- Plastic, lightweight kiddie pool
- Plastic window screening or newspaper
- Utility knife
- Drill with large bit (optional)
- 4 Cubic feet of potting soil (or a mix of potting soil and bagged gardening soil)
- Slow release fertilizer
- Lightweight covered wire fencing (optional, unless critters are a problem where you live)
- Seeds or seedlings
Make a Kiddie Pool into a Garden Planter
By Kerry Michaels, About.com Guide
What You Need for your Kiddie Pool Garden Planter
What You Need For Your Kiddie Pool Garden Planter
Photo © Kerry Michaels
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- What You Need for your Kiddie Pool Garden Planter
- Adding Drainage to Kiddie Pool Garden Planter
- Add Drainage Holes in Sides of Pool Garden Planter
- Add Barrier
- Add Potting Soil to your Garden Planter
- Getting Garden Planter Ready for Planting Seeds
- Basil Seeds and Nasturtiums
- Planting Seeds
- Watering Garden Planter Deeply but Gently
- Caring For Your Kiddie Pool Garden Planter
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