Water Butts for free?

[bigdave60dog]

Well done, brilliant idea. I wish that our Council used Wheely Bins. They get blown away here so we have to put up with black plassy bags that gulls rip apart if left out overnight. -I never leave my gulls out overnight these days.
Dave.

[sunnydale]

Originally Posted by bigdave60dog

-I never leave my gulls out overnight these days.

[N0z]

Originally Posted by HedgehogRescue

Just been talking to a chap who phoned his local Council to ask what they do with damaged wheelie bins and if there was any chance he could have some. They were delighted to let him have 3, they even delivered them.

Apparently they have to pay to dispose of them so are more than happy to get rid of them in other ways. Most of the damage is wheels missing but if you use these as water butts you don't want the wheels.

As long as the bin isn't cracked it's easy to drill a hole for a tap, you can stand them next to each other neatly, chain them and if they still have their lid the water stays clean.

Given the price of new water butts, if your Council will play ball, this could save a fortune.

Good luck.

Thanks for this thread, it actualy gave me a really good idea

[posie]

-I never leave my gulls out overnight these days.
Dave.[/quote]

Neither do I, Sunny and Dave.....Posie

[posie]

Originally Posted by N0z

Thanks for this thread, it actualy gave me a really good idea

They are excellent for growing spuds in too..

[sunnydale]

Originally Posted by posie

They are excellent for growing spuds in too..

Do spud plants actually grow that tall??

[posie]

Originally Posted by sunnydale

Do spud plants actually grow that tall??

[posie]

My apologies Sunny, I had every intention of following my last sarcastic..(Sorry) post with another one..I got called away and forgot about it, so here goes..some peeps plant a few seed spuds just under the surface of say a foot of compost/soil in a deep container..as the spuds greenery sprouts up you put another layer of soil and so on. it's the equilivent of baulking up the spuds when grown in open ground, covering them with progressively more soil as they grow. obviously they need drainage holes, and it pays to feed them as well as watering...the time to plant is now to get a crop of 'second crop' new potatoes, harvesting from say late Sept. 'til New Year. A bucket size container would need about 3 spuds, a larger bucket would take say 4 or 5, and I guess a large dustbin would take 6 or 8. I personally would put a deeper layer of soil in bottom, or better still cut off the container to a more suitable height....it's gonna be fun getting them out on Christmas morning....Posie

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by posie

..Wthey are very useful for keeping livestock food and bird food in, safe from mice etc. have had rats chew their way into poor quality plastic dustbins, but wheelie-bins are made of sturdier stuff so should keep rats out as well.....Posie..

Little mice got into my 'ordinary' plastic dustbins - swine.