pods to put my plants in. The whole thing gets expensive after a while. It’s not like you need a huge container to hold one tomato plant (something small is good enough until time comes to put them in the ground), so I got creative.
Last week I realized something. I eat a lot of yogurt. About a month ago while I was packing my lunch one morning, I decided I wasn’t in the mood for a sandwich. Yogurt sounded good, so I packed that as the main part of my lunch. I found that it was more filling than the sandwich and I enjoyed the variety of flavors available. Ever since then, I’ve been having yogurt every day.
Then I was recycling lots and lots of yogurt cups. It finally occured to me that the 6oz cups were the perfect size to move my seedlings into when they need more room. And this year I have been so overrun with tomatoes and jalepeno peppers, you’d better believe I am glad the thought came to me. All I do is trim the little rim at the top of the cup off and TADA! Seed starting at its most frugal.
Psst…need any peppers?
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ElizabethOklahoma girl through-and-through. Writer, aspiring domestic goddess and totalitarian dictator. Taking on the world one carb-induced coma at a time. Founder of GodlyGals, a ministry for women established in 2002. Co-host on The GodlyGals Podcast. More...
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Congrats on your first WFMW post! I used to do them all the time until…hmmm…things stopped working? Anyway, good tip! I may have to start planting stuff.
Ha! I planted all of my garden babies (seedlings) in yogurt cups this year. SO cheap! The kids have had fun with it too. They are watching their cups like a hawk.
http://www.mandys-treasurecove.com/2010/02/garden-babies.html
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