Topic: Green bin to planter

[kenkew]

120 ltr wheely bin as is....

Drilled 25mm holes around perimeter about 1/2 way down and then sawed in half....





Removed wheels and now rubbing down to dull the surface ready for painting.

[kenkew]

Step two...

[Roy Bham UK]

What is step two Ken ??? I can't quite make out what it is ??? Is it on a post or something ???

[kenkew]

Na!
I turned it up, I turned it down,
I rubbed it up an' I rubbed it down,
I drilled some holes an' I sawed it down,
An' now I just painted the b*gger brown.

[Roy Bham UK]

 8) Oops! sorry I'm colour blind 8) I'll say it's nice tho ;D

[nitiram]

Actually, green bins are council property and it is illegal to use them for anything other than rubbish.

[Svea]

not if the council sell them off, as in kenkew's case :)

[kenkew]

You just beat me to it, Svea...!

[nitiram]

Apologies......our council VERY strict re wheelie bins, they have to be returend if broken and are like gold dust, don't sell any off at all....I do like the planter idea.

[kenkew]

The council here changed all the bins due to bar-coding. They said it was faster to ensure everyone had a bar-coded bin on the same day. They now find they have hundreds of perfectly good wheely bins surplus. I have 3 off 240 ltr ones and 2 off 120 ltr ones in the back garden. I have cut one of each in half. Bottom of smaller one will be a planter. Top will be a rhubarb forcer. Bottom of big one will be a plot wheel barrow, top is already a sunken bed full of manure ready for mushroom spawn to be followed as use as a chicon forcer. Maybe!

[Mrs Ava]

now why can't I see your pics!   hmmmmm

[NattyEm]

I can't either, but I could the other day!

[kenkew]

I can't see 'em now. Someone knicked my wheely bin bottom?