Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: Petite graine on July 07, 2008, 11:24
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I am trying to save at the moment, so a stand that costs £10 (on top of the price of the water butt itself) seems a bit extravagant. I am sure there is a cheaper way, but haven't worked out what yet :scratch:
I was thinking of bricks and a paving slab on top, but they are hard to find and heavy and if I bought them, I might as well buy the plastic stand as it is easier to carry to the site lol.
Would a plastic storage box do maybe? My husband says that it wouldn't stand the weight, my water butt being a 210 litre one :scratch:
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Scrounge some bricks and stuff off your local freecyle group or a builders skip :D
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We have a huge blue barrel that we use when feeding the dahlias, not sure how may litres it holds, but more than a few.
It spends some of the year sat on an old black and decker workmate and the rest of it sat on a few upturned milk creates with a piece of wood across the top of them to even the load. Both methods seem to work well enough.
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a few pallets :wink:
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Breeze blocks and a thick sheet of plywood
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sit it on the floor, you can connect a hose to the tap for filling cans etc :D
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Breeze blocks or bricks are fine. Bricks are easier to carry to the plot though and easier to stack. I did mine on bricks and found it easy to do but they were already to hand so I had no need to haul them to the plot. Easy enough though to bung em in the car if you have one
I put mine at the right level for getting the watering cans under. That's important cos if you get it wrong it will be a faff :D
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I got bricks and a paving slab in the end.
8 bricks (29p from Wickes) + 1 paving slab (£1.59 from Wickes)
Total cost : £3.91!!! Not bad 8) :D
Thanks for all the advice! :wink:
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If you can, see if you can locate a plastic pallet. They are brilliant for tons of uses. I've used mine as a table top, roof and staging so far. All for free.
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I have never seen a plastic pallet :scratch:
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Here is one that is similar to mine:
(http://www.goplasticpallet.com/image/pallets/1210pool_p_5r_blue.jpg)
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I got bricks and a paving slab in the end.
8 bricks (29p from Wickes) + 1 paving slab (£1.59 from Wickes)
Total cost : £3.91!!! Not bad 8) :D
Thanks for all the advice! :wink:
Better than paying for the plastic stand, Our 2 year old one is already cracked and won't last much longer. :(