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title: "Repurposed a coffee tin 🤩 drilled a few holes in the bottom. Has…"
description: "Repurposed a coffee tin 🤩 drilled a few holes in the bottom. Has anyone else done this? 😌"
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community: "Show your plants"
author: "Janel"
published: "2026-07-25T12:45:22.922591Z"
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# Repurposed a coffee tin 🤩 drilled a few holes in the bottom. Has…

_Posted by Janel on 2026-07-25_

Repurposed a coffee tin 🤩 drilled a few holes in the bottom. Has anyone else done this? 😌

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## 4 comments

### SuccySuccy commented on 2026-07-25

Absolutely 👍 if I can drill drainage holes it can work!

#### SuccySuccy replied on 2026-07-25

But seriously I do think that my gardening habit has made me an even bigger conservationist/recycler/repurposer!

### Mr Variegated commented on 2026-07-25

My only worry is the tin rusting over time. I would have used it as a cover pot.

### Ghost commented on 2026-07-25

Love the dark plant kinda perfect for growing out of something that held coffee lol

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