Self watering planter from cat litter container

Hi everyone, 

I have a cat, that cat uses litter. I like to buy plastic containers of cat litter because they seemed to have good re-usability. I've been keeping them for some time but never knew what to do with them. 

Spring came along and I planted seeds for my usual balcony garden. That's when I realized that those containers would make superb  self watering planters. They work wonderfully and didn't cost anything. 

Here's how I did it!

Step 1 What you need

For this Instructables you will need the following:

- Cat litter containers (or any similar container)
- Knife
- Duct tape
- Mesh (optional but recommended)
- Tubing
- A drill, or anything that can make holes in plastic

Comments

[rsmith63]

I've been trying to find a use for these containers, thank you for this ible. I plan to make them by the dozen and will be using coffee filters in place of the mesh to reduce the cost. Still considering a "scroungable" that might be used for the tubing.

[moonchylde]

This is a really good idea! I have dozens of these containers lying around. Another idea I had when reading this was to use them for rain-water collection without a downspout. Cut the container in half closer to the top, only put holes in the lid, and duct tape it together, add the screening to filter out debris, and bingo... the top would act like a funnel, and it would be filtered through the opening (and the screen would keep out mosquitoes).

I'm going to have to build this now, 3 AM or not. Inspiration knows no sleepy time!

[logikly]

That's a pretty good idea as well! Make sure to post your instructables when you're done, i'd love to see the results.