I've been growing some veggies (thai hot peppers, arugula, dragon carrots) in buckets indoors with artificial lighting. I was inspired by a friend and also the space bucket community online to start putting the plants in bags so that they can be removed from the bucket for inspection and trimming. This bag uses two layers of fabric for extra durability, and is meant to allow water to drain through.

MATERIALS

- 1 yard of your fabric of choice** -- $3

- 1.25 yards cord (optional) -- $1

- cord stop (optional) -- 50 cents

**Important Note about Fabric**

It's very important to decide if you want to use synthetic or natural fibre, or a blend. You can do a burn test with a lighter to see what kind of fabric you have. Cotton will burn, polyester will melt, and blends will do both. My local fabric outlet store (www.fabricoutletsf.com/) is happy to do the burn test for you before you buy the fabric.

Natural fibre will disintegrate in about a year, whereas synthetic (basically plastic) will last forever. I wanted a bag would last forever but had the stiffness of muslin. Synthetic is always stretchy, so I settled on a 100% polyester garbardine, which was nice and thick and only had a little stretch.

I have done all my sewing with a straight stitch, but if you have a woven that frays easily, I recommend a zig zag stitch instead.

TOOLS

- Scissors

- Something to mark your fabric with (e.g. tailor's chalk, pencil, chunk of soap, etc.)

- Sewing machine, bobbin, thread

- Seam ripper for undoing sewing mistakes

- Lighter (optional, for fray checking polyester fabric)

REFERENCES

Space bucket community

my Grow Bucket Life website

my super detailed project diary where I'm dreaming of doing a Kickstarter