"Baz" wrote in message
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Janet wrote in
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My round dustbin has been replaced by one the modern bins. So I have
an old round dustbin. One of my helpers has suggested I grow a plant
in the bin that grows down the outside or the bin and hides it as
much as possible.

What is a suitable plant?

Steve

I saved our old bin and its heavy lid, it lives beside my potting
table
and I decant sacks of potting compost into it for easy access and use.
I also acquired a neighbours old bin which is earmarked to have its
bottom cut out, then it will be buried underground to contain a bamboo
(phyllostachys aurea) in a spot I don't want it to wander from.

If I was going to plant up a bin I'd probably cut portholes in the
sides and plant strawberries in it.

Janet


If the old galvanised bin is truly a relic(not repro) it is worth
preserving because they are already being sought after by collectors and
museums as part of our social history in the UK. So I would put it
somewhere safe and not put anything in it. Just a thought. You can't BUY
history when history is gone.

Baz

For example http://www.svr.co.uk/

I take a group, usually a couple of coachloads, each year to the 1940's
weekend

Mike

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