Four ways to create your own plant pots and avoid expensive prices

WATCHING buds flower and seedlings sprout is one of the joys of spring.

What is less fun, though, is the cost of pots and planters to grow them in.

Check your recycling box for items you can convert into cash-saving plant potsGetty

Instead of digging deep to afford them, reuse and recycle items you already have.

FRESH START: If you’re growing things from seeds or small cuttings, don’t bother buying pots from garden centres.

Check your recycling box for plastic fruit and vegetable containers...