How can I reuse or recycle a split or holey bucket?
We’ve had an email from Carolyn asking what she can do with some plastic buckets that have “split at the bottom”.
The first ideas that spring to mind take advantage of the fact it’s now not water tight – use it as a garden planter or an upside down planter next summer. You might even have to add more holes to it to allow adequate drainage or for more shoots to poke through.
You can also very easily use it as a caddy too – but patch the split/hole with something like duct tape so stop the split spreading any further and to stop little things falling out. You could use it for holding brushes/tools while you’re up a ladder, for fruit/veg collection or for dumping weeds in while working around the garden (saving multiple trips to the compost bin).
I’m sure there are lots of other uses around the garden too – what do you do with them?