cheap and easy way to grow your plants for yout tortoises

[jobeanator]

i thought id share some pictures of what i do for my tortoises in the winter time for food that i grow for them. Ive shown pictures of what i did last year, and i found out that the 2 trays i was growing last year werent cutting it for my tortoises. so, as you will see in these pictures i have i made 6 trays that im using from old spring mix containers from walmart. i also bought 5$ plant growing lights from walmart last year for the 2 levels of where im growing my plants. it works well, and didnt cost much. also the mini greenhouse i bought for 20$ and it comes with plastic to go around it to keep it moist and warm.

 

[DeanS]

Too bad you have to look at that view everyday...

 

[Isa]

Very nice, thanks for sharing with us. And Wow I have to say that I am soooo jealous, I love the view

 

[terryo]

I use the Spring mix tubs too. Great idea. Is that your yard??? Wow!

 

[jobeanator]

haha i love living on the lake, all the sunshine i get for my tortoises. right now if you guys can see, theres snow all packed up which depresses me.. im looking forward to spring for my tortoises!

 

[murdocjunior]

Have any updates on the growing of these plants? Nice view by the way

 

[dmarcus]

My wife does that for her plants that she keep in pots, every winter we have a dining room full of plants. We are also doing that to get our cactus seeds started.

 

[brymanda]

Great idea! I have the same little mini-greenhouse, but I never thought about bringing it inside. What do you grow?

 

[SnakeyeZ]

I have the exact same thing in my porch growing different things for our tortoise. Didn't yours come with a green house cover?

Nice view!

 

[Jacob]

Very nice!

 

[lynnedit]

I just bought one of those on craigslist. Good idea to bring it inside in winter. I like the idea of mixing up pot sizes, I might even use some smaller ones that I can put directly in the enclosure, where they can decimate it within 5 minutes
PS. I know I can admit ONLY on this forum that I now also have some dandelion seeds to sprout...