Saturday 21 June 2014

Recycling an old dustbin into a planter

My husband bought me a delphinium, a foxglove and a Lupin plant. 
Needing a sizable pot to plant them in, my eye traveled to the now unused dust bin (we now use a wheely bin) and being a Thrifty Girl and a family doing our Year If Thrift, money saving was important. 
Plus, just imagine how many of us have these through out the county? 
So I put mine to good use!

1. Gather together plants you want to pot up 


2. Take your unused dust bin. Give it a wash out.


3. Measure how high you want your planter all the way around your bin. 
Make a hole with an awl or a screwdriver to allow the hand saw to cut at the desired hight.


4. Using a hand saw, cut as straight a line around the rim of the bin as you can. 


5. Add a good quality potting composts and your chosen plants. And voila, you have a cost free and recycled planter.



2 comments:

  1. brilliant idea thank you for sharing have a blessed day

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  2. I quite enjoy your blog. Being a native California girl, your humor and your ingenuity just intrigues me, your ideas are not unlike my own, and my husband is named Graham. I almost thought for awhile we could be twins separated at birth. I found your blog while looking for information on your Singer 327K. I'm a collector and repairwoman of old Singers. I shall enjoy following your blog. Judy Abernathy

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