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Iron bowl planter thingy

LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
in Garden design
Someone was giving away this old iron bowl, I had to have it. I was going to use it as a water feature but there's a crack halfway up.

I could use it as a planter for cannas, and let them sit in water. Any other ideas folks? And what is it?




"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I like the thread title.... ;)
    Can you drill holes in the base? Otherwise, you'd have to put something else inside, and keep checking for waterlogging. I do that with my Dad's old pot he used for stripping  lacquer from brass instruments - it has no holes, and I'm worried that I'd damage it if I'm too forceful.


    I wonder if it's from an old heating system, or a brewery?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I want one!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    There must be hairline cracks on the bottom as well, it does eventually dry up completely. One of my big cannas should like it in there, although I wonder if one of the more compact Eupatoriums (e.g. Little Joe) would work? I love Eupatoriums :)

    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Was it a bell?
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I want one to
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    B3 said:
    I want one!
    Well you'll have to ask nicely.... ;)

    I'd have thought there would be an 'attachment' of some kind underneath if it had been a bell @Lyn. 
    Perhaps @WillDB could turn it over and have a gander...

    It's obviously had more to it at some point , because of the rough edges
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I know Ive seen one just like that before ...I’m wracking my brains .... something lurking in the back of my mind keeps saying it’s for water at a smithy for the smith to plunge the hot horseshoes etc into to cool quickly. 
    I may be imagining it ... but in the absence of anything else it’s a nice notion ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I'm sure I've seen similar objects lying about and at salvage yards. These are listed as "pair of 19th C Cast Iron Coppers" on eBay. 

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    Look similar.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They do @WillDB. They're very smart, and would look good with a couple of standard hollies or bays or something. 
    They'd be nice with virtually anything really  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Whatever it was, I’d try and take the rest of it’s rim off, that pointed bit on the right looks lethal. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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