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Thrifted Colander Turned Lettuce Planter

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Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
What do you get when you cross a bunch of lettuce plants

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
with a vintage thrifted colander?

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.

A lettuce bowl,

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
that is apparently not all that original of an idea.

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When I thought of putting these lettuces in a colander, I thought I was being so creative. Such a perfect mixture of my love of vintage thrifted items with my love of gardening.

Plus you have the tongue-in-cheek uniqueness of growing your food in the very thing you should be washing it in later.

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
Then I was looking through a friend’s blog the other day and she showed two colanders on her patio that she had planted with herbs.

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
I guess it’s one of those things that prove that nothing is an original idea anymore?

Or maybe I have just seen this somewhere before, stuck it in the depths of my over crowded mind and mistook my memory as a unique creative thought?

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.
Oh well, I actually planted this whole container of lettuce for Ben anyhow. He doesn’t seem to mind if it’s “been done before” or not. Guinea pigs are great like that.

Planting lettuce in a colander - use coffee filter as a liner, fill with potting soil and plant your favorite lettuces.

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  2. Kim K.

    I think it’s a genius idea. Ben is adorable. We had a Harriet for nearly five years. She would squeal every time we opened the refrigerator in hopes of fresh carrots or lettuce. Happy blogging anniversary!!

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  5. Katie@LeBeauPaonVictorien

    Happy Bloganniversary! I love the idea of planting lettuce in a colander…..the first time I saw it myself was only recently…at a local nursery they were selling them like that. I thought, how cool! Why can’t I think of things like that??? 😉

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  6. Crystal Jeffers

    well I think the idea is original to those of us who never thought of it before. 🙂 I love the idea and am always looking for things to plant things in.

    happy bloggaversery. 🙂

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  8. Jane

    Happy Blog Anniversary!! I’m glad I’ve been along for the ride!
    I think your idea to plant in the colander is wonderful….it was new to me.
    Jane

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  13. High Street Cottage

    Happy Anniversary Pam! You’ve sure accomplished a lot in one year. I feel the same way about an idea, I’ll usually preface it the same way, by saying it’s probably been done before. But I happen to love what you did,and the fact you did it for Ben is even better. xxx

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  14. Sue

    Happy blogging anniversary, Pam! I’m really glad that we got to meet “in real life!” LOL Enjoyed seeing you again on Sunday. Thanks so much for coming down to Waynesville for the sale. I hope you like your “junque.” And I like your lettuce planted in the colander. I had some flowers planted in some kind of metal container, but it kept rusting on my patio. Ick.
    ♥ Sue

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  18. Pamela

    I love that photo of Ben..he is so cute!
    I think this is a great idea and i have never seen it before. This colinder brings back memories of the one my mom has.
    Happy Blog Anniversary!!

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