Got Diapers?

For the past several years, I have avoided hanging baskets because they never stay alive for long, even if I water them twice a day.

I decided to try a Pinterest trick this summer. 

I lined the bottom of the basket with diapers and put the dirt on top of that.  The absorbing crystals in diapers are supposedly the same thing professional florists/gardeners use in their hanging baskets and it helps them to retain water.

So far, my flowers are doing well, but that could also be because we have had rain almost every day for the past two weeks!

I'll let you know how they look mid-July!