By Devon Johnson, Contributing Writer

Devon Johnson is a new contributing writer for Urban Gardens NYC.  Devon grew up in Brooklyn in NYCHA’s Marcy Development, and is one of our New York based writers. Read his introductory post here.

Hey my peoples trapped in the blogger-sphere. For several post I been ramping and raving about “indoor gardening” so I figure I’d give you a little step-by-step tutorial on how to create a self-watering planter from scratch. Disclaimer – I’m in no way a professional in making self-watering planters, LMBOOOOOO. Recently I switched work locations at NYCHA and now have an awesome window view and to top it off I’m sitting near a lot of plants.

Things you will need for this mission, if you choose to accept!

I.         Empty Plastic Drink Bottle,

II.         Cotton String

III.         Sharp Cutting Tool

1. Make sure your empty soda bottle is well cleaned and dry…