I’ll add a couple. No life changers, but every little bit helps, including small pleasures.
1) Grow a tomato in a bucket. Get a pickle bucket with a lid. Cut a 3” hole in the bottom. Hang the bucket waist high or so using the handle so you can work comfortably. Stick a tomato plant through the hole in the bottom and arrange news paper around the stem to hold it in. Fill the bucket with good soil, firmly packed. Put the lid on the bucket. Turn the bucket over so the plant is sticking up. Grow like this for a week or so. Once the roots are set, hang the bucket by the handle so the plant grows down. If you have a clothesline, you can hang several on each end. Water and feed through “lid.”
2) Yogurt: If you like yogurt and hate the price, make your own. It is terribly simple. Heat 2 quarts of milk to 185 degrees. While hot, stir in 3 teaspoons of vanilla and a half cup of sugar or equivalent sweetener to taste. Let cool to 105 degrees. Take a half cup or so (of store bought the first time) yogurt and stir in 1/2 cup or so of the warm milk (to temper the starter.) Stir the starter in the milk and cover. Place in a warm spot for 4, up to 6 hours and then refrigerate. Our microwave is built in and has a light under it. When on, the inside of the microwave will stay a perfect 100 degrees. The light in your oven will keep the oven warm as well. You can use from your homemade for starter for your next batch. The culture will live as long as you don’t let it spoil. Stir in fruit, nuts, cereal, etc to your taste when you serve. Don’t put the fruit in when you culture it, it will go rancid.
Welcome to the thread, I like both your ideas and I have grown hanging tomatoes, but not from the bottom of the pot.
Will try making yogurt one of these days, as I do eat it sometimes.
Thank you for sharing with us.
The best yogurt I ever made, I let incubate in the van on a warm summer day. I'd scald the milk and let it cool to temperature, then stick the pot on the floor of the van and cover it with a towel. I always cracked the windows enough to keep the temperature reasonable, but the van holds a nice steady temperature for hours on end and is free.