I Recycle Throw Away Containers Into Mini-Greenhouse

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You do, of course, have to work a little harder to transform these glass jugs into cloches. I begin by hoarding vinegar, cider, etc., containers all year in an old shed behind the house. Then, once a year, I carry the cache to the picnic table in the back yard and "have at it", as shown in the accompanying photos.

Yes, an assortment of recycled jugs and upended jars running down each row will give your early garden a rather bizarre appearance. But the results will more than justify the Idea. Try it!

Here's Another Way to Make One-Gallon Greenhouses

There's another way to make mini-greenhouses from gallon jugs that, perhaps, has two advantages over Barbara's method: [1] It's easier, and [2] it allows you to pop only the flat bottom from the container while leaving the curved lower edge of the jug for extra strength.

Remove the cap from one of the jugs and set the container in a shallow pan. Then pour one-quarter inch of boiling water into the pan and lot the jug sit in the water for two or three minutes until its bottom is heated all the way through. At that point, pick the glass container up by Its neck and Immediately set it down in another pan that contains ice water.

Result: The bottom of the jug should neatly drop out all by itself in one almost perfectly round flat slab

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