Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: rowlandwells on February 01, 2019, 11:04
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I was thinking of making some wooden troughs as I had some nice wood that would be ideal to make I came up with should I line the troughs then I thought yes I would use a liner so when we where shopping the other day I came across some plastic troughs priced at £3.00 2ft by around 6in and made of strong plastic just the job another store had them at £2.00 but they where thinner plastic
so I can make the wooden trough to fit the plastic trough that I can plant up and leave through the summer months then remove and store overwinter both wood troughs and plastic for next year
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That sounds a really good idea, and with the plastic being protected from the sun it won't go brittle.
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Hi goosegirl
the plastic drums I use are x anti-freeze or non toxic organic chemical I found blue drums last forever and I cut the drums with either a disk cutter or a sharp hand saw marking the drum where I need to cut a word of advise get someone who is used to using a disc cutter to cut it for you and I get someone to hold the drum steady when I cut it but they do last and are good for potting on plants or shrubs to go into tubs and I found cutting two holes one each side of the drum also makes it easy to lift out with hooks [meat hooks] hope this info helps why not give it a try :)