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My round dustbin has been replaced by one the modern bins.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 |
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On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:51:02 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: My round dustbin has been replaced by one the modern bins.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 You could plant nasturtiums in it for a quick cover, but I'd take out the bottom, stand it on bare earth and use it as a compost bin. Pam in Bristol |
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"Baz" wrote in message ... Janet wrote in : In article , says... My round dustbin has been replaced by one the modern bins.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 -- .................................... It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. .................................... |
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On 29/04/2011 14:13, Pam Moore wrote:
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:51:02 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: My round dustbin has been replaced by one the modern bins.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 You could plant nasturtiums in it for a quick cover, but I'd take out the bottom, stand it on bare earth and use it as a compost bin. Pam in Bristol Maybe you would have trouble making hole, at least neat ones. Perhaps you could bash a few hole around it, then stand it on bricks or similar then use it as an incinerator. -- Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire |
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Martin wrote in
: If the old galvanised bin is truly a relic(not repro) it is worth preserving because they are already being sought after by collectors Dustbin collectors LOL Martin, behave yourself :-) I should have said collectors of post WW2 memorabilia. Probably the 1950's and 60's. Not just bloody dustbins. Actually I have a red one, a brown one and a green one in the back garden so maybe i'm a bit of a collector too! :-( Baz |
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On Apr 29, 11:51*am, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: 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 If it's watertight, you could use it as a butt. One of my friends has an old bin outside the kitchen door. They collect all the water from washing/straining vegetables in a bucket under the kitchen tap and tip it into the bin/butt when full. I just leave the watering-can outside the door instead. Either way, use the water asap, as it gets smelly. Chris |
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:54:14 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:15:24 GMT, Baz wrote: Janet wrote in : [...] 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 Dustbin collectors LOL The mind does boggle, rather. Sometimes I despair of the human race. Note that repros are apparently available: don't get ripped off with a fake garbage can! (On reflection, there's a swish catalogue outfit that sells, among other things, ready-rusted fake factory furniture. I bet that's where you'd go for a counterfeit dustbin...£150, probably.) -- Mike. |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:54:14 +0100, Martin wrote: On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:15:24 GMT, Baz wrote: Janet wrote in : [...] 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 Dustbin collectors LOL The mind does boggle, rather. Sometimes I despair of the human race. Note that repros are apparently available: don't get ripped off with a fake garbage can! (On reflection, there's a swish catalogue outfit that sells, among other things, ready-rusted fake factory furniture. I bet that's where you'd go for a counterfeit dustbin...£150, probably.) -- Mike. You think this is a new thing? Forget it. A relation of my wife's was, before we were married, and that is a long time ago viz http://www.myalbum.com/Album=UI8UK7XD, 'making' antiques and flogging them to the Yanks. Swords, Armour, Shields etc. Tons of steel out in the yard in water going rusty and "ageing" Mike .................................... It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. .................................... |
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