Detailed instructions in 5 steps

The best ideas for the wine box

• The mini rock garden: Create a mini landscape by skillfully distributing small and large stones on the earth in the wine box. Put sedum plants and small cacti or other succulents in the spaces between them.
• The herb garden: sage, peppermint, rosemary and Co. thrive in the wine box and look particularly beautiful in the kitchen on the windowsill or balcony.
• Fruit and vegetables out of the box: Salad, cress and even strawberries can be grown in the box on the balcony or terrace.
• Autumn or spring box: decorate seasonally! Plant in spring Daffodils, Hyacinths or crocuses in the box and decorate for Easter. In the fall, put autumn anomalies, autumn chrysanthemums and the hardy one Heather and decorate with chestnuts, colorful leaves and pumpkins.

Plant the wine box step by step

To plant the wine box you will need:

• one or more wine boxes
• Pond liner or similar
• Stapler
• Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) or broken ceramics
• Garden soil or potting soil
• possibly waterproof paint or varnish
• optional: pebbles, moss or mulch

1. Line the wine box waterproof

If you want your wine box (s) to stand outdoors, you should first paint them with a weatherproof paint or varnish. Particularly beautiful, especially if you want to plant several wine boxes, are harmoniously coordinated strong colors.
Then line your wine box with the pond liner or another tear-resistant liner. Overlap the foil a little and staple it in place.

2. drainage

If you want to leave your planted wine boxes outdoors, you should cut several holes in the bottom of the pond liner so that excess rainwater can drain off. Cover the drainage holes with a pot of pottery or something similar to prevent them from clogging.
Then put a layer of expanded clay or ceramic shards in the wine crates as additional protection against moisture.

3. Fill with soil

Now place your wine boxes in the desired location and fill them with soil.
Depending on the desired planting, it can be useful to fold in some compost (e.g. B. when growing vegetables) or mix in some sand (e. B. for succulents). Fill your wine box three-quarters full with soil.

4. Put plants

Now put the plants you have chosen in the desired location and fill in the rest of the soil. Leave a pouring rim about two to three centimeters between the surface of the soil and the edge of the wine crate.

5. Optional: cover the surface

To keep your planted wine box from drying out and to prevent weed growth, you can finish off the soil with pebbles, Mulch(€ 568.77 at Amazon *) or cover with moss.