plastic now - food later

I never really believed that seeds grew into true plants until I moved to Oregon. Sure, we did the bean-that-sprouts-into-a-plant thing in school. But, growing up in Colorado (with a short growing season) seeds were a LOT of work. Now that I live in the land-of-plenty, when February rolls around and things start popping out of the ground I get real hopeful about seeds. I started some tomato, basil and pepper seeds a few weeks ago (they sit in the window above the heat register) and the tomatoes are already getting pretty big. In order to encourage their growth I re-planted them today in used sour cream and yogurt containers. Like any re-user, I cannot fathom sending any plastic container to the recycle because I figure there have got to be SO many ways to re-use them. Well, my storage drawer would beg to differ since it is overflowing with the things.

To re-plant my tomatoes I poked a hole in the bottom of the containers for water flow (the hole doesn't have to be pretty) and use the container top as a saucer-like-thingy (see below).
You can do this to plant almost anything. Grow baby, grow!

Spice Bottles

I have been searching for spice bottles everywhere since I started buying bulk spices at my grocery store. I could never find anything but plastic bottles until these simple and functional glass spice containers popped up at Goodwill. They are crisp, clean, and just the right size. They were $4.99 for eleven bottles and a spice rack (compared to $22.50 to $45.00 at retail stores). I don't need the wrack so I will take it back to Goodwill and maybe it will be perfect for someone else.