Plant-Sitter

Vacation time is finally here! Unfortunately for your potted plants, it's the hottest time of the year. To keep your plants looking great while you're gone, fill plastic soda bottles with water and punch  a few tiny holes in the cap. Push into the soil, cap first, and you're finished! Basically, the bottle slowly leaks water into the soil as it drys and keeps a nice even moisture level. I was gone last week and thought I'd give it a shot. We had 90-100 degree heat and no rain for 6 days and my plants looked great when I came back! I'm seriously going to do this all of the time now- not only when I'm gone!