Oil Drum

[Roy Bham UK]

;D Hi Gang ;D Over the fence on the old allotment ground, there is an old oil drum just waiting to be recycled and a plastic dustbin less lid :D I was wondering what I could use them for on my lottie? Could the drum be used to catch water off of my shed roof? (assuming it doesn't leak) and what use could I make of the dustbin apart from the obvious :D

Many thanks Roy ;)

[Roy Bham UK]

[westsussexlottie]

grow potatoes in the dustbin.

[Greenfingers Jo]

Be careful if these have been dumped in case there are some nasty chemicals in them. If in doubt  call the Environment Agency who will arrange for them to be removed or if it is a council allotment it is their responsibility as they are the landowners.

If they are not dumped, a water butt might be a good idea as there doesn't appear to have been enough rain  over the winter months and there might be a hosepipe ban!!
:)

[philandjan]

We found an old oil drum, drilled a few holes in it and now use it as an incinerator. It seems to get through a ton of couch grass roots a week.

[wardy]

forcing rhubarb, water butt, litter bin, potato tub.  My neighbour uses oil drums for forcing rhubarb and a dustbin, he used the oil drum for a water butt as it had not had anything in it  :)   If the oil drum has not had anything in it then it could be sawn in half lengthways to make a barbecue

[Roy Bham UK]

 ;D Some great ideas ;D keep e'm coming folks ;)

[wardy]

Hot tub - specially if there's some oil left in  ;)

[slugcatcher]

Cut it in half (length ways) and make a bbq there is one on a plot near me, been abandoned, guess who's got an eye on it ::)

;D

[ant57]

This is the best BBQ type I have ever used    8)

[Roy Bham UK]

8) The BBQ idea sounds great but these two I rescued off the street after being put out for rubbish collection (only they didn't look like this when I found them) :o I'm concidering the incinerator idea ;) any more ideas?