These cool new Wine Bottle Plant Nannies ($46) recycle empty wine bottles into natural and unique water reservoirs for your plants. Whether you tend to over- or under- water your plants or just forget to water them all together, these specially-engineered ceramic stakes release water from the wine bottle slowly as the soil needs it.

Simply clean and refill an empty wine bottle with water, push the durable, reusable and drip-free watering stake down into the soil, flip and insert the bottle into the stake and natural absorption takes over. You can easily see the water level through the wine bottle, so just refill it when it gets low.

This would make the perfect gift with a bottle of wine on the side for both green and black thumbs, frequent travelers and wine enthusiasts with too many plants. Plus, it's just kind of funny to see a wine bottle sticking out of a houseplant. (via Michael Kiely)

I went out and ordered one of these and now I have drunken planters. Seriously this is a pretty cool idea, but I do have to say you need to be gentle when you jam them into the dirt. Mine cracked into pieces.

On the cracked part - I contacted the company and they are shipping me another one. Great customer service - I'll be more gentle with the second one. I received the second one and I'm very happy both the the product and with the company!

It is working great slowly watering the plant.