[LivvyW]

Do you grow them in the UK?

[LivvyW]

Really, i've never seen them over here and i'm very jealous.

[Ice]

Eh?

[peapod]

Im over here and I dont know where to get them either!

[wildwitchy]

Do you mean these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/35kg-DRUMS-KEGS-PHEASANT-FEEDERS-GAMEKEEPING-HUNTING_W0QQitemZ250383441088QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL?hash=item250383441088&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262

the seller has other barrels & poultry feeders on legs. They look very good, im going to get some as he's local to me.

[LivvyW]

Every picture of every allotment i ever see, every allotment blog, it seems as though though everyone but me has a stash of big blue barrels.

Growing carrots and parsnips in them, forcing rhubarb, God knows what else.

[Ice]

Ah, it was the "Do you grow them in the UK" that threw me.

[mumofstig]

Any pharmaceutical or chemical users ( eg soap, detergent , talc manufacturers )
will use materials supplied in these drums.
They are usually disposed off to recycling plants.........but many find their way onto allotments and into gardens.
Perhaps you need to know a blue barrel fairy to get delivery

[LivvyW]

Sorry Ice, i was being tongue in cheek. But i'm tormented by these things. My OH has been on the lookout for a suitable receptical for my carrots for over a year now.   

Normally i explain what i'm looking for and a week or two passes and he comes home with it and says 'look what i found'.

[LivvyW]

There is a blue barrel fairy? REALLY?

[noshed]

Really

[Runnerbean]

Can you get the blue barrel fairy to visit me please!!!

[doubledug]

pheasants, would that be the indigenous population or the imported wild fowl. thats the last time i eat from a blue barrel :blink:

[sunshineband]

Try any factory that has liquid glue, binder or similar as they usually have loads spare. I've got two as water butts

[peterjf]

the big blue barrels come from dry cleaning companies , large bakeries ,and chemical companies