On 17/01/2017 14:57, Spider wrote:
On 30/12/2016 08:31, Derek wrote:

Our community garden has been given a number of rejected corner baths,
which we intend to plant up with herbs, A quick easy way of creating a
raised beds, for those in wheelchairs. A program this year with Monty
Don, explained that certain herbs needed different conditions, ie poor
soil, better drainage etc. So which herb needs which bath, bearing in
mind we can create the perfect conditions.

I'm not sure there is nearly enough drainage in the average bath, corner
or otherwise. That single plug hole is unlikely to be of much help and
will quickly get blocked. Unless the baths are acrylic, I wouldn't have
thought you could drill holes without shattering the bath.

I wouldn't have thought that the baths would mind having holes drilled
in them - I'd probably try a wood drill as a quicker way to make larger
holes ~15-15mm at the lowest level. I sawed one in half fairly recently
to take it out. I'd have been delighted if it had shattered. It didn't.

A layer of shale chippings, broken crocks or perlag in the bottom to
prevent soil clagging up the drainage holes.

Had I gained such bounty, I should be looking at turning them into a bog
garden, with perhaps one as a pond. Either way, they would have to be
very well disguised.

One as a bog garden for hardy insectivorous plants, mosses and other
wetland plants seems like an interesting idea.

One with very aggressive drainage for alpines at the other extreme.

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Regards,
Martin Brown