Fig R, that's brilliant. Was going to throw away 2 v. large plastic pots as they are starting to crack, then thought hey I could store spare bamboos in one and treated timber in the other. As they have holes in the base, the stuff won't get too waterlogged
Ha! When I converted my Rayburn to oil from solid fuel, I had 2 reduntant coal scuttle thingys, which now house my canes etc. They're in my shed though, so waterlogging not an issue.
When I converted from night storage heathers to gas boiler, I had to remove the storage heaters. They were too heavy to lift so I opened them up to discover that they are lined with these brick like tiles, rather like an engineering brick, only flat and square. The upshot is that they now form a rather atractive border edging and mowing strip in the garden.
I use the green plastic poles and connectors from old plastic greenhouse with a cane through sides to make a cloche then throw the pest netting over. When the greens grow up I put the smaller green poles in the top of the plastic parts and move the canes up so gives me nearly a foot more headroom for my greens!
I have a courgette planted in an old galvanised bucket which has rusted away at the base for good drainage, and an old enamel jam pan for pelagoniums, but the base only has a tiny hole for drainage, so the other morning I found the poor plants doing the butterfly stroke
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Fig R, that's brilliant. Was going to throw away 2 v. large plastic pots as they are starting to crack, then thought hey I could store spare bamboos in one and treated timber in the other. As they have holes in the base, the stuff won't get too waterlogged
Ha! When I converted my Rayburn to oil from solid fuel, I had 2 reduntant coal scuttle thingys, which now house my canes etc. They're in my shed though, so waterlogging not an issue.
When I converted from night storage heathers to gas boiler, I had to remove the storage heaters. They were too heavy to lift so I opened them up to discover that they are lined with these brick like tiles, rather like an engineering brick, only flat and square. The upshot is that they now form a rather atractive border edging and mowing strip in the garden.
...such ingenuity going on here....
tootsietim . got a load of them myself from a skip . and three barrow loads of cymru slate
Adopt and adapt, I love all these ideas
I use the green plastic poles and connectors from old plastic greenhouse with a cane through sides to make a cloche then throw the pest netting over. When the greens grow up I put the smaller green poles in the top of the plastic parts and move the canes up so gives me nearly a foot more headroom for my greens!
Red Dahlia, could we see a photo?
I have a courgette planted in an old galvanised bucket which has rusted away at the base for good drainage, and an old enamel jam pan for pelagoniums, but the base only has a tiny hole for drainage, so the other morning I found the poor plants doing the butterfly stroke
Verdun, could we see pic of posh pot?