{"id":50,"date":"2011-05-22T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T13:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2011-05-22T08:19:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T13:19:25","slug":"how-to-make-pots-from-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/22\/how-to-make-pots-from-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Pots from Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making your own pots out of newspaper is one of the best options for seed starting. \u00a0They are quick, easy, and almost free. \u00a0It scores pretty high on the eco-friendly scale too, since you are reusing, and the paper is biodegradable. \u00a0The size of the pot can be adjusted depending on the size of the form you use. \u00a0These pots are pretty large because I wanted to give the tomato plant starts plenty of room for expansion.<\/p>\n<p>1- Layout a couple full sheets of newspaper on a flat surface<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0170_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->2- Fold lengthwise<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0171_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3- Add another sheet for thickness<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0172_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4- Fold again<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0173_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5- Use straight-sided glass (or other form), place rim at half-way point, and roll<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0174_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6- Roll newspaper around form, and optionally tape<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0175_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7- \u00a0Fold edge of newspaper down<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0176_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8 &#8211; Remove glass\/form<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0177_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9 &#8211; Turn glass around and use to flatten and compress bottom of pot<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0178_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10 &#8211; Remove glass\/form again; Done!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.briangallimore.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/201101-newspaperpots\/img_0179_0.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making your own pots out of newspaper is one of the best options for seed starting. \u00a0They are quick, easy, and almost free. \u00a0It scores pretty high on the eco-friendly scale too, since you are reusing, and the paper is biodegradable. \u00a0The size of the pot can be adjusted depending on the size of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-newspaper","tag-pots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1jPFc-O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}