craftgrrl | Reusing Plastic Bottles

I like to reuse plastic bottles. I've made assorted things out of them ... bird feeders, birdseed scoops, etc. Every spring I take 2-liter bottles and cut the bottoms off. The top part then becomes a miniature greenhouse to put over seedlings.

I've also heard of people using plastic bottles to make a coldframe. You fill them with water and set them upright on the ground in a square, then lay a pane of glass or clear plastic over the top. (For extra stability you can dig down a few inches and set the bottles into the earth.) Solar heat will warm up the interior pretty well.

But this is the wackiest reuse I've seen so far.